Given the new photos (and I'm not on my phone now), in this image, is the area marked in yellow a gap or just a slightly different thickness of material and why is any black missing in the area above the green highlight. The difference in thickness/presence of the black above the edge is the concerning factor for me.
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Working from photos is better than none, but it still doesn't replace 'hands on'.
Yeah. I didn't really look at that closely when I first unwrapped the skis, As you say, the photos still don't show absolutely everything, but from my inspection, that black strip at the bottom edge of the sidewall is similar on both skis. The area marked in yellow isn't a gap - it's a black material that is between the sidewall proper and the edge.
It's certainly not the best finished sidewall to edge transition I've ever seen, and there are some areas that look slightly less than perfect on both skis, but it is approximately uniform on both skis.
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