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New office in Istanbul

You'll find 10X more old K's in New Jersey than you ever will in Istanbul, trust me. The vast majority of the old K's were scoured out of Istanbul a...

10 years ago
help on old istanbul K

That's a '57 era old stamp, type IVb. It still has value despite the mis-shapen bell hole. Orphaned 14" cymbals like that go for around $200.

10 years ago
K. Zildjian EAK "Transition" stamp?

And no, its not worth even a penny more just because of this anomaly. I thought I should clarify this point before you or anyone else here should ask....

10 years ago
K. Zildjian EAK "Transition" stamp?

Looks like somebody didn't get the memo about their new policy of switching out the big "K" for the Zildjian stencil, so they used both of them just t...

10 years ago
18" Paiste 505 Green Label Heavy Crash

From Purdie Shuffle...

10 years ago
Hopefully you can tell me info. VINTAGE RARE SIGNED CYMBAL

The grommet in the bellhole tells me that this is an orphaned marching band cymbal. This means its a heavier type than a drum set type. That translate...

10 years ago
K Constantinople splash / crash anomaly?

From OddBall...

10 years ago
Hopefully you can tell me info. VINTAGE RARE SIGNED CYMBAL

K. Zildjian Constantinople, probably from the 1930's The writing on the back of the bell says the same thing only in Latin script.

10 years ago
Vintage ?Zildjian? ?1960s?

Maybe Chinese? They do look a lot like K's, but without that trademark they can't be.

10 years ago
The strangest ZILDJIAN I've EVER seen!

I've seen a few of these. I don't hink these ever really caught on as evidenced by the relatively short time period in which they were made.

10 years ago
K Constantinople splash / crash anomaly?

Yes that is an anomaly. I've never seen that before, but I think there might be a logical explanation. Firstly I had to do back through my archives...

10 years ago
A. Zildjian Transisition stamp

From redneckdrum...

10 years ago
A. Zildjian Transisition stamp

1 & 2 are type III 1950 - 1952 3 & 4 are type IV 1952 - 1953

10 years ago