Quote Originally Posted by imarangemaster View Post
It looks good, but we need a picture of the welds on the top. The majority of the Repos only have one weld, and tend to look a little deformed. It should have three welds ob top.
3 welds although they look smaller than the original welds. Originals are very light, undefined, and "smeared". Will post pics later. A minor prob with my photo program currently.

Quote Originally Posted by cali201 View Post
simple test: with screw and swivel out pinch the two open ends together, it they spring back to full form it is real. Real bands were made from spring steel, repros are not and when pinched will not spring back to full form.
Springs back but I am still concerned about the edge profile being flat and not round like the known originals I have seen. Does anyone know if the original bands had that flat edge profile?