Here we have an excellent surviving example of a Florida production Otto Link ‘double ring’ 9 facing that I have cleaned up and optimized after years of use.  This is probably a somewhat later model double ring as it has rhodium or nickel plate.  The early models had gold plate (which wore off rather easily).  The  nickel or rhodium does not wear off as easily but when it does it leaves scars in the brass as we see here.

Many of (maybe the earlier) FL double rings that feature larger facing sizes do not measure at the size we would associate with modern 9 for example.  I have an original early 9 that measures .105 (modern 7*).  I had an early original 7 that measured .095 (6*).  Smaller than expected is to be expected with early double rings.  The nickel plate models, however, I have had a few larger sized models and they do seem to measure rather large, consistent with expectations.

This piece came to me as a very nice original with a great fundamental playing characteristic but wear from being a popular player, as many of the good ones are.  I have cleaned it up, trued the facing, resurfaced the table, and reformed the tip rail and baffle blend.  It is a great player at .110 opening.  A view of the restoration process can be seen here.