my dug up WH buckles

[Ben Evans]

Thanks for the extra pics, are there any markings on any of the buckles?

[stuka f]

Thanks for the extra pics, are there any markings on any of the buckles?

Yes ! I'll try to put some more pictures later on.

[stuka f]

...hard to make a nice picture !!
I up loaded 10 pictures and got a ???"safety token missing message"???
Tried again with 2 pictures , thise seems to work!
And an other thing , when I try to download photo shopped (with Photo Plus) pictures , it doesn't work ..??
Back to the marks:
the first picture is a RS&S (quiet a lot of them) they also come in different letter types!
but the second picture shows ;
-in the front a B and G woven into each other
-at the back a G K & L in gothique
Not showed on the pictures are a RODO, a Dr.F.&Co.,an L in a circle,a N&H,an ST&L and a JFS

[Nick VR]

Hi Stuka f

thise one is fully restaured; it is the same one as seen on the previous picture.

Did you re-etched this one?


Greetz

Nick VR

[tomegn]

Stuka f,very nice collection&resto..did you say they were all found at one time?,my hands would be shaking if so.

[stuka f]

hey Nick ,
If you mean by etching ,engraving the metal ...then , no!
I do put layers and layers of epoxy , mould it until the result is OK.
When restauring, what ever item, you must always make more epoxy than you need , so thise is a way to use the left overs, that are coming very expensive these days.

[stuka f]

Stuka f,very nice collection&resto..did you say they were all found at one time?,my hands would be shaking if so.

the one's on the first picture, yes! So the story goes...

[Nick VR]

Hi Stuka f


Is their a way to recognize pieces that were treated with epoxy? I'am a little concerned that these will hit the collectors market as originals...


Greetz

Nick VR

[stuka f]

Hi Stuka f


Is their a way to recognize pieces that were treated with epoxy? I'am a little concerned that these will hit the collectors market as originals...


Greetz

Nick VR

Heat,a cutter or methyl ethyl ****ne (MEK). But all 3 of these methodes are dangerous and will cause damage in away ore another.
I did sell some pieces , but I added a restauration forme with the item. The probleme is that those items showed up again whitout the restauration forme...

[Ben Evans]

...hard to make a nice picture !!
I up loaded 10 pictures and got a ???"safety token missing message"???
Tried again with 2 pictures , thise seems to work!
And an other thing , when I try to download photo shopped (with Photo Plus) pictures , it doesn't work ..??
Back to the marks:
the first picture is a RS&S (quiet a lot of them) they also come in different letter types!
but the second picture shows ;
-in the front a B and G woven into each other
-at the back a G K & L in gothique
Not showed on the pictures are a RODO, a Dr.F.&Co.,an L in a circle,a N&H,an ST&L and a JFS

Wow, good mixture of makers

Richard Seiper and Sohne, quite a prolific buckle maker and very common

Gebr Kugel & Fink Ludenscheid

Robert Dold Offenberg

Dr Franke & Co Ludenscheid

Noelle & Hueck

Steinhauer and Luck

Josef Feix Sohne and the L in a circle are you sure it is an L and not an F?

Thanks