Help to match this EK2

[Robert P.]

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[Robert P.]

Mark,

Maybe take a side-by-side comparison of your cross and one of mine...

Robert

[Robert P.]

With the photos provided what do you think, Mark? Do you see a match in the dates, the beading, etc., or differences?

Robert

[Friedrich]

Here are two pics of my 137, one of them a close-up of the beading around the swaz..

[Friedrich]

Detail

[baldy1939]

Friedrich , take a look at roberts last photo & look at the difference in the beading ribs on my ek & roberts 137 & you can see they are not the same as the fourth upward rib on roberts cross touches but on my cross it does'nt .

[Friedrich]

Mark,

The reason for my hasty conclusion - 137 - was the single "pointer" bead in the upper right inner corner that comes from the hand finishing or filing down of the inner corners. I've thought myself recognizing this in the 137:s I've seen on dealer sites etc. The 137 in the manufacturers list here at WAF also has this feature. I haven't seen this feature in another maker (although of course, the Deschlers have pointer beads, but more than one).

Now, going from hunch to closer study, some of the beads close to the swaz are thinner on my cross than on yours. Apart from that, and mine being more filed down than yours, there not that far off IMO. Dates and overall... jeez, I'm having a hard time making up my mind..

[baldy1939]

Friedrich , i have been studying some photo's of a few 132's & they look more like my cross but i need a good close up of a marked 132 so if anyone has some good close up pics of a 132 please can you post them up for me . Thanks

[Friedrich]

Friedrich , take a look at roberts last photo & look at the difference in the beading ribs on my ek & roberts 137 & you can see they are not the same as the fourth upward rib on roberts cross touches but on my cross it does'nt .

Which corner are you referring to? The lower right? They don't touch on my cross either.. Roberts cross has excess die material in that corner IMO..

EDIT* at my age, you'd believe I could tell the difference between left and right, but apparently.. Yes, the bottom corner beading of the nine o'clock arm, the one in the little picture, that's the one I'm referring to here, Mark.. EDIT*

[baldy1939]

Friedrich , i am looking at the bottom corner beading of the 9 o'clock arm .

[Friedrich]

Here you go mate, two pics of my mm 132.. They aren't great, but I took em especially for you, haha..

[Friedrich]

Swazi

[Adrian]

Here's my '132'....

[Adrian]

Reverse....

[Adrian]

Makers mark....