The upper one is a vintage tyre lever made from aluminium. It was presumably made forty or fifty years ago somewhere in Europe (Italy or Spain I presume). The finish is neat with smooth edges and the spoon shaped end was thoughtfully designed.
The lower one is a fake vintage lever made from steel in China. It weighs more than the whole set of three aluminium ones. The finish was crude and required some filing to round up the prickly edges.
Do they work the same? Well, to some extend , they do but... tyre removing is a bit easier and safer with the aluminium one.
For 20 years I have a set of these aluminium tyre levers (the last 3 years they working hard) and they are very strong. But one cracked time ago and now I use to work with 3, 4 o 5 levers together (with other steel antique set) if the tyre is hard to get.
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