S&l Ekii?

[Robert P.]

I was just going through some old unidentified unmarked crosses, and came across what I think is an S&L. Any comments or other ideas?

Robert

[Robert P.]

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[Robert P.]

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[Steinar]

I think you are right about that. One of my S&L's also got some black paint on the beading, not as much as on yours, and the date is close to identical as far as I can see.

And a very nice cross you have there

[Robert P.]

Thank you Steinar.

Robert

[Steinar]

Your welcome Robert

..just one more thing, since this is a S&L thread.. i just noticed my early S&L-ek2 is heavier than the late S&L-ek2.... should that be correct?

[Robert P.]

Steinar,

'Douglas5' has been doing an extensive study of the S&L crosses, the EKI and EKII frames and cores. At last count I believe he came up with (2) frames and (3) possible cores. He'll correct me if I'm wrong here. I've a few S&L's which are a mix of 1st frame/2nd core, 2nd frame/1st core, etc. So, it is hard for me to say. Maybe he'll chime in here and expound on this...Douglas?

Robert

[Steinar]

Lets hope so. I just wanna know if is something special, or just another core, and perhaps nothing special...

I dont think its iron cores. And its no rust.

[Adrian]

Here is my S&L for comparison. I was a little unsure to begin with but I'm more convinced now.
Just out of interest, this was the first 1939 EK I ever bought, about 18 years ago....

[Adrian]

Reverse...

[Adrian]

Makers mark...

[Robert P.]

Nice S&L, Adrian!

Steinar, is the core in your early S&L brass? You say non-magnetic?
Here is an early S&L EKI with a brass core. Do the features match your non-magnetic EKII?

Robert

[Steinar]

Robert
Its hard to say because the core has no paint loss at all... no signs of rust, no spidering or anything. Just clean

and the other cross got a minor loss of paint, and its white-ish under the paint

[Robert P.]

Steinar,

I've got some non-magnetic S&L EKII's with a white-ish finish under the minor paint loss. I also have non-magnetic examples with brass-colored metal under the paint loss. I've concluded that the white finish is a zinc core, and the brass color to be just that.

Here is the zinc...

Robert