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It was Pomona-branded. They were either genuine, or very convincing-looking counterfeits. I had a few of them, and the materials and build quality seemed good, other than pin migration up that my use/abuse of them seemed to cause.

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If you didn't pay upwards of $20 per piece, they were likely fakes. I have had the same experience as all the other commenters here: Pomona clips are the only ones I've found that actually work well, while all the cheap clips are just about unusably bad.

I did pay upwards of $20 per piece. I think they were genuine, so, based on the comments here, my best guess is that I was abusing them.

I got the much cheaper and simpler clips to tolerate my abuse better.

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