Is this NOS Defender stick actually NOS?

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The ball of my original stick has plier marks on it, so I bought a stick labeled as NOS. The stick is indeed new, but the color is lighter, has a seam, the ball appears less glossy than the one on my machine.

Is the original on my Defender just darkened and polished to a sheen from 30 years of greasy nerd dickskinners wiggling it?
 

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Is it matte? Almost all Defender sticks I've seen are smooth. I'm sure there are injection mold marks on some, but I couldn't tell you if it is NOS (New-Unused Old Stock) or NRR (New-Unused Reproduction Replacement)...
 
The image I posted is just from the auction. I'll take another look and post a pic of it next to the original.
 
OK, here is the actual one I got. Pic doesn't really show the difference, but the new one has what feels like an extremely fine texture to it and less of a sheen.

This could just be a use thing, just wonder if anyone else got/saw one that knew for sure.
 

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Yes it's nos. The seam is on a lot of Nos sticks, after years of use the seam wears off..

For some reason there are quite a few nos defender sticks still floating around.. So I highly doubt someone repro'd them.. Actually have a couple defender and joust ones here.. Same deal
 
I would say no as every Defender I have ever seen/played on (and it has been many), has had a glossy balltop as Mod said and no visible seam, even the new cabs.

Balltop also looks a different diameter in the pic

Also, loads of repros about, I have a couple, both different size and mold shape

Andy.
 
I guess I'll stick with the known original thats in there, but I'm practically OCD over the plier marks. I keep rotating the stick so my hand isn't on them.
 
I may have a used one that's not perfect, but doesn't have marks in the ball..
You can have it for free, just toss me a couple bucks for shipping.

I'll look tonight if I can.
 
I may have a used one that's not perfect, but doesn't have marks in the ball..
You can have it for free, just toss me a couple bucks for shipping.

I'll look tonight if I can.

Wow, thats very cool of you Pete! Thanks!
 
I have (2) sticks, send me your email and I'll fire off a picture.

By the way, they both have a seem running horizontally through the ball.
One looks to be nos, other is slightly used or also new.
 
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