for comparison, here is the b/o cut badge that I owned. hated to get rid of it but needed it in a big trade to get some other things. this is the same shell here. same specs. just with the b/o badge. also had the b stamp. gonna be looking for another one of these for the collection.

mike

Congrats Mike!

Thanks for sharing!

That's a real beauty Mike with a great story attached. For some reason I keep looking at new Black Beauty's lately . . . uh oh! Thanks for posting and enjoy it!

Sweet drum, Mike!

Super cool. I love these "rare" finds & stories!

Your pic of the bearing edge is interesting. Looks like a 60's Supra edge; for some reason, I was expecting the edge to be soldered to the side like on an old Brass shelled snare.

It would seem no big deal for someone to knock out a few special snares now & then; what's interesting to me is that, after switching to Ludalloy, they still maybe knew that their old brass shells were, arguably, better, & made their "special" snares out of the old stuff.

I'd lover to spend a Saturday in the old Ludwig factory with an old-timer, building myself a spun brass Supra. Would be a memorable time........marko