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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Purcell" data-source="post: 1295812" data-attributes="member: 68323">I knew I could count of FrankD! My recent MO should cover them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I await the report (over the weekend?) with interest! And reports from any of the UK brethren. Even though they can't A/B the Promaster and the Hawke I'm sure a "Wisdom of the Masses" will emerge.MacGee: Good eye. I though there was something different about that rough pattern.  But I though I was just confusing pictures of it and the Promaster that I'd seen before. Curiously it's very similar to the armoring on the Vortex Hurricane and I didn't feel it added anything there to either the look or the grip. I do rather prefer the "smooth" picture. It looks more refined (and the logo and manufacture name are rather more stylish). I wonder which one is the shipping version. Here's hoping it's the smooth version (but I suspect it isn't).And if you Google "Hawke Frontier ED" this page is now the second in the list!Sherwoods blog (a UK distributer) on September 3rd, 2008 has a brief comment on them too. Looks like the standard UK price for the 8x42 is £279 (inc VAT) which is only a little over the US price + VAT (no £ == $ conversions!). Good deal for the Brits and Europeans.<a href="http://www.sherwoods-photo.com/blog/?p=24" target="_blank">http://www.sherwoods-photo.com/blog/?p=24</a>A little more research show Hawke are a British company (based in Suffolk) but I guess they have decided they need a global market.</blockquote>

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