True. I was just pointing out the stamp appears to be as found on CC Harrisons, in a few instances known. And I agree, it's in exactly the same place/orientation as Paul's old lens.
True. I was just pointing out the stamp appears to be as found on CC Harrisons, in a few instances known. And I agree, it's in exactly the same place/orientation as Paul's old lens.
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I thought Harrison because of the heavy duty nature but not competant to say with any certainty.
Well done, especialy if the special angled decoration matches!
Considering the amount of soldering and reworking that was done they may have changed out the glass,
I'm a noob at old lenses, I defer to CCharrison, Garrett, and Steven Tribe, but in my collecting
and using old lenses I've never encountered paper shims for separating lens elements.
Thank you all for the input - it's really fascinating and helpful.
Garrett, the knurling by the flange is indeed straight, but on the retainers for the lens groups it's sideways.
I guess it is possible that the lens elements were switched out, but I wonder who in their right mind would do that AND put a non-cemented pair in the front. Who knows though, maybe the lens was rolled over by a wagon or stepped on by a horse and glass broke along with the focusing mechanism and they had the local smith and optician bring it back to life.
I'm on my way right now to see what kind of an image it throws, will post a sample later today.
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