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Author Topic: could this be early strathearn or vasart ?  (Read 1103 times)

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Offline joewol

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could this be early strathearn or vasart ?
« on: February 18, 2013, 08:30:23 PM »
hi guys
i  recently bought this and thought it was strathearn but now i have it in my hand ive changed my view and im not sure any help in the id of this would be welcome
cheers
joe

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Re: could this be early strathearn or vasart ?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 10:58:31 PM »
A vasart/strathearn transitional weight I would say but I would err on the vasart side. The white canes in the middle are quite old formation of vasart.
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Re: could this be early strathearn or vasart ?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 08:42:54 AM »
hi roger
thanks for the info :) have yu seen radial twists like the ones on this weight before as they are new to
me along with the single cane above the two cross style canes as thats what attracted me to buy this?
cheers joe

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Re: could this be early strathearn or vasart ?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2013, 09:35:38 PM »
Hi Joe,

Both the radial twists and the canes that you mention are relatively common in Vasart/Strathearn pieces.

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Re: could this be early strathearn or vasart ?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2013, 09:38:17 PM »
Hi sophie
Thanks for the confirmation
Cheers
Joe :)

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