Recent content by leicanthrope

You've got a IIIf from 1951 or 1952. I don't know if there are any camera repair places on this coast. I suspect you may have to ship it off to one of the few people that do the work. For most anything to do with this sort of old camera, you might want to talk to the folks at this forum...

Certainly a lot more than I had to go on before. Thank you! :D

No, not that kind of dating. :rolleyes: I'm sure there's someone out there that's a whiz with the history of Parker mechanical pencils. ...if so, I'm hoping for a date or a model name on this one. Thanks, --Chris

Here's a postcard showing the front of the hotel at about the right era. Oddly enough, this is the back of the hotel now. Postcards are definitely going to be one of the best and easiest ways to get images of old hotels as they were during this era. There are a lot to be found if you...

Sorting through the ream of photos on my hard drive from the Fairmont in San Francisco, here are the few period relevant shots that I have of the interior. Here's a couple of a restaurant/lounge from around 1910ish: The hotel's primary ballroom. This one was around 1911, if I...

I think I need new glasses. At first glance I saw it as "...ein Mal". Now that I wipe out the cobwebs from my eyes, I'd have to agree. You're right, that is more optimistic. :D

A couple of my favorites... An early 1940's Bulova: A 1930's-1940's Zentra: Both were flea market finds. The Bulova, cost me a whopping $15. :D

Surprisingly, once I got the mess kit, I found a few more markings that weren't clear in the auction photos. The spoon, amazingly enough, is hand made.

I love the red handled bayonet. Those have always been my favorite. I've got one that is mint apart from some rather interesting damage to the scabbard.

Hey, if you want to make a quick buck, I'll double your money on it. :D What makes that one even more painful is knowing that you're in the same neck of the woods. Knowing my luck I probably drove right past that same flea market, craned my neck as I went past, and dismissed it thinking...

...and as a benefit, you don't need a nightlight when you leave these on your nightstand. I forgot another cool one that's on the way to me from a recently won eBay auction. It's a WW2 German mess kit. The wire wrapped around the handle was done by the soldier, and the engraving on the lid...

Found this evil looking knife at a militaria show no too long ago: [/IMG]

It's actually a Russian capture with the stock refinished to get rid of that God awful red shellac they plaster all over it. I've counted twelve different Waffenamts, so she's definitely something of a Frankenstein rifle. Fantastic bore, and very accurate.

For what it's worth, B&H Photo has got 620 film now, along with a few other obsolete roll film sizes.