are fake Aramith Balls easy to detect?

I think new sets are shrink wrapped with Aramith logos on the plastic. If they are selling them as used without the box or even with an actual box, good luck.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I think new sets are shrink wrapped with Aramith logos on the plastic. If they are selling them as used without the box or even with an actual box, good luck.
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Yes, little gold Aramith logos on the plastic around the back of the box. Brian.
 
I‘ve purchased apparently authentic red circle CBs online that came without packaging. Would large wholesale lots of those all be delivered individually wrapped?
 
I believe that the only true place to buy the billiard balls that you desire and have confidence that they are the real deal is to buy them new in an unopened box from one of the online reputable dealers such as Seybert's etc. Buying used billiard balls, even from so called trusted sources is a crap shoot- I have been burnt that way. Buying so called authentic new Aramith from E bay a, Amazon, etc - is not something that I would do any longer either.
 
All the copies of Aramith, Dynasphere, etc., that I see for sale come in clearly different packaging. They copy the style of the balls in overseas factories but name them something completely different on the box. Has anyone advising not to buy sealed sets from Amazon ever found copies?
 
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The only time to considering buying without original packaging is as a pre-owned item where the seller does not
have the original packaging any longer. But then you are paying used prices not brand new otherwise pass it up.
 
Tennesseejoe said:
How do you tell if a set is fake???
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So far as I know, Aramith does not put any special, identifying marks on or in their balls. (I think Simonis applies ultraviolet marking to identify their cloth.)

If not, you have to look at things like weight, roundness, diameter, color, sharpness of lines, maybe composition of the resin, etc. unless you want to try destructive testing. Cut two balls in half and see if the interiors match.
 
High quality balls will have a thin vitrification layer that looks glassy. This process involves manufacturing costs, so anything cheap won't have this type of finish.

Probably the easiest way to tell other then weighing them. Should be 168 grams with little variation.

If you want to destroy them, then cut them in half and look at the depth of the number inlays. They should be very deep. The color inlays should be all the way through the ball. The measles are spokes that go all the way to the center of the ball.
 
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