Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/04
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I've been watching Youxin's stuff on ebay for the last few months.
Previously he was sanding the chrome off old leicas. He only paints the
IIIC, IIIF, IIIG.
Since he recently set up to properly have the old chrome stripped by
chemicals, I've gotten really interested in having him do a camera for me.
Also, he can replace shutters w/ red curtains, which I'll have him do for my
IIIC very soon.
I havent seen his stuff in person, but he seems devoted & is steadily
refining his work. He bakes a camera for 24 hours in enamel in the classic
Leica method. He seems determined to take ugly cameras & provide a trophy
piece that a user can go out & shoot.
I cant wait til he starts painting M3. I have a battered M3 that he will
re-paint.
- -Bernard who loves his originalblackIII
From the LUG:
Date: Tue, 04 Apr
2000 10:26:18 -0500
From: Kip Babington
<cbabing3@swbell.net>
Subject: [Leica]
Refinished LTM bodies
For some inexplicable
reason, except perhaps that for many years it was
all I had, I've got a
yearning for a IIIc or later LTM body to use with
a Summitar I've
acquired. (For those times when I'm feeling my age . .
. er, feeling
particularly retro.) These are offered all the time on
ebay, but there's a
fellow (wye7@yahoo.com) who has 5 up at the moment
that have been
dechromed, then repainted black (baked enamel, from the
description) and
recovered, and CLAd. The photos really grab me, and
have me thinking that
it would be worth paying a bit extra to have a new
finish rather than
the worn chrome you get on all but collector items
(this will be a user
camera, but I wouldn't mind if it looked nice.)
I'm wondering if
anyone has experience either with this seller's
refinished bodies in
particular (he has a lot of positive ebay feedback,
so I'm not concerned
about his business practices) or refinished IIIs in
general. I guess my
concern is that even though I'm pretty gentle with
my equipment, worn
chrome might look better than new paint after only a
few years. Thanks
for any thoughts any of you may have.
Cheers,
Kip
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