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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5134461, member: 24314"]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">A+++</span></font></b> the final <span style="color: #b30000">+</span> would have come if you had mentioned the tiny rim nicks. Hey, no one is perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>This folks is exactly how it is done. I wish all of you would learn to look this closely at my poor images lacking white balance!</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: Anyway, raised LU, widely spaced, in a serif font. <span style="color: #b30000"><b>Lumps</b> (die chips?) present on both letters, most notably on the upper right of the vertical of the L and upper right of the right vertical of the U.</span> Nearly horizontal die polishing lines run through both letters, with a more pronounced spike at the middle of the left side of the left upright of the U. <span style="color: #b30000">Additional <b>spike</b></span> from the center of the bottom of the base of the L. Assorted contact marks, including one shaped like Vietnam just left of the U. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">This <span style="color: #000000">was the reason for the exercise. This edge is on a counterfeit. Messy caught <span style="color: #b30000"><b>two</b></span> important diagnostics BY JUST POSTING the details he saw. After you look at enough Saint edges, you would know that these "lumps" (die chips or defects in the C/F die) are not seen on any genuine Saint edge. </span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5134461, member: 24314"][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#b30000]A+++[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] the final [COLOR=#b30000]+[/COLOR] would have come if you had mentioned the tiny rim nicks. Hey, no one is perfect. This folks is exactly how it is done. I wish all of you would learn to look this closely at my poor images lacking white balance! NOTE: Anyway, raised LU, widely spaced, in a serif font. [COLOR=#b30000][B]Lumps[/B] (die chips?) present on both letters, most notably on the upper right of the vertical of the L and upper right of the right vertical of the U.[/COLOR] Nearly horizontal die polishing lines run through both letters, with a more pronounced spike at the middle of the left side of the left upright of the U. [COLOR=#b30000]Additional [B]spike[/B][/COLOR] from the center of the bottom of the base of the L. Assorted contact marks, including one shaped like Vietnam just left of the U. [COLOR=#b30000]This [COLOR=#000000]was the reason for the exercise. This edge is on a counterfeit. Messy caught [COLOR=#b30000][B]two[/B][/COLOR] important diagnostics BY JUST POSTING the details he saw. After you look at enough Saint edges, you would know that these "lumps" (die chips or defects in the C/F die) are not seen on any genuine Saint edge. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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