[Bubbyanne]

Ho boy, here we go.
Okay I did go to and get some glass from Natasha and Daniel.
I don't have any input about the quality of the glass as I have not yet been able to melt any of it.
All I really can give you right now is a visual description of the rods.
They definitely look hand pulled, somewhat irregular and different sizes.
The only thing I'm already a little sketchy on is the clear which has some visible bubbles.
The rest of the colors look fine and I won't be able to tell you any more until I get downstairs to test it. I was hoping to do so this week end but that didn't happen.
I will try my best to strong arm my husband to make time and watch the kids for me soon so I can hopefully give you my assessment of this glass.

I plan on doing some stringer compatibility testing. Testing the clear over black and some plain spacers as well as some encasing.
With the colors I will be mostly making spacers to compare against the rods. Daniel mentioned if you heat the glass a bit hotter you'll get striations (much like dk ivory) so I'll be playing with that.
The opaque black will get a metallic sheen if put in an oxygen rich flame and I'll be working with that a little too.

If you have any further suggestions on what to test in order to tell you more about this glass let me know.