Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/30

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Subject: Re: M6 Titanium: want to exchange for black
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 97 00:20:31 -0400

>   I have 3 M6's, also an M4-P (really, this is my favourite).
>     
>     The newest of my M6's is titanium...and I don't like the attention 
>     that the finish and (mock?) leather brings.

Alistair,

I saw and handled a titanium M6 for the first time a couple of weeks ago. 
It sure is pretty, but I agree with you that it's a little flashy.

I wanted to address your comment on the leather. It's not "mock" leather, 
it's  the actual skin of a large, flightless (and now, I presume, 
skinless) bird! According to Leica, it's ostrich leather, which seems 
rather bizzare. I don't know if the pattern of little embossed circles is 
a natural characteristic of bird leather or is a cosmetic enhancement.

- - Paul