back in December a set of forks popped up on feebay that looked exceptionally clean and for the price of $160 I had to jump on it. They showed up and I quickly looked them over for any problems and/or any major imperfections. Knowing I wasn't going to be using them till some time later I quickly looked them over and retapped the box close and put them in the closet. Mid March rolls around and it was time to get them out from the closet and sent off to YPM. A couple days later I am on the phone with YPM and I ask him" What do you think about the forks, pretty clean right?" He said "Yeah they are NOS, it's written right here". I knew they were clean but I really wasn't expecting him to say NOS! Thanks YPM!!!!!