It is a Pearl stencil. The lugs and the strainer give it away.

Not sure what Pearl stencil is. Does that mean Pearl made it for another

drum company or that it originally had one of those Pearl stenciled name

logo thing attached?

Thanks again...

Yes. Could have been any one of a dozen or more "brands" but it's really Pearl.

Interesting-this is the first stencil I've seen on this site with the same combo of lugs,strainer and tone control as my stencil kit.The tone control knob is not the same as the typical Royce-Whitehall etc.More like a coin than a Pearl knockoff.Also,my drums have zolocoated interiors.Welcome to the "Island of misfit drums".

Not a bad sounding snare really and it's 8 lugs at least.

Does your kit need a blue sparkle snare? hee hee

I think I'm going to unload this, I didn't think I would win the bay auction

and I don't really want it.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]What's the stencil name on yours...or does it have one ? I have never come across a Japanese stencil with the interiors finished like that...although I agree it's definitely of that origin....[/COLOR]

Looks like Tama Zola coat...doesn't it?

I have a couple of stencils that have a similar, but darker coating. And yes, that looks like zola.

Yeah, my first thought was Tama style Zola coat as I had a older Imperial Star that had a very similar Zola interior. This Zola coating doesn't look as thick however and you can see a few very faint seems as well. I tensioned it up a bit and played it for awhile and it sounded pretty decent, the tension lugs could use some oil though.

For some reason I simply put down a opening bid on the bay and won it, didn't even think I'd win. I don't even have anything else at this moment in sparkle