Yep, had a pair, but I wouldn’t put the 39s in this thread - IMO it wasn’t an issue that FW wanted to make ‘period correct’ … but they did have the best arcs ever sewn onto a back pocket
https://freewheelers.co.jp/blog/new-arrivals/lot-601-xx-″1939″/
No easy answer mate - they always like to push certain aspects of quality … but re-issues are fairly random, everything has to fit to the ideas for any particular collection