Terminator Spinnerbait

[kercha83]

I have one terminator spinnerbait, how can you tell if it's the original titanium version spinnerbait?20190920_184750.jpg

[Walkabout7781]

Is that the actual spinnerbait, or a picture you got off the interwebz? The dark wire looks more like Titanium than Stainless, based on about 40 years as a machinist/QC inspector in So. Seattle area machine shops. Ti is strong and has a strong tendency to return to its original shape. We made Ti door latch shafts for 747's and they were straight when they shipped, but reverted to curved after sitting on the shelf at Boeing for 7 months. They'd bought them off when they arrived, but then rejected them 7 months later! Stainless will bend and is much more inclined to stay bent. Without ruining your only Ti spinnerbait, I think all you can do is look at the wire and compare it against known CRES wire spinnerbaits, which should be shiny.

[kercha83]

that is the photo of my spinnerbait.

[bassboogieman]

It may be original Ti wire, blades are Terminator, but it's not wearing an original skirt.

[okiebass]

Looks like the old Ti to me

[M1RT]

That's a titanium terminator and the newer models transitioned to the skirt with tails like you have in your photo.