This is firstly a heads up about the new wave of REPRO's coming out of the Netherlands over the last 6 months.

These REPRO's are much better in quality than any previous REPRO's over the last 15 years and some of them are dam close to the originals.

One thing im sure of is that these weapons will definitely be assumed as original by inexperienced or newer collectors.

At the minute i am trying to pick up as many of these as possible so i can take high res photo's of them next to Original Weapons for the Main TIG site.

I also feel that its only by getting them in my hands that i will i able able to compare them properly against originals and find enough identification points to build a quality description to warn collectors.

For the most part these weapons are currently been sold as REPRO by various sellers from the Netherlands however there has already been a couple of cases of these REPRO's turning up with loose figures on eBay and sold as all original i do feel this will increases as more of them enter circulation.

Its for these reasons that i feel it is important to track and document them all now.

If anyone wants to help then feel free to drop me a PM.

Here are 2 examples of these type of REPRO's that have already been added to the main TIG site -

REPRO ERG STAFF (Netherlands REPRO)



REPRO Ugnaught Bag (Netherlands REPRO)

So glad I am pretty much done with my loose collecting!

I would hate to be just starting out and have to deal with all of this repro nonsense!

Thanks for posting and warning all of us!!!

Good work Jay.

Your saving the vintage collecting guy's big time from the fake's.

I wonder where the the field of vintage collectible's is going to be in 5-10 year's from now.

I think the fakes are going to be so common it's what will be mostly out there in the market.

Scammer's are making replica's of everything,They'll probably start making repro Ledy's soon.That's when i say goodnight.

Dan.

I bought a high quality ERG staff 2 or three years ago from a member of the German Forum.
That staff has got a small raised rectangle at the bottom. Jay, does your staff has got these rectangle, too?

I'll be sure to microwave the snake I got Jay.

Repros are getting trickier.

Here are some close up pictures of the new REPRO Gam Guard Axe unfortunately i haven't got an original to compare it with at the moment.

Looks damn close.

Wow, that is close. The only differences I can see in that from the original is the wood grain on the handle, it doesn't match up to it. Plus the indents on the blade are deeper. Unless thats just the photo where they look deeper.

Mine sank also. The one I'm comparing with looks like V3A or V3B that came with my PBP Gammy.

The New REPRO Gam Guard Axe Floats!

Its good that the original Gam Guard Axe's sink as this looks to be a key difference between some of the new wave REPRO's and the Originals so far this applies to the Yoda snake and Gam Guard Axe.

We need to work together on this thread to collate all the information so we can write a report including detail photographs and information for the forum and the main TIG site once complete ill add the info to RS as well.

Research shows so far that the old Float Test concept that was used for years is effectively redundant now if anything in some cases the reverse is going to be true!

The only way i can do this is by having as many people help out in this thread

There are at least 7 REPRO' that have been identified as been part of this new wave -

REPRO Orange Yoda Snake - I own an example for testing
REPRO Gam Guard Axe - I own an example for testing
REPRO ERG Staff - I own an example for testing
REPRO Ugnaught Bag - I own an example for testing

REPRO Madine Staff - Example needs purchasing
REPRO Pruneface Rfile - Example needs purchasing
REPRO Anmanaman Staff - Example needs purchasing

The only way i can do this is by having as many people help out were possible

If anyone ones to help out by helping to purchase these REPRO's for testing them drop me a PM

At this stage im looking for help with the following -

Can anyone complete the Float Test on the following ORIGINAL weapons -

ERG Staff
Ug Bag
Madine Staff
Pruneface Rfile
Anmanaman Staff