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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John H.-S." data-source="post: 1938436" data-attributes="member: 70972">Has anybody else come across anything like this very small binocular which I have in my possession?  It is a KOMZ 4X20, made in USSR, which is quite charming because of its small size and unusual shape.  The viewing is excellent and the wide field of view makes it very useful.  The accompanying instruction leaflet is dated 1971.It is similar to the Carl Zeiss Jena Turolem which was made from 1914 until 1938, and it strikes me as curious that KOMZ should have decided to reproduce the Turolem more than 30 years after Zeiss had discontinued it.According to a 1931 Zeiss brochure which I possess, the Turolem had a field of view of 182m at 1000m and I presume that the KOMZ 4X20 is the same.No website on USSR binoculars that I have consulted mentions this tiny binocular, which suggests that only a small number were made.</blockquote>