phil.co1 Posted April 1, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 1, 2021 Can`t tell if this is real or not. Any help appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 1, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 1, 2021 Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.co1 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted April 1, 2021 Thanks John, What should I be looking at to confirm it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 2, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 2, 2021 IIRC the rivets on fakes tend to be the first give away. Yours look right to me. Fakes are usually obviously of lesser quality and just different / off looking. Also the weave of the fabric, and the age in general look right to me. I'm no expert, but did research these slings a bit. Others may be able to offer more info and or certainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 2, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 2, 2021 I believe these two are original. (Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 2, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 2, 2021 Yours look to be under natural light. Mine are under florescent indoor so the color is off. It should be a little more "mustard" than your usual Khaki, but no where near as much as the pics suggest. If you search for pics of fakes online the differences get obvious pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.co1 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted April 2, 2021 Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted April 3, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 3, 2021 John K, yours appear to be fakes to me. Rivets don't look right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted April 5, 2021 Share #10 Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 6:05 PM, johnsonlmg41 said: John K, yours appear to be fakes to me. Rivets don't look right? Please educate me. I thought both were correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted April 5, 2021 Share #11 Posted April 5, 2021 The rivets on both look questionable. The one on the right has striations from manufacture. Both I'm sure have very tight springs. Here are two of mine. The one on the left is for sure the real deal. The one on the right is dubious, but similar to yours, only better/more consistent rivets and no striations from drawing or stamping. Mine on the right also has very stiff springs. I have several Kerrs and they are very consistent (other than the lengths.....for different guns) Always safe to go with Kerr marked (except the repros which all have split rivet and are obvious) Sadly we're now in a period where I see repro stuff from the 60's and 70's that actually is now vintage and looks old enough, but still repro. Definitely a judgement call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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