Ss b

[Hammerstein]

Hello guys.
What are you thinking about this buckle? Is it an original?

[Pascal Bernhard]

bad Molded fake... IMO.

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Indeed a very bad one

[John T]

SS b is SS f !

[Hammerstein]

explain please why this is copy
I put from catalogue picture. identical buckle

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8523/bild172.jpg

[Pascal Bernhard]

bad Molded fake... IMO.

Sorry bad CAST Fake...( fu.... frenchy )...

bad matter, bad details, Bad little "cast" bubbles

Here with a rael alu buckle close up;

hav only to compare...

[Pascal Bernhard]

your buckle... no comment

[Ric Ferrari]

Sorry bad CAST Fake...( fu.... frenchy )...

bad matter, bad details, Bad little "cast" bubbles......

Hello H.,

fellows are quite right : 100 % repro

Best

Ric

[Hammerstein]

show me identical buckle how my, and not another manufacturer. this is not comparison. on picture from catalogue buckle is identical and there is no difference between my.

[Ric Ferrari]

Try to use the "Search this Forum" function (just above pages numbers) and I'm sure you'll find a lot of original examples marked the same as yours.

Ric

[Pascal Bernhard]

show me identical buckle how my, and not another manufacturer. this is not comparison. on picture from catalogue buckle is identical and there is no difference between my.

Hello,

If you're confortable with your item, useless to ask...
As Ric said, make a "search" on the forum with : "RZM 36/40 SS", you'll surely find something.

The manufacturing method was the same anyway, the differences can be found in design of the front pattern and of course the maker markings.

[Hammerstein]

Hello,

If you're confortable with your item, useless to ask...
As Ric said, make a "search" on the forum with : "RZM 36/40 SS", you'll surely find something.

The manufacturing method was the same anyway, the differences can be found in design of the front pattern and of course the maker markings.

OK I will seek, thanks for advice.

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

explain please why this is copy
I put from catalogue picture. identical buckle

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8523/bild172.jpg

Please read this http://www.internationalmilitaria.com/ssbelt.html and you should have a better understanding. Keep in mind there was many improvements to those casted fakes since I wrote this article in 2001. So several features to tell a fake vs an original I was talking about are no longer valid for today's production. But since your fake is one of the first batch it should not matter for that one.

[collado250]

Fake . Look inside. The main difference is the leaves of oak and the circle ...