Looking at these B Type EK2s I came across a variation . Member Tyanacek here was kind enough to go over his cross with me then and supply pictures .
The object of this study is to point out some frame and core variations that exist . I sat on this study for a many years . A different or modified die raised questions
I did not have answers to ... at least until the Carl Wild die production in German was posted and and also obtained the Deschler book which confirmed a lot .
As both dies are different a 'modification' had to have taken place . I have used the expression ' modified die ' in the past which can be misleading .
Not the same production die is modified or aultered but a new die all together is produced . Changes to a allready hardened die cannot be made . Like in this case
shown below ... for some strange reason the bead step was removed completely on type 2 .
Already heard the question ... why is there a 2nd production dies for a short lived - 'doomed' design ??
As the comparison will demonstrate ... some thing peculier about this type 2 - which leads at least me to believe ... it may or could have been made to supply/sell
to another manufacturer . Changing a component - Deschler could use existing other tooling . Note here that everything - all tooling has been changed . ...
frame die and core die with inside and out side trimming tooling ! Only a hand full and makers were involved in the early design stages .
( Thinking out loud : - That ... lug ...used on the type 2 Tyanacek provided --(rectagular in appearance) is used on early Junckers . )
This type of core surface "pimpling" is seen on this B-Type EK2s only and reminds me of the surface of a KvK . The material of this type 2 seams
to be silver plated 'something-aloy' and no longer silver . Being a cross going through developing stages probably accounts for sub-variations .
Shallow and more pronaunced core feature strikes .. tapered and flat bottom Swastika - cutouts and very pointy and hardly pointy inside corners .
The only cross ever made with the 'mistery dimples' !
An observation that is interesting . 4 posts: starting with both types:
Douglas 5
The object of this study is to point out some frame and core variations that exist . I sat on this study for a many years . A different or modified die raised questions
I did not have answers to ... at least until the Carl Wild die production in German was posted and and also obtained the Deschler book which confirmed a lot .
As both dies are different a 'modification' had to have taken place . I have used the expression ' modified die ' in the past which can be misleading .
Not the same production die is modified or aultered but a new die all together is produced . Changes to a allready hardened die cannot be made . Like in this case
shown below ... for some strange reason the bead step was removed completely on type 2 .
Already heard the question ... why is there a 2nd production dies for a short lived - 'doomed' design ??
As the comparison will demonstrate ... some thing peculier about this type 2 - which leads at least me to believe ... it may or could have been made to supply/sell
to another manufacturer . Changing a component - Deschler could use existing other tooling . Note here that everything - all tooling has been changed . ...
frame die and core die with inside and out side trimming tooling ! Only a hand full and makers were involved in the early design stages .
( Thinking out loud : - That ... lug ...used on the type 2 Tyanacek provided --(rectagular in appearance) is used on early Junckers . )
This type of core surface "pimpling" is seen on this B-Type EK2s only and reminds me of the surface of a KvK . The material of this type 2 seams
to be silver plated 'something-aloy' and no longer silver . Being a cross going through developing stages probably accounts for sub-variations .
Shallow and more pronaunced core feature strikes .. tapered and flat bottom Swastika - cutouts and very pointy and hardly pointy inside corners .
The only cross ever made with the 'mistery dimples' !
An observation that is interesting . 4 posts: starting with both types:
Douglas 5
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