Boy, this is till going. And I must have gotten to busy, forgot to reply or just see too many as to what stands out so frequently. It's certainly a repainted bike, and there's nothing wrong with that except when somebody pulls a con job, claiming it's original. .
And It's a good looker too.
Yet, the darts on frame are not correct. Plus the easiest way and most frequent error made is the Chain guard. The pin stripes, where the angle down tips are; those were made with about 3/4" fine stripe brush. The side of the brush makes a mark that's a little like a up-side down drip. It's oval at the top and thin at bottom. Yours are a long thin triangle, it's not a brush mark. Even the 95 repop Black Phantoms were carefully recreated with a brush that is the exactly what was done in the factory.
The size of this mark can vary during the years made but the way it was done on the Phantoms and all of Schwinn's deluxe guards, any color, any model is the same.
It's not like it's this big secret yet the only ones I have ever seen to get it right is Bob, who commented in this thread. And as I have been making this point for years, I expect we should begin to see it proper. Funny: the other day I saw repaint at ebay and the brush tip was up-side down.
. Defies my imagination that only one guy, Bob, after all these years peeps have been attempting it, one person paid attention.
Here's an genuine1960 Wasp. like I said, it may vary. Understanding, factories, you will find tons of variances when hand touched materials are part of production. This one is little small, a little fat, maybe a brush that's warn out or? But it's a factory made hand applied brush tip mark. And, the easiest to spot, most frequent error made in restorations, failure to use the brush sideways and it's not exactly a stripe rather, it's a mark.
Click this to blow it up, see the detail of the brush mark.
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