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Oh no, not that again.

If you were to compare a Kirkham aluminum roller to a British-made roller the difference is night and day. The Kirkham will need a few spots smoothed out on the joints, but the British roller is very very rough. Seams still show rivets and welds, the aluminum looks all scratched, etc. The Kirkham body is probably 80% to being done, the British is probably less than 50%. The difference is because the Kirkham pieces are pressed (or vacuum shaped) to form so it'll look more finished in the field, whereas the British is all hand formed and looks like it. I saw the delivery of one of the British rollers to SA a couple of years ago. It needed a lot of TLC to be finished.