Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Tatty vulcanite
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Thu Aug 24 19:46:55 2006
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Excellent. I'll likely be pushing up daisies before someone else
has to worry about it.

Scott

Don Dory wrote:

> Scott,
> That depends on whether you ever do anything to it.  The vulcanite on my
> 1961 M3 started to flake about 1998 or so with constant abuse.  I have 
> seen
> some that were treated with leather treatments that looked like new.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 8/24/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Newbie question - how long does Vulcanite typically last
>> before it gets brittle, starts to flake off or whatever?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Hoppy wrote:
>> >
>> >> Umm, I do have an M3, but the vulcanite's OK. I just bought one
>> >> which is
>> >> about the same vintage as me (1955)
>> >> I was actually making a joke regarding a CLA for the photographer. 
>> The
>> >> description was of myself. That is the vintage and tatty parts are
>> >> accurate.
>> >> Have another look at the thread! ;-)
>> >
>> >
>> > Sorry Hoppy, I knew I shouldn't have taken that speed reading course.
>> > My vulcanite is getting a little tatty around the edges too.
>> >
>> > Larry Z
>> >
>> >
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Tatty vulcanite)
Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Re: Tatty vulcanite)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: Tatty vulcanite)