New Ek1 Spange My First!

[Brien]

Hi Folks,

I just got this new EK1 Spange in the the mail today, it's my first one! It has a few dings on it so I would really appreciate your opinions on it.

[Brien]

Reverse

[Flemming]

Looks like a fake in my opinion. Maybe the Floch fake.
Missing details, and the overall shape.

Also looks like it has been polished to the "ground". Lots of details is gone.

/Flemming

But wait for Ben and Jon

[ben bijker]

I THINK it's a ground dug example with a replaced pin, but it looks like a good B.H. Mayer to me.

Best regards,
Ben

[Flemming]

If it is a ground dougone, then that could explain why it looks like some one really did polish it that much.
I was going through my fake files, and did find one who really did look like the front of this one.

I hope that it is a good one.

/Flemming

[tinmantis]

Hi Brien
looks like a good L/18 to me, a tad battered, but nice
the pin may be replaced, as this is not the standard L/18 pin, but hinge and catch are A-OK
can you show closer pics of this pin?
The history of this one may always be a mystery. A wartime pin replacement is possible. Also as Ben points out, someone may have banged on a new pin post war...
more pics could help
regardless of all that, I like interesting clasps, IMO there's an authentic wartime spange in there, and I'll buy it!
regards
jon

[tinmantis]

actually haha!
looking again, this probably IS an L/18 pin, just bent!
It could be 100% OK, just had a hard life
regards
jon

[Brien]

pics

Thanks so much for the input thus far folks, I paid a triple figure for it so I thank everyone for the expertise. I bought it from a reputable dealer in Canada and he does have a no questions asked guarantee but it has a time limit. I'd really rather not use it though.

I'll try and get some pics of the catch. I am right in the middle of moving into my first home I have a nikon Coolpix L12 can anyone suggest a good setting for posting on the forum???

[all1knew]

Hello there,

I don't see anything wrong with this one.

William Kramer

[tinmantis]

do a kind of side shot if you can
but I'm pretty sure it's fine

I had a Coolpix a few years ago, the macro stopped working, so I held my loupe up against the lens, worked great

regards
jon