Matching CD 162 molds: Hemingray [020] and No Name [020]

By Christian Willis; posted October 4, 2007

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Okay, so you probably know about the CD 162 No Name [020] that's just embossed with "No.19" on the F-Skirt and nothing else. It's unquestionably a Hemingray product. Well, I always wondered if Hemingray reused the mold later on...

At a recent show I came across a CD 162 Hemingray [020]. The "No.19" on the back looked oddly familiar... the same faint "No." stamp, the "smeared" look of the embossing, and the horizontal line to the bottom left of "No."... and then it hit me: this was the same mold as the No Name [020]!

Shown side-by-side for comparison. They may look slightly different in the picture, but in person they are unquestionably the same mold.

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