Ribbon authenticity guide

[Chopperman]

Ken,
I think it's worth taking a chance on it but you will never know until
you have it in hand.

See my post on WAF

[Wilko]

Ken,
I think it's worth taking a chance on it but you will never know until
you have it in hand.

See my post on WAF

Just replied on WAF Greg, and thank you for your valued feed back once again

Ken

[Kohima]

From original post: ‘Back then, they used to produce the ribbons in two seperate threads. One was the warp and the other the weft. As a rule of thumb, if the ribbon has no weft then, most probably, isn't a good one.‘

Technically, if a ribbon had no weft, it would just be thread!

In any weave, in all fabrics, the horizontal thread (also known as a ‘shot’), is the weft - interlaced with the vertical warp threads.

The visible and pronounced bend, shown here, is simply the return.
In the modern/reproduction ribbons, that return is simply tighter and, therefore, less notable.

[thecyclist64]

Looks like a genuine one to me as well. A UV light test would also help to put your mind at ease. Here is my genuine example