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Could this 20" ride no-badge be an old K?

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Could this 20" ride no-badge be an old K? I can not find any indication that there was ever a badge but this cymbal as you can see was severely abused; cleaned with something very abrasive and cracked. I sounds amazing still though and I would like to find out what it is; any help vastly appreciated!

also any thoughts on whether it would be good to try to polish out all the cross-grain scratches so I wouldn't be thought to be a cymbal abuser. What would be the best product to use? thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge and time.

Posted on 10 years ago
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looks more like an A than a K to me..

mike

Posted on 10 years ago
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The lathing and hammering don't strike me as being old K-esque. Probably an old Italian-made cymbal.

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Posted on 10 years ago
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Same here.....

Has anyone ever heard of a old Turk K that wasn't stamped?..I haven't

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Posted on 10 years ago
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Maybe it is possible that it had a stamp at one time before someone scraped the sh*t out of it?

Posted on 10 years ago
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I meant to say no stamp obviously it is not a drum :D

Posted on 10 years ago
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thanks for the thoughts. It looks different than any of my A's and closer to my one Istanbul K that's why I was asking. It weighs in at 2189.

Does anyone have experience with removing coarse scratches that run perpendicular to the grooves?

Posted on 10 years ago
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From mlayton

looks more like an A than a K to me..mike

+1 and in particular the bell doesn't look K-ish to me. And the bell also makes me think it isn't Italian.

How old are the As you are comparing it to mbira?

There are visible hammering marks in at least 3 concentric circles (pic 1) and this also makes me think A more than K or Italian. Perhaps a well worn HH Sabian from the late 80s? I don't know...

Posted on 10 years ago
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do you by any chance see just an "s" stamped on it anywhere?

mike

Posted on 10 years ago
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Zen I have A's from 50's to 70's and none of those have such prominent hammering. I have an 80's sabian HH 20" thin ride about the same weight and it looks and sounds very different.

Posted on 10 years ago
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