Germanium Transistor Question

[mipo]

I recently purchased a pre-matched pair of germanium transistors from Smallbear for a Fuzz Face (their "Continental" set) and found something that seems odd about one of them: the included specs for Q1 indicates that a white dot on the body denotes the collector but, on my multimeter transistor tester, that leg is showing to be the emitter... but then, when I reverse the transistor, the Ebc indications do NOT reverse; that is, it still shows Ebc, rather than cbE. This is not happening on the other transistor, or any other transistor I have. Does this suggest a problem with the transistor?

[mozz]

Germanium does not test well in a regular multimeter.  Silicon should show the reversal.  If they are European germanium, the dot shows the collector. 

[mipo]

OK I'll trust it.    Seems weird that the other one tests fine.

[PRR]

Some Ge processes were symmetrical, or nearly so. E vs C was sorta arbitrary. Later processes optimized each junction for its needs. Your "automatic tester" has no concept of technological history.

Anyway: try it both ways.

[duck_arse]

https://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?msg=1277451

[Clint Eastwood]

Germanium transistors act funny when put into a transistor tester because they are leaky, and more leaky means acting more funny.