Hensoldt Wetzlar jagd-dialyt 6x42
just got these in the mail today, was lucky to search just after they were listed at a bargain buy-now price, couldn't believe my luck! Sadly no case but I'll sort something suitable later. A little rough with lots of alloy corrosion but the leather covering intact just lifting slightly by the hinge in one spot. Has a slight chip in one prism edge that's visible thru the objective end but is outside the optical path so doesn't affect the image at all. Hinge very sloppy and dioptre very stiff.
So stripped it down and did a quick internal clean and freed up the dioptre, old grease was grey so maybe someone used lithium in the past and it'd set solid. Its now silicone greased on the mechanicals and reassembled. Hinge nice and steady and gives a lovely image. Objectives are a little loose (rattle) but can't yet remove the end rings, will need to free up the corrosion first, then look at cleaning up the metal and repaint it, so a nice little resto project down the road
No idea on the actual age, serial number 17966 but I've not found any references on these. I'm guessing c1936-43 given they're aluminium and lenses don't appear coated?
just got these in the mail today, was lucky to search just after they were listed at a bargain buy-now price, couldn't believe my luck! Sadly no case but I'll sort something suitable later. A little rough with lots of alloy corrosion but the leather covering intact just lifting slightly by the hinge in one spot. Has a slight chip in one prism edge that's visible thru the objective end but is outside the optical path so doesn't affect the image at all. Hinge very sloppy and dioptre very stiff.
So stripped it down and did a quick internal clean and freed up the dioptre, old grease was grey so maybe someone used lithium in the past and it'd set solid. Its now silicone greased on the mechanicals and reassembled. Hinge nice and steady and gives a lovely image. Objectives are a little loose (rattle) but can't yet remove the end rings, will need to free up the corrosion first, then look at cleaning up the metal and repaint it, so a nice little resto project down the road
No idea on the actual age, serial number 17966 but I've not found any references on these. I'm guessing c1936-43 given they're aluminium and lenses don't appear coated?
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