BossHogg Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I recently read an article which said if your Bolivar band under the words habana was not a robust "Red" than it was a fake. I checked a box of my BRC's and to my surprise they are more of a brown color. Are these fakes? Anyone else ever heard this? I will try to put pics up soon. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maalouly Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I recently read an article which said if your Bolivar band under the words habana was not a robust "Red" than it was a fake. I checked a box of my BRC's and to my surprise they are more of a brown color. Are these fakes? Anyone else ever heard this? I will try to put pics up soon.Thanks. I dont think this is correct. Knowing the quality of printers that are available in a 3rd world country I doubt they will be able to get the red perfect everytime. Print Press is a complex mechanism especially offset printing and if the print run is huge you will find substantial differnce between the first label that was printed and the last one, it's like they were printed by two different printers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Bolivar band from Trevor's (best info on the net) website. x2 on the above as well, that Commie ink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 x3 on this. Being the son of a printer...maalouly is 100% correct regarding offset printing. I can't imagine the quality controls in Cuba are strict enough to make this happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 The finger notch on the wood insert... isn't it suppose to be a rounded corner? The two bands are (on the left) a PC, and (on the right) a BRC. Very different looking. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aavkk Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 the code looks perfect... font, size, factory corresponding with the date. As for the bands and other details, I dont pay much attention and others could advise you more correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFishingDude Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Take a look in the "Premium Select" sub forum on this board and look at the few different pics of the Bolivars. They range from brown to red on the bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thank you all for your comments. Can anyone comment on the finger notch? Is a 45 degree cut normal on the cab of 50 vs. a rounded cut? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thank you all for your comments. Can anyone comment on the finger notch? Is a 45 degree cut normal on the cab of 50 vs. a rounded cut?Thanks. You see both these days mate. Nothing to concern yourself about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BolivarSmoker Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 You see both these days mate. Nothing to concern yourself about. Hey thanks for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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