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A nerdish question (vulcanite on Curtagon)
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:47 am    Post subject: A nerdish question (vulcanite on Curtagon) Reply with quote
I received my first Schneider Curtagon. Instead of putting it to camera and shoot I am wondering: is bottom grip a kind of leather or Leica like vulcanite rubber material? It breaks and peals off like Leica Smile. Question would also be valid for early Zeiss (Jena) Flektogons, 2/50 Pancolars despite different texture.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you're talking about the version with the leatherette around the mount (not on the grip) it is normal leatherette so far as I can remember. There is a splice hidden towards the bottom of the lens (maybe it chipped off already).


PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mos6502 wrote:
If you're talking about the version with the leatherette around the mount (not on the grip) it is normal leatherette so far as I can remember. There is a splice hidden towards the bottom of the lens (maybe it chipped off already).

I think yes, but i doubt it's leatherette. It does not peel off as leather but breaks as Leica aged vulcanite rubber.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
watch out, seemingly it IS vulcanite!
I tried to repair the litte broken piece, but on each end I grabbed the lens in the vulcanite region it became more an more worse!
vulcanite did break at several places....
Sad


PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a pair of 1949 Naval binoculars made by Nikon exhibiting the same problem - but worse.

Scraping it off from a lens would be easy and replacing it simple. But would it affect the value of the lens?
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