Hahaha such intrigue over minutia! I'm holding the chestnut and ivory in my hands right now and the pins look exactly the same on both - the pin for the backspring is flush cut on the ivory and the same flush cut on the chestnut. The shield on the ivory is the same but the fitting is not as crisp on the ivory, it may be the working of the material is a little more difficult?
I bought all three the instant of the drop at KSF (I was actually on the phone with them). My understanding is that my ivory is one of five produced with the run in 2016. I don't think the ivory was supplied by KSF as they seemed surprised at the cover but may have been some material at the factory they wanted to use up and sent to KSF as there was a penchant for ivory - that was why they relocated from the west coast to Michigan.
Also, on the cap of the tube it is clearly written "elephant ivory" in the same hand as the rest of information.
The point of this discussion however is that not all covers are included in the GEC production totals.
I bought all three the instant of the drop at KSF (I was actually on the phone with them). My understanding is that my ivory is one of five produced with the run in 2016. I don't think the ivory was supplied by KSF as they seemed surprised at the cover but may have been some material at the factory they wanted to use up and sent to KSF as there was a penchant for ivory - that was why they relocated from the west coast to Michigan.
Also, on the cap of the tube it is clearly written "elephant ivory" in the same hand as the rest of information.
The point of this discussion however is that not all covers are included in the GEC production totals.
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