Might be of interest, I found this in my Storm King MK11 case, the advert for the storm king is 1973, it was then top of the range, the most expensive at £115+, but the price list I think must pre-date 1973, my guess is maybe 1968?
It shows the original Audubon, but what surprised me is that the Swift Vulcan was actually dearer than the Audubon. Now I have them both, the Vulcan is a nice binocular but just one look at the build quality of both tells me that that no way could the Vulcan, with it's plastic prism plates have been more expensive to make than the Audubon surely? Having thought about that, probably just the buyer market, I guess it was the 60s, when people were throwing out fine oak furniture and buying chipboard and plastic !!
It shows the original Audubon, but what surprised me is that the Swift Vulcan was actually dearer than the Audubon. Now I have them both, the Vulcan is a nice binocular but just one look at the build quality of both tells me that that no way could the Vulcan, with it's plastic prism plates have been more expensive to make than the Audubon surely? Having thought about that, probably just the buyer market, I guess it was the 60s, when people were throwing out fine oak furniture and buying chipboard and plastic !!
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