8x60 "Fat Commanders"

[JSlisset]

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.

[JSlisset]

[JSlisset]

My good lady asked me " Could you not have brought a heavier set of "binocs" with you?"

[Jock Auld]

Good job with the paint removal!

[JSlisset]

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
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