MAX Pickups

[AndyC]

Great finds Tom


Andy

[schwelch]

Hi Tom,

I think you had a great show and you got some real beauties! Congrats!!!
I especially like the cut-out and the MK4 IAB.
In my opinion the MK4 IAB is the most common IAB of the MK series after the MK1 if you have a look on them in silver, but in bronze it's almost impossible to find it. The MK1 in bronze you can find from time to time and with some luck you also get a MK3 in bronze, but from the MK4 in bronze I just know about 5 which were shown on the forums. In my opinion just the MK6 in bronze is more rare and the MK2, MK5 and MK7 I've never seen in bronze before. I'm still not sure if they even exist.
Your new cut-out is awesome! I really like the way they cut the form of the head. I already have 6 cut-outs, but I've never managed to get one with this form. Just awesome!!!

BR
Sven

[London Jay]

Great finds my friend! !

Jay

[Graeme]

Hi Tom

Congrats on adding so many fine examples. They are all nice

You had a successful show for sure

regards
Graeme

[tenten]

Hi Tom, great finds, congrats I really love that Meybauer

Dirk

[scott3000]

Very Nice additions Tom, sorry I missed you but see you in Feb

[Calvin Hall]

Last but no least, two IABs I have really been on the hunt for, early hollow tombak Hymmen and early hollow tombak Meybauer. I was really lucky on the Meybauer, just happen to be at the right place when the guy pulled out the case from under the table. I would have snapped it up in any condition, but the fact that it has most of its original frosted finish is just icing on the cake.

On the Meybauer, you can see alot of evidence of hand sawing around the inner edges as well as around the eagles shoulders. Pretty labor intensive before they figured out how to make a cookie cutter that will eliminate all that hand finishing, but that is what makes these early Meybauers special.

Hope you guys like em as much as I do, thanks for looking.

Tom

Very nice tombak IABs! Wonderful condition on both examples.