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  1. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Ed, I'll contact you directly about this date marked-serial number-manufacturer code business because it's too detailed and off topic I'm afraid. About the picture, there's only one thing I'm sure of, it's not me! Renze
  2. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Ed, The Sport King 1950's and '60's types were made by Futaba / Tamron (Tamron for the metalwork, Futaba for the finished product). The Sport King 1970's type (Mk 1, FoV 600 or 630 ft.) was made by Hiyoshi. And the last, post 1985 type, by Hiyoshi as well. Also, in an earlier post you...
  3. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Some more of SteveF's pictures, showing the fine, round exit pupil originating from the Sport King 7x36's Bak-4 prisms. Renze
  4. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    I contacted SteveF and he generously supplied us with pictures of his Sport King 7x36. As you can see it's indistinguishable from the 7x35 (pictured above) which was also made by Hiyoshi in the 1985 new housing so I believe one of the configurations is a misprint. Note that the model name on the...
  5. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Hi Ed, This is what we needed, catalog pics. They show four types, in accord with my information. The first type is labelled Vega coated precision optics, the next three types are all Fully Coated. In my experience 'Vega's' are always from the 1950's and early 1960's. The four types are also in...
  6. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Frank, I guess you're right about Japanese companies manufacturing same binoculars for different agents, but unfortunately I don't have information on this. The reason is that Swift alone is so full of inconsistencies and riddles already, juggling with names and numbers and what have you, that...
  7. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Frank, Thanks for the pictures, they're welcome as I had a terrible hard disk crash which robbed me from some of my archives. To the best of my knowledge you have the second type Sport King in line (there was a 1950's type marked Vega coated optics). With respect to the 7x35 Triton, the...
  8. Renze de Vries

    Swift Sport King 7x35

    Hi Frank, As I'm aware of at least 4 types of Sport King, differing in FoV, body design and even model number, I think it's worthwhile to inform us about the specific type you bought (and appreciate). If you can give the serial number and FoV I think we're there. I don't know the Sport King...
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