Genuine or Fake TB ALC?
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Topic: Genuine or Fake TB ALC?
Posted By: Rollko
Subject: Genuine or Fake TB ALC?
Date Posted: 08/17/2020 at 4:55pm
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Hi All, I've got a second-hand Timo Boll ALC, whose genuinity I've started doubting. If I compare it with my genuine Timo Boll Spirit, there are a few differences: 1) The ALC layers in TB ALC are considerably thicker. 2) The outer Koto layers in TB ALC seem to be of uneven thickness - one is thicker than the other. 3) The silver tag in TB ALC has rougher grain. 4) The TB ALC has a more orange-ish tint and feels softer. The TB Spirit (and also another Zhang Jike ALC I have) seems harder and has a lighter tint. Also please see attached the photos of both. What do you think? Is the TB ALC genuine or fake?    |
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Posted By: kindof99
Date Posted: 08/17/2020 at 10:45pm
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Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 08/18/2020 at 12:58am
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I see nothing wrong with your TBalc, quality control about the outer plies....ok....just make that thicker side your fh, Beautiful koto plies!!!!
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Posted By: Stev
Date Posted: 08/18/2020 at 3:10am
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Posted By: Rollko
Date Posted: 08/18/2020 at 11:18am
| One thing I find puzzling is the serial number on the bottom right - in the originals I own it's well printed with a deep grove, with zeroes having a diagonal line. In the TB ALC in question, it's quite shallow and not as distinct, with zeroes having no diagonal line. Why would this be? |
Posted By: Skynet
Date Posted: 08/18/2020 at 4:07pm
First of all: The Timo Boll ALC you have is genuine. The reason why the serial number of your Timo Boll ALC has no diagonal line crossing the zeroes is because the blades are from different eras (according to the starting letter of the serial number the TB ALC is from 2009 and the Spirit is from 2016), so the Timo Boll ALC is older than the Sprit. The Sprit also has the newest silver tag on the bottom of the handle (the blade was likely produced shortly before it was discontinued) wheras the Timo Boll has an older silver tag. Back then the blades with the older silver tag also had slightly different looking fonts, hence the missing diagonal line crossing the zeroes...Butterfly changes "minor" things like that every once in a while. Take a look at some pictures of the Timo Boll ALC from about ten years ago (just scroll down a bit...): https://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5225" rel="nofollow - https://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5225 That particular blade also has no diagonal line crossing the zeroes
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Rollko wrote:Posted By: BH-Man
Date Posted: 08/18/2020 at 9:39pm
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Posted By: Antuan
Date Posted: 08/21/2020 at 7:01pm
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Genuine
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