Kentucky logo WITH IMAGE!

[RickPick]

Sincere apologies! I see hundreds of folks have gone to my original posting, and now that I have figured out how to load the image (thank you again, Ivan), regular users are deservedly gun-shy! So I'm reposting WITH THE IMAGE so that I can benefit from your good advice (that is, if you are still speaking to me....)

Does this Kentucky logo from a KM250 headstock reveal anything about whether it is a Japanese, Korean, or Chinese instrument? From other information, I'm guessing the mandolin is from between 1995 and 2000, but perhaps someone who recognizes the logo (which is unfamiliar to me) knows better? Thanks

[JEStanek]

That doesn't look like any Kentucky logo I've ever seen. To my eye it looks after market. Does it appear to be a decal over the finish or is it in the finish? I do wish you had a larger full headstock photo. Does the mandolin have a label in the body visible throught the ff hole?

Jamie

[RickPick]

Sorry, Jamie. The image is all I have -- I don't have the mandolin. There must be a label, as the fella who has it gave me a serial number -- 97900029 -- which is part of why I figure it's about 1995-2000 vintage. But that logo sure looks strange to me, too.

[Willie Poole]

Was Kentucky still making mandolins in Japan in 1995? I don`t know for sure but I believe they had moved to China by then...I have never seen a Ky with that logo in the headstock either but like most of us I am sure I haven`t seen every model that they made...

[RickPick]

Could have been late Japanese, possibly Korean, and -- if Chinese -- very early. No one seems to have seen this logo, although I'm assured it is a true inlay of the same material as the word "Kentucky" -- not an after-market decal. Odd one....

[bluemoonofky]

It's a Japanese knockoff of a Chinese import made in Korea!!!!

Just having fun boys, just having fun!

Good luck on figuring this one out. Quite the mystery!