I'm sorry Antonio,,, for me it rasies more questions than answers.... You 5 points on WAF ,,maybe at best it explaines 2 of them..
Jos first part he used a 2nd patter. This part 2 he uses a 1st pattern. Not really a big deal..... I wonder if something happened to that ring? I've seen 3 HRs that were worn totally smooth , even skull,,but the engraving was way better than that. Maybe a clean up inside with sandpaper long ago? Here's JPs 1st pattern HR,,just about the same wear to it on outside.. Check out the inside of Johns..
I've only handles 30 or so HRs. Not sure how many were 1st pattern but thats the first I've seen where you couldn't see a seam! VERY interesting.. Does ANY member have a 1st pattern where you can't see the seam.. Antonio,,not sure IF your still here but what is the ring size of that.. We might be able to do an experiment of our own! IF that ring is a size 10 lets say,,,and we get to see another size 10 but no seam,,well than that probably proves it!
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