Broken original type one band vs replacement. Legit?

[Flying10uk]

I thought that it may be helpful to this discussion to post a few example pictures to illustrate what a laser cut edge looks like. The best way to understand how the laser cutting works is to think of the laser beam as a miniature yet very powerful gas cutting torch controlled by a computer. You will see from my pictures the tiny lines running at tangents to the edge of the metal caused by the laser beam as it moves along the metal. Occasionally "Fakers" may try to remove these marks by grinding/linishing off but more often than not they seem to be left on, for the World to see.