EK1 opinions?

[soldat18]

I am still learning about these, so I need your opinions on this one:

[streptile]

In my opinion a dangerous fake.

[Don D.]

I am inclined to agree.

[streptile]

This fake has been around for a while now, and it is evolving -- constantly improving.

Originally, EKs with this frame were sold as high-end repros on this website. Then, it seems, the manufacturer started to change up the cores and hardware in an ambitious effort to make a perfect fake.

Here are some more with this frame:



The one shown in this thread is the next generation. It has a few problems that reveal it as a fake (I won't list them here, since it's a good thing that this maker is still making these kinds of errors). It would be nice if the person making these just stopped.

[Valter Gorenc]

This one looks too new for me, but with some weathering it could be far more convincing. The crown looks a bit blurry and lacks detail, but the picture is not good enough to determine that. I noticed something else - there's a "rib" on upper arm of 4 - could be this a dye flaw or just sloppy painting? I encircled that spot on the picture.

[gregM]

fake

[morel5000]

I think this is the same fake (but I'm not sure), recently on a Belgian sale site:

[Reginaldo]

It would be interesting to explain why a piece is false. So who is willing to learn will have more base.

[morel5000]

They want to imitate the Godet/ Meybayer core. Compare it to these and you'll notice small differences (or quite big, just how you look at it). Also the needle is a giveaway.

The needle in the first one posted is really good looking... So that's way its getting dangerous.

Best regards,
Michel

[LeeJ]

The needle looks like its trying to be WS or some 800 marked crosses you see