Vintage German 8 X 30 Binoculars Featherweight: Cleaned And Customized
Item History & Price
An amazingly light - and now crisp and bright - compact 8X Porro from Germany. Probably made in the 1950s or '60s.
Perfect for the serious dedicated Backpacker who is obsessed with weight reduction. At just 10.80 ounces for the bin with its conditioned leather strap and metal keepers, these have to be one of the lightest full sized binoculars to ever hit the market. A full pound with its leather case that comes in at 5.20 ounces on a postal digital scale.
If you ditch th...e case and swap the strap for a bootlace, I'm sure these would be under 10 ounces, easy!
These were a wall hanger when they arrived. Extremely stiff center hinge and IF EPs. Plus lots of internal dust and fungus spots to obscure views. I've spent easily over 6 hours working on getting them into near perfect shape.
New lube for the EPs. A thorough cleaning inside and out. Followed by a coat of gloss oil based red enamel to spiff up an age worn chassis. Leather strap conditioned and shortened to eliminate a weak spot.
Like me, I am sure you will break into a broad grin each and every time you pick up these truly feather weight binoculars whose views are now clear, crisp, and so typically Porro 3D like. Tilt prism design so objective lenses spin off without effecting alignment.
Perfect for the serious dedicated Backpacker who is obsessed with weight reduction. At just 10.80 ounces for the bin with its conditioned leather strap and metal keepers, these have to be one of the lightest full sized binoculars to ever hit the market. A full pound with its leather case that comes in at 5.20 ounces on a postal digital scale.
If you ditch th...e case and swap the strap for a bootlace, I'm sure these would be under 10 ounces, easy!
These were a wall hanger when they arrived. Extremely stiff center hinge and IF EPs. Plus lots of internal dust and fungus spots to obscure views. I've spent easily over 6 hours working on getting them into near perfect shape.
New lube for the EPs. A thorough cleaning inside and out. Followed by a coat of gloss oil based red enamel to spiff up an age worn chassis. Leather strap conditioned and shortened to eliminate a weak spot.
Like me, I am sure you will break into a broad grin each and every time you pick up these truly feather weight binoculars whose views are now clear, crisp, and so typically Porro 3D like. Tilt prism design so objective lenses spin off without effecting alignment.
