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Help, this has been driving me crazy! Long story short: I found an old blade with original rubbers still on (Mark V + old logo Butterfly Salvo Speed) and no one has been able to identify it exactly, not even the guys at Stiga. I haven't seen another one just like it. What I know so far :
- It's likely a Stiga OC from the 90s. Some say early 90s, some say mid to late
- It had Offensive Classic written in white. That is odd because older and newer models used black lettering for the normal version and white for the WRB version, but this is not a WRB
- It has a single transparent lens with the words Stiga - Master - Made in Sweden in white or silver font on a black background
- The outer ply is either dyed koto or dyed limba. The switch from koto to limba happened in 1993 according to Stiga
Here are some pics after cleaning it up and applying a little bit of varnish. I mostly want to know if this is koto or limba. I've looked at hundreds of pictures and they are very hard to tell apart. Some koto veneers look a lot like limba and vice-versa, the brown die makes it even harder to tell. Don't be foooled by the apparent long grooves either, a few thin strips stayed on the rubber when I peeled it off as you can see in the last picture.
Julian
- It's likely a Stiga OC from the 90s. Some say early 90s, some say mid to late
- It had Offensive Classic written in white. That is odd because older and newer models used black lettering for the normal version and white for the WRB version, but this is not a WRB
- It has a single transparent lens with the words Stiga - Master - Made in Sweden in white or silver font on a black background
- The outer ply is either dyed koto or dyed limba. The switch from koto to limba happened in 1993 according to Stiga
Here are some pics after cleaning it up and applying a little bit of varnish. I mostly want to know if this is koto or limba. I've looked at hundreds of pictures and they are very hard to tell apart. Some koto veneers look a lot like limba and vice-versa, the brown die makes it even harder to tell. Don't be foooled by the apparent long grooves either, a few thin strips stayed on the rubber when I peeled it off as you can see in the last picture.
Julian
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