How can one determine if a trade label is really authentic? I see a lot of labels with just lettering (simple fonts) and no ornamentation from a manufacturer and then I see another from the same mfg with lions and cups and other ornamentation with the same wording but exotic fonts, some of which I can't source or identify. Most of the unadorned labels I see are 'copies' on nice paper and some on leather, supposedly identical to the real mccoy. I could easily do the same in Adobe Illustrator and probably make it more attractive. If these guys are sitting in the back room banging out fakes on a computer software then why pay when you could do it yourself on Word?
A current example, and check out the others this seller has, just lettering and lines. Galazan has many just like them.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Lefever-Arms-Co-Black-Leather-Trade-Label-Name-Tag-for-Case-Lid/282504886502?_trkparms=pageci%3Ac1de60d4-1029-11e8-8d3a-74dbd18033d7%7Cparentrq%3A8b75ec231610a866b15723e6fff8004c%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236
Last edited by Tamid; 02/12/18 02:38 PM.
