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    Posted 8 years ago

    SpiritBear
    (813 items)

    My exciting $6 purchase.

    After the photos, I dismantled it as far as I could to clean every lense with a very little dab of Windex and a paper towel, then a dry, a lot of clean forced air to remove the dust, and a final polishing with cotton cloth. Plus, I cleaned out the tubes. So.... it's pretty dust-free now.

    Missing cap, which likely had the maker's mark. No mark on it anywhere.

    Age and maker possible to identify? Made of brass, glass, and animal flesh (leather).

    Unsolved Mystery

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    Comments

    1. PoliticalPinbacks PoliticalPinbacks, 8 years ago
      Blackbeard's Arrrr and a belly full of rum
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      You're picking up some good kit lately.
    3. fortapache fortapache, 8 years ago
      Looks like quite the find.
    4. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Political Pinbacks, no, that's my arm and a dog full of trouble. :P

      Blunderbuss2, thank you. It's only due to the findings getting better as summer arrives.

      Fort Apache, thank you.
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Summer or not, you're on a roll.
    6. Hamish Hamish, 8 years ago
      So that's about £4 in my money, which is utterly disgusting. How can you find such a great thing for stupid money! As ex Royal Navy I would love to get some items like this but the good ones are damn expensive. It's a lovely thing.
    7. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Blunderbuss, at the same time, I call most all my stuff junk as we can't take it with us! LOL.

      Hamish, if you go to e-Bay.uk, you can sort by price and search till you win a low-priced auction.

      It works well too, for what it is at least.
    8. VikingGirl VikingGirl, 7 years ago
      Cute dog :)
    9. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 7 years ago
      I would LOVE to have one of these!!! I have never been able to see right through binoculars.
    10. SpiritBear, 7 years ago
      Thank you, Viking Girl.

      Share Ur Passion, most are adjustable for how far they are between your eyes, and each lense should be individually able to focus on a good pair.
    11. Coopergirl Coopergirl, 7 years ago
      Great find!!
    12. SpiritBear, 7 years ago
      Thank you, Coopergirl.

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