Copies can imitate the shape, but not these two details. Real photos you can magnify down to every stamped edge.
A copy can imitate the leg shape, the timber colour, even the pocket style. But there are two details workshops usually skip because they cost tooling, labour and money: the brass plaque on the table body and the medallion on the metal corner. Those are exactly the two places to inspect before you sign anything off.
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1. The brass plaque — the hardest part to fake
The AILEEX plaque is cast in brass, not pressed from thin sheet or printed as a glossy decal. It feels heavy in the hand, the background is brushed in a single direction, and the logo and lettering stand proud of that background instead of sitting flush with it.
What to look for on the plaque
- Relief of the logo. The eagle head, the sweeping S curve and the AILEEX wordmark rise clearly, with crisp edges that catch light differently from the background. Fakes are usually printed or acid-etched, so the marks only sink in and feel perfectly flat.
- The eagle eye. It is the smallest detail and the one copies get wrong most often — on a genuine plaque the eye outline and the pupil stay separate even at high magnification.
- The two lines of small type. AUTHORIZED DEALER OF AILEEX and IN VIETNAM have even serifs and consistent letter spacing, with no strokes merging. Copies traced from a photograph tend to look bloated or misaligned.
- The bevelled rim. The outer edge is chamfered and polished, giving one unbroken bright line around the plaque — continuous even through the rounded corners.
- How it is fitted. The plaque sits flat and slightly recessed into the timber, with a clean edge, no squeezed-out adhesive and no scratches around it.
2. The metal corner — the factory signature
Corners take the most load and the most knocks, so AILEEX uses a one-piece cast alloy part rather than plastic finished to look like metal. On its face sits an embossed medallion that counterfeits almost never reproduce, because it means cutting a dedicated die just for a few lines of text.
What to look for on the corner
- What the medallion says. Top to bottom: AUTHENTIC, EST, the AILEEX eagle logo, then 1975 and TAIWAN. A missing line, a different order or a different year is a warning sign.
- Stamping depth. The recesses are uniformly deep with smooth, light-catching floors. Copies are usually laser-etched shallow, leaving a dull, grainy bottom.
- Letter spacing. AUTHENTIC is tracked out wide and perfectly evenly. A single uneven gap gives away a traced die.
- Pocket throat radius. The pocket rim flows into the corner face in one continuous curve, chamfered evenly, with no flash or visible grinding marks.
- The joint with the timber. The corner sits tight against the wood with no lip and no gap — run a finger across it and you should feel nothing.
Quick comparison
| Item | Genuine | Typical of copies |
|---|---|---|
| Body plaque material | Cast brass, heavy, finely brushed background | Thin aluminium, plated plastic or glossy decal |
| Logo on the plaque | Raised relief, crisp edges, eye outline still separate | Flat print or shallow etch, strokes merging |
| Small type | Even serifs, consistent letter spacing | Bloated, misaligned, uneven spacing |
| Table corner | One-piece cast alloy with an embossed medallion | Plastic painted to look like metal, no medallion |
| Corner medallion | AUTHENTIC · EST · logo · 1975 · TAIWAN | Missing lines, wrong year, or absent entirely |
| Paperwork | Spec sheet and warranty card stamped by the distributor | Handwritten note, or nothing at all |
A 60-second checklist for your visit
- Find the brass plaque on the body and rake a phone light across it to reveal the relief.
- Run a finger over the logo — you should feel it stand proud, not flat.
- Read both lines of small type and check the letter spacing.
- Crouch down to the corner and look for the AUTHENTIC · EST · 1975 · TAIWAN medallion.
- Run a finger across the joint between the metal corner and the timber — no lip, no gap.
- Ask to see the spec sheet and the warranty card stamped by the distributor.
Pass all six and you are almost certainly standing in front of a properly imported AILEEX table. If anything still looks off, call our hotline and we will help you verify it before you pay.