Kilroy56 Posted April 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2019 After being been taught on this forum , I believe these wings to be original. Thoughts welcome... Thank you , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted April 25, 2019 Share #2 Posted April 25, 2019 Its hard to know for sure, but I don't see anything that gives me heartburn about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy56 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted April 25, 2019 Input much appreciated as ever Patrick ! Please read : having been taught... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted April 25, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2019 A couple of nice "British-made" US Pilot examples! Thanks for sharing your finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted April 25, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 25, 2019 The top one is a neat pattern that doesn't seem to be faked as much as the JR Gaunt wings. I typically see these made in a yellowish metal and covered with a nice silver "frosting" like finish. Also the C clasps tend to use a half rounded piece of metal. That frosting finish seems to be hard to reproduce. The JR Gaunts are sometimes hard to tell. I don't have any pilot wings that I really like in my collection, so I cannot speak much to what tends to be right or wrong with them. The Gaunts seemed to be made using a pot metal and sometimes a painted on type silver finish. The hook on the C catch is usually a flat metal, that has a taper to a slight point at the end. I don't like it when I see them hallmarked "SILVER" and I am leery if the JR GAUNT marking is crooked. My strategy will be to find on at a flea-market for 25$, rather than avoid getting burned. Here is a Gaunt-like glider wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy56 Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted April 26, 2019 Thank you for your input Russ & Patrick. I do agree , these Gaunt wings are hard to tell although the ones with a frosting make me far more comfortable. Here is a recent acquisition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldnol Posted December 22, 2022 Share #7 Posted December 22, 2022 On 4/24/2019 at 11:15 AM, Kilroy56 said: After being been taught on this forum , I believe these wings to be original. Thoughts welcome... Thank you , nice JR GAUNT wing just picked one up for my self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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