Still waiting to have someone, anyone, throw up a photo of a REAL one. Good, focused pictures, front and back, so the differences can be seen whatever they are. One that is real .. and ... how do you KNOW personally it is real?

Here are photos of the original Newhouse #4 1/2 belt buckle made in 1981. Notice the quality of the casting, it is crisp with no flaws. Also, I will point out that the patent date on all of these buckles is incorrect. It should read "SEPT. 26, 1911", not 28. I do not have any of the reproduction buckles but I will post photos for comparison.

Here are the repo buckles, notice the casting quality, has flaws.



These are the buckles currently on Ebay, the quality is much better but they are repo buckles also. You have to look much closer but there are still casting flaws.

There is a couple of reproduction buckles on ebay now.

the repop buckles are poor metal quality and not as thick...original metal is much harder can not bend with your hands..repops you can bend and damage very easily..

Not sure how to post picks. I have one of the originals. The little bumps throughout are perfect. Not so on the others.

What is the going price for a real one?

$70-$100 1n my opinion.

Thank you for posting this. Would be nice if they were high resolution ones that you could enlarge to see detail. Handy to have these available so comparisons can be made when they do show up.

I've been asked about the links not working..... Please check the date of original post first.....

Just got me one for Christmas