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Picked this one up yesterday, early fourth version with brass rocker pin and separate brass spring holder.
Not mint by any measure and has some character marks!
Lock is solid though. I did notice that on the mark side, its missing the front brass rivet. At first I thought it had fallen off, but there is actually just a slight divot in the Macassar Ebony scale where it should be, not a hole going through. So it must have missed getting a rivet at the factory and just got hit by the machine????
Sure not the prettiest gal at the dance, but a good vintage user.
Not mint by any measure and has some character marks!
Lock is solid though. I did notice that on the mark side, its missing the front brass rivet. At first I thought it had fallen off, but there is actually just a slight divot in the Macassar Ebony scale where it should be, not a hole going through. So it must have missed getting a rivet at the factory and just got hit by the machine????
Sure not the prettiest gal at the dance, but a good vintage user.
...Mike...If ya look closely at all of them, including the ones you now have, the bolsters and liners are ALL one piece...The earliest ones are forged brass in a single piece...afterwards they used sintered brass but still one piece...