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Subject: Re: [Leica] Vintage Leica straps replicas
From: Carl Socolow <csocolow@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:15:07 -0400
References: <l03130303b5a0c54b74b3@[216.40.160.30]>

I'm interested. My domke straps are too bulky for my Leicas and don't
wrap around me hand conveniently à la Robert Frank's style for street
photograhy.

Carl S.

Ken Wilcox wrote:
> 
> Fellow Luggers:
> 
> I couple of weeks ago I received a prototype of the above for testing. It
> is a very nice black leather strap modeled on the early M strap. (I have an
> early M strap and it quite similar.) The strap is the narrow soft leather
> type that has a rough inside finish that clings well to the shoulder.
> 
> The prospective producer of this item thinks that it can be sold for about
> $20. He is undecided as to if he should proceed with production.
> 
> Are there others LUGgers that wuld perhaps be interested in such an item?
> 
> Ken Wilcox
> 
> ----
> Ken Wilcox                                Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
>                                           preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com>
>                                           <kwilcox@gfn.org>

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