Abear - Thank you for your input about the PROTO design being used on the early production B Risers.
Can you post of photograph of the early production T/D for us to see?
BowDoc - It is probably the appropriate time for me to ask if you can post of photograph of either of the T/Ds that you mentioned, the ones that look like the PROTO, that is with the glass ending 1-1/2" from the Latches. If you do not have photographs, can you give me the contact information for Mike St. John and George Johnson so I can contact them for photographs to show their bows for comparisons.
I believe everyone who has followed this thread, or may follow it in the future, will want all the facts. If in the future, other original Walnut PROTO bow surface, we should all be able to easily identify them as being legitimate or questionable. Again, finding out the real facts is my only objective in this matter.