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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 316505, member: 54"]If you look closely at the brass near the screw, you can see the low quality workmanship, beneath that of any other binoculars I've ever seen, and I’ve seen many hundreds at least. The brass is poorly cast, spongy and not anything you’d find in real binoculars. There are other shortcuts visible and lack of a maker’s name is just one of them. The nice decorative item you have just isn’t what most people would consider an optical instrument in the same class as binoculars acceptable for use in applications such as viewing sporting events etc. Here’s a blow-up of the area showing spongy brass but if you look closely that problem is pretty widespread.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]105097[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 316505, member: 54"]If you look closely at the brass near the screw, you can see the low quality workmanship, beneath that of any other binoculars I've ever seen, and I’ve seen many hundreds at least. The brass is poorly cast, spongy and not anything you’d find in real binoculars. There are other shortcuts visible and lack of a maker’s name is just one of them. The nice decorative item you have just isn’t what most people would consider an optical instrument in the same class as binoculars acceptable for use in applications such as viewing sporting events etc. Here’s a blow-up of the area showing spongy brass but if you look closely that problem is pretty widespread. [ATTACH=full]105097[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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