CBI Dubow with a nasty problem

[Peter Graham]

Look how the re-stitching on the hanger has sliced through the leather on this otherwise nice Dubow.
http://www.manions.com/bid/bid.aspx~ite ... c~20080818

 

[fishmeok]

Looks like it has some serious issues with the upper back panel- I bet you could push your finger through it. Great looking depot re-dye though. i may have to do that to my pre-prod GW.

Cheers
Mark

 

[Anonymous]

No doubt folk will leap to their defence but my limited experience purchasing A-2 from Manions has been bad. I've purchased two and they've both had faults. Maybe I was just unlucky, but once bitten .... I don't think they're very aware of what they're selling and I wouldn't trust one of their descriptions. Ask lots of questions and get better pics, as you would with Ebay etc.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like it has some serious issues with the upper back panel- I bet you could push your finger through it. Great looking depot re-dye though. i may have to do that to my pre-prod GW.

Cheers
Mark

To my eyes it's not a re-dye- the stitching contrasts in a lot of places. I thought these late war Dubows were dark. I'm not a Dubow "expert" though...

 

[Robman]

I don't think it a re-dye either.

Dubows can be found in many shades of brown but usually most are dark from this contract.

 

[Tim P]

not a wearer methinks.
look at the lobes on that collar.
Problem with big auction houses is they sell investment pieces to the unwitting ignoring the tatty condition and selling (perhaps rightly?) a 'piece of history'.