ZF39 scope can-good or bad?
- Thread starter fl22326
- Start date
Not looking good. The tell tale is the hasp/latch which doesn't have the best pic. There is a commercial stamped marking on the hasp/latch of these and zf/41 cans (circle with a star made of triangles). Legit examples have a "U" or upside down "U" between two of the triangle points - appears to be missing on this example. This was a small detail missed by high quality reproductions produced in France or the Czech republic.
My other worry is all the orange rust - which IMHO shouts out - expedited rust/aging. Genuine examples have some rust or oxidization but rarely have the extent of orange/deep rust that this example has.
Likely someone has good pics of a legit hasp/latch.
You can't always use the "U" method as once upon a time battery boxes were plentiful and cheap - so they would take legit commercial hasps/latches off these boxes and use them on there reproduction scope containers.
My other worry is all the orange rust - which IMHO shouts out - expedited rust/aging. Genuine examples have some rust or oxidization but rarely have the extent of orange/deep rust that this example has.
Likely someone has good pics of a legit hasp/latch.
You can't always use the "U" method as once upon a time battery boxes were plentiful and cheap - so they would take legit commercial hasps/latches off these boxes and use them on there reproduction scope containers.
Nigromontanus
Senior Member
IMO it is good.
