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Unread 09-15-2015, 10:59 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by boogieman View Post
How do you keep from paying top dollar for a fake if everything looks as it should?
There actually is an essay/thread, either here or at Jan's, or linked here/Jan's, on detecting fakes. I don't have the URL (it really should be a sticky) but maybe someone remembers where it is???

Edit: I didn't find it, but John D. did bring up the idea of such a forum - "How about a section dealing with faked, refinished, and boosted Lugers" -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=78908

I haven't finished reading the 4 pages so I don't know what the consensus was...
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