Quote Originally Posted by Titan winch View Post
You can always tell the originals from the copy,s as they are marked similar to this.

Obviously i can not really be 100% sure about this but i firmly believe the Supplier that produces these is located in Wenzhou ( i only know of 2 suppliers for this drag tip in China)
Interestingly Wenzhou is very close to Wenling . What makes Wenling somewhat infamous is it is one of three major centres for used electronics to be dismantled and parts recycled.

You get of the train in Wenling and right away you can just feel the difference in both the soroundings and air quality and it is one of those depressing places that you come across and yet you can not really say why it makes you feel this way.
I only spent 4 hours there but i can tell you i was very happy to leave. The sad thing is i will likely be back there fairly soon to visit another potential supplier.
As for the consumables. I am pretty sure if i dug through some old files i could find pictures of the place producing them. I often use my Camera as a help along with recorder for keeping track of things i want to look into further.
If i am correct the quality was rejected by us some time ago and we opted to use both original and another supplier that is in fact probably a little better wearing than the original.

You really need to contact San Fran and tell them to order these Drag tips for you in the future as i can quarentee the quality will be superior.
Cheers
Mine look different then the picture you posted.... I'm headed to San Fran for Labor day weekend so maybe I could just drop in and get some!!