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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joker9937" data-source="post: 3832972" data-attributes="member: 148845">Hello, Jerry.  I see your point about the resto.  I will probably enjoy it as is for now.  I might try and give it a shot myself, but am trying to build a collimator right now.  (I think we talked on CN)  I won't disassemble these for cleaning until I can be sure to get them back together properly.  Yes, I am keeping my eyes open for a good deal on a newer model.  I don't have a specific model or price in mind.  I am just picking up cheap ones here and there to get a bit of an education, I guess.  I am open to suggestions, though, on models to keep in mind.  Not that money is no object, because it is, but if it is excellent and the price is right, I would make it happen somehow.  I generally like these old examples, though.  Yes, I can tell a distinct difference between this binocular and something like my Audubons or the one other set of Zeiss that I have;  the ones I mentioned up-thread.  They are very sharp, though.  I am probably not the best judge, but they do seem sharp well out from the center.  Not sure about to the very edge, though.  They do give a comfortable view.  Daytime views are a little washed out, but still enjoyable.  I think with an internal cleaning, and a few adjustments, I think it might improve.  Stars are enjoyable.  The moon was not as nice as I expected.  Still for an 89 year old set of glasses, pretty cool, in my opinion.Thank you.  I wonder how it ended up that they were recorded as starting in '31.</blockquote>

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