Fake Navy Toggle

Pete Ebbink · 04-16-2007, 11:26 AM

The little flat portion of the abutment behind the toggle knob is also something to look for in Navy toggles.

The eBay offering looks like it has this "flat" as well...

Having said this...take a look at a 1917 Navy the Simpsons LTD folks are selling and call a "fake"...

You can zoom in on the Simpson site photos and see the toggle knob details and the rear sight details...

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...oducts_id=2855

Maybe some mechanics in the USA are making (from scratch...) a much better "repro" than is available from one source in Germany which the repro sample in the photo comparison, above, that Ron Wood did some time ago...

Maybe the USA makers have gotten the rear sight profile right but not the dicing and radius pattern on the knobs ???

BTW...here is the posting and discussion Doug mentioned over on Jan Still's Gun Boards :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10390

I have moved two of Doug's photos from the G-B's over here to the LF for a better look :

04-16-2007, 11:26 AM	#14
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	The little flat portion of the abutment behind the toggle knob is also something to look for in Navy toggles. The eBay offering looks like it has this "flat" as well... Having said this...take a look at a 1917 Navy the Simpsons LTD folks are selling and call a "fake"... You can zoom in on the Simpson site photos and see the toggle knob details and the rear sight details... http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_in...oducts_id=2855 Maybe some mechanics in the USA are making (from scratch...) a much better "repro" than is available from one source in Germany which the repro sample in the photo comparison, above, that Ron Wood did some time ago... Maybe the USA makers have gotten the rear sight profile right but not the dicing and radius pattern on the knobs ??? BTW...here is the posting and discussion Doug mentioned over on Jan Still's Gun Boards : http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10390 I have moved two of Doug's photos from the G-B's over here to the LF for a better look :