RE: [Leica] 35/1.4 ASPH lense shade...is this thing a joke?

[Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>]

> The lens shade for the earlier production lenses just clips on (and with
> very little effort, gets knocked off). The later ones have a ring towards
> the back of the shade that locks the clips and thus the shade. Doesn't
> appear to be particularly fragile. The early shade cap was hard plastic,
> the later one is rubber.

Thank you for the info.  In the little manual that came with it, can you 
list for me the part numbers for the shade, lense cap, and leather case?

> The case sits with the box somewhere where it won't see the lens again
> until I sell it - or probably, my heirs sell it since I don't think I 
will.

You, would not perchance, want to sell/trade that case, would you?  I 
actually use them...