Brandon
I think that is a good first step, but if someone was going to go to all the trouble to fake a ball and they had vintage leather (easy to get) and vintage twine to sew it up (also easy) they could easily buy a beat up old ball and unwind the thing and then remove the center but use the old string to rewind a new ball without a center right? Obviously having a cork center would eliminate it right off the bat, but I would think that would only eliminate a small percentate of the fakes with most still being out there.
I want to add that I have never owned a belt ball or Lemon peel in my life despite wanting one for years, which has led to my paranoia on the subject. I have seen some that you just know are good, mostly based on the uneven wear and the patina of the ball especially in the stitch holes but you cant really get a sense of that from a photo on ebay.
Rhys
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