JSlisset Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Two blc "fat Commanders". There was a bit of fungal growth in one which was cleaned and successfully removed by the late Dougie Biggart at Glasgow Binocular Repairs. Whenever I use this set I think of Dougie who was an expert craftsman and a true gentleman. Both sets were painted with a horrible roughly applied black paint which I removed, crude and ugly it was not applied in the service life of either set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSlisset Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 My good lady asked me " Could you not have brought a heavier set of "binocs" with you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Good job with the paint removal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSlisset Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) It took a while, on the smooth finished set a replacement eye cup and a "benutzer chord" had to be found. (both reproductions), the rough finished set lacked the rainguard , eventually a period one was found be it slightly chipped. The lanyards although period are in storage, I saw a riend of mine have a set fall when a war time lanyard broke , it could have been a very expensive fall, thankfully no damge done. The set he has is just a few numbers short of the rough finished set I have and at one time they probably stood on the same factory work bench. (Peter found his set in Prague , mine turned up in Reading). Edited September 16, 2016 by JSlisset Additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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