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Unread 12-16-2023, 08:10 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Daniel B Sweet View Post
I have compared it to my factory vent rib CHE, it looks nothing like it, much smaller. I also compared it to my VH "Flat rib", both the VH & CHE are easy to see and you can tell the lettering has been pressed into the rib, the Damascus rib besides being smaller is a different style of lettering, almost like script and has not been pressed in.
Dan, I can't see the rib that well, but what I see does look like engraving rather than stamping. Regardless, that's a beauty.
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