My lufty crank catch, and repair query?

[Lenny Warren]

Hi guys,

Just thought I would show you my lufty crank catch buckle, marked CTD 1942 with a 43 dated RB numbered belt. I know the crank catches were crimped and/or soldered but this one seems to have had a repair, any thoughts on wheteher this looks contemporary?

Cheers,
Lenny

[Ben Evans]

Hard call on that Lenny, nice buckle though, it looks like on the inside the grime and dirt around the repair has not been disturbed for a while but hard to say whether period

[Lenny Warren]

I wasn't sure on the repair, but as it was a crank catch and price was good I had to have it....

[Ben Evans]

Fair one mate, no an easy to find buckle to be honest!

[kirby]

This is a buckle that is missing from my collection. Nice score.

[Lenny Warren]

Cheers guys, when I decided I was going to get back into collecting, and specifically buckles I contacted an old friend/part time dealer. He had x4 belts and buckles in stock, x2 Heer and x2 Lufty. One of the Heer's was a Normandy bringback, direct from vet and one of the Lufty's was this one.... I managed to do a good deal for old time's sake so was pretty chuffed. Not often you get that from a dealer, but this friend has been decent with me over the years...

[Wagriff]

If Kirby is missing one....you Know it's a toughie to find!
(Personally, I'd say the repair is period. If it's Not, then it was done a Long time ago after the war had Just ended, from the looks of it!)

[Lenny Warren]

If Kirby is missing one....you Know it's a toughie to find!
(Personally, I'd say the repair is period. If it's Not, then it was done a Long time ago after the war had Just ended, from the looks of it!)

Well, guess I did ok then. It was £100 for belt and buckle. The repair looked old, not sure if these tended to work loose?