EK I - Help with Maker Please

[bytown]

From a previous post with better pictures. The other cross turned out to be Maker 4.

Cross has replaced pin. Original is shown in another photo.

Non Magnetic.

It's also a little smaller than your normal ekI.

Opinions welcomed please.

Wayne

[bytown]

Date.

[bytown]

Reverse.

[bytown]

Original Pin.

[fabri-online]

Hello Wayne
it should be a Schinkel 1st class but .. I don't know crosses with this date and back side set-up .. sincerly I don't like it

[streptile]

Hello Wayne
it should be a Schinkel 1st class but .. I don't know crosses with this date and back side set-up .. sincerly I don't like it

I probably agree with Fabrizio. Is it 3-piece construction? Can you please post measurements?

[bytown]

It is 3 piece construction. Not magnetic.

It appears to be 42mm by 42mm

Could be 42.5 by 42.5 as I'm using a metal ruler so it might be out by a little.

It is not more than 42.5mm in either measurement.

Wayne

[bytown]

Now that everyone is back from the Max.

Any more thoughts on the maker?

Wayne

[ben bijker]

Hi Wayne,

the maker of these crosses is unknown.

There are 2 core-variations, and they also come as SB, with a big disc and a small screw.


Ben

[streptile]

Ben,

You're sure these are good? I'm interested to know how.

Thanks,

[ben bijker]

Hi Trevor,

although I have no solid evidence:
- these crosses are very well made with the right materials
- I only know of (and have seen) a small number for sale over the past years
- there are only small numbers in the collections I know
- and a good deal of gut-feeling.

Apart from that you can find the complete set when you're lucky.
It comes as SB, PB (2 cores) and ek2 (2 cores, so I am still looking for one to complete the set)

If it would have been a copy, we wou;d have seen more of them over the past years....

Ben

[streptile]

All good reasons, Ben, and I certainly trust your feeling more than mine, having never held one myself. Interestingly, this one does not look well made in these photos, but that means little.

[bytown]

Thanks for the insight.

Cross looks better in hand than in the photos.

Wayne

[ben bijker]

You are right, they DO look better in hand.