oldschool. the Rk floor tom is not older it is the date of the snare drum, the earlier rk floor tom's had washers with slingerland engraved in them with different screws than your latter floor tom has,also everything points to the 10% law, on your floor tom the wood rims and the rim clips,and your tom sat on a floor cradle! the factory was using anything left over at this time! here is a pic of the washers and screws for an earlier model!

vintagemore2000:

THANKS for the input. I was just thinking that the discolored areas on the lower portion of the drum might have been caused by the rubber tips of the cradle pressing against them. I guess that could be considered one explanation.

vintagemore2000:

I just spotted this one up on eBay.

It appears to be identical to mine except:

a.) The rims on this one are metal, not wooden;

b.) The rim clips are a different configuration; and

c.) The dual pads on the Harold Dodd muffler system are a different color.

The seller states that this particular drum is from 1942.

This one is really around yours date by the tone control color and the tone control knob this one is probably 1945 or latter! oldschool take a pic of the tone control knob ok?

Here ya go!

thank you,your is older but there so close it almost impossible to tell, you could email the seller on the other one you showed me, And ask him if his rims are engraved with radio king in them, I'll make an educated guess and say he has one that is the top one but not the bottom one! both of the inside washers are the real sign of the age of both these rk's! and his tone control!