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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Purcell" data-source="post: 1271401" data-attributes="member: 68323">Can I claim my prize? The weight matches to the hundredth of an ounce <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Don't look at the link unless you want to know who makes (well, brands) this. And how much they want to sell it for.<a href="http://www.wolfes.com/eshop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=6578&category_id=340" target="_blank">http://www.wolfes.com/eshop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=6578&category_id=340</a>So as this is not a new name (and not a well known one) I speculate (like Alexis) this is a Chinese OEM design? Someone in Kunming or Xi'an?That said if it is an OEM design is it the first one to use ED glass? The Chinese are moving up market!EDIT:Wild speculation (as I can't find this bin on their site!) as this OEM makes products sold under the name above (but the brander may mix and match many OEMs).<a href="http://www.bosma.com.cn/" target="_blank">http://www.bosma.com.cn/</a>Bosma in Guangzhou might be the OEM. They do Tele Vue, Vixen and SEGA OEM work. They also do the Celestron C50 (which is also sod by Barska with a different eyepiece ... I suspect there's some mix and match).They also seem to like cranes, egrets and herons on their web site. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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