T206 Old Mill Brown Backs

[Bkrum]

Are brown backs generally hand cut? Hadn't heard that before

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Bkrum

Are brown backs generally hand cut? Hadn't heard that before

All OM Browns are hand cut. They are all scraps.

The brown color should be the same shade as a Hindu back. The same ink was probably used for both backs (just my opinion). I was told that if you have to ask if they're brown, then they aren't brown. The brown color is quite distinctive.

But good luck. It would be great if some new OM browns were to surface.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Sean

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I was told that if you have to ask if they're brown, then they aren't brown.

I was going to post exactly that, Sean, its in previous post(s)? on other T206 Brown-back discussions.

I've not held a T206 brown-back, but the same can be said of the T207 brown-print backs, FWIW - once you've held them side-by-side, there's absolutely no question.

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Mike

also, and this was surprising: search Google for "if you have to ask if its brown" (quotes included). It came back with just 1 result ... yes 1 result ...:

Wonka's comment to the same: (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...42059868,d.eWE)

[mrvster]

Thanks so much! almost a quarter century