by Engineering Calculations <ecalculations@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 2, 2007 at 08:39 AM
"Henry Kolesnik" <kolesnik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>At an estate sale I bought a Nikko No. 10037 10 X 4.5 degrees spotting
>scope, and a Nikko No. 1874 25 X 2 degrees periscope binoculars. Also
>got Tamaya ***tant with 16 8 16 in between some Japanese characters.
>From some research I believe this means the ***tant was made in 1942.
>All these items were brought back by a GI. The ***tant is missing some
>parts like the eyepiece or scope. I've Googled and can't find much
>info. So far I've found one picture of similar binocs and seen some
>***tants on eBay and I think Nikko was the start on of Nikon. Any
>suggestions on where to look appreciated.
>tnx
>Hank
My guess is there are folks in Japan and they have clubs and sites but
they may not be in English.
You might try the folks at Nikon for suggestions on sites to visit as
they were around way before WWII.
Jim
James Klein
Engineering Calculations
KDP2 Optical Design Program
www.ecalculations.com
