8mm automatic butt-splicer. Didn't need it but for 50 cents, I had to have it. Patent date is 1958. Stainless steel and that awesome wrinkle black finish. I still can't believe the build quality on old simple things like this.
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It's funny how old large format cameras with simple Tessar lens formulas could capture what are essentially "HD" images. That's a great pic.
One of the reasons I want another 8x10 - contact prints you can fall into.It's funny how old large format cameras with simple Tessar lens formulas could capture what are essentially "HD" images. That's a great pic.
Hmmm, I'm definitely taking one of these to the hair cutting place next time, but which one? Tough choice, I'll have to mullet over.I’d bet the farm that if you stepped out into the porch sporting one of THESE...
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those damned kids would be off your lawn before you could open your mouth!




This should be in the "...Funnier Picture..." thread!I’d bet the farm that if you stepped out onto the porch sporting one of THESE...
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those damned kids would be off your lawn before you could open your mouth!
This should be in the "...Funnier Picture..." thread!

I doesn't look too different today, except there was a lack of fudge shops.
Yeah, that used to be so common.