Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Douglas. Been away from e-mail for a few days while visiting down here is sunny SoCal Man, did we get hit with a quake last night. Only 4.5 (been through larger in Seattle), but it was very different. A two jolter about 5 seconds apart, with the second one going on for about 10 seconds (in my mind). Aram, a shakin' and not quite bakin' in SoCal > Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:55:55 +0100> From: Douglas Sharp > <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT I think - Letiz saw > blades???> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>> Message-ID: > <496346CB.70609@gmx.de>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; > format=flowed> > Hi Aram,> No connection - this Leitz was founded in 1876 > in Oberkochen (where Carl > Zeiss is located) as a manufacturer of wood > boring drills.> > There's another (unrelated) Leitz in Germany that is so > famous for > making lever-arch files that the term "Leitz Ordner" is used > to describe > them independent of where and by whom they were made.> > > Cheers> Douglas> > > Aram Langhans wrote:> > I was just watching How It's > Made and saw the making of circular saw blades. A brand was Leitz. Any > connection in the past? I went to their web page and found nothing on the > English page, and the world wide page was in German. Just curious.> > > > > Aram> > _______________________________________________