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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
This picture clearly illustrates a "perfect" crimp. See how uniform the copper material appears, with absolutely NO demarcation between the crimp itself and the copper strands, giving the visual appearance of being "one" solid piece of copper:
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That crimp tests very nicely under load, but you can see the line across the terminal where the anvil mark does not transition as well as it should. It risks shearing strands.