Fake One piece 1914 EK1 with Spange.

[J Temple-West]

These were coming out of Poland a few years ago.

[J Temple-West]

Reverse.

[Alex K]

Hi John, is the ek a single piece or a proper 3 piece construction, looks quite scary for a novice collector

regards

Alex

[joe campbell]

again, one must look at the "color" of the metal.

one of the things that strikes me often on these fakes

is the "unnatural" color of the metal. it doesn't have the

typical natural deterioration of 50 or 100 or 150 year old metal.

the alloys used look like alloys.

i know this isn't terribly scientific, but it IS a matter of

seeing enough of the real mccoy to get a sense of

what isn't real....

joe

Edited December 23, 2007 by joe campbell

[buellmeister]

Fortunately,

Only time creates Patina...

Regards,

Joel