Thank you all for the posts and info,I have a bit more news.In the spirit of Football Sunday;
"Upon further review"
It does indeed have a inlay of metal in the rib,here are two pictures (one bad and one worse)
its about 2 inches up the rib,I thought it was a scratch in the rib but there is an inlay of silver ?white gold? platinum? (hey a guy can dream
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another piece of info is the serial number ,when I went to book it in and use the frame its is FWS251XX. I am assuming that would be feather weight?
again many thanks for all the posts,
KY would you require a Postal money order or would a bank check do? Maybe I better just send cash,I will need mailing address and can't thnk you enough for insuring against my certain heartbreak
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best,
Dave K