I'm a sucker

[Ash]

Anyone else enjoy other forms of 'antique' collecting? My interest stretches as far as militaria, but I haven't spent any money on those things in a long time.

The composition is all wrong (I'll do some real photo's soon) but I couldn't help placing the Leica next to my WII issue gas mask, and the small leather notebook I often carry.

I rarely take the mask out of its case, it's full of asbestos. 🙄

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Eek. The mask or the case is full of asbestos?

 

[boilerdoc2]

just don't inhale and you'll be fine. That's what all the smokers I know tell me!
That Leica has some wear and tear on it!
steve

 

[Ash]

The photo makes it look much worse than it is, the base plate has some brassing but is smooth and the camera is actually really nice to use and smooth-working.

The gas mask tank is full of asbestos.... I found out the hard way when I was still in france and opened it up. 🙄

 

[Xmas]

Ash

You sure it is not just glass fibre?

I'd not ingress glass fibre either.

Noel

 

[Ash]

pretty sure its asbestos, it's from the 1930's

 

[SDK]

From what I've read, Asbestos is mainly hazardous in dust form. Smokers are more likely to have lung problems from asbestos than non-smokers, as the risks compound rather severely.

 

[Ash]

Yep thats why old buildings are hosed down.

I ought to get a paper mask on and dispose of all the contents of the mask, but in a way I'd be stripping it of the main historical value of the piece - an item provided to protect someone, that in fact probably killed them.

 

[Xmas]

Ash

If you are sure it is you need a big zip bag and the mask needs to be in it, and the bag needs to be in your loft, keeping the fibre glass company, or in external shed - it is probably illegal to keep. And it is dangerous, smoking, sunburn, and Metol/hydroQ sissy things compared with As..., when you stop smoking the stats improve after a few years almost like you never, As is not like that.

When you use photo chems suggest you need to wear a pair of rubber gloves, carsenogenic or irreversible effects - on the label - are a lace pants way of saying knickers - aggressive cancer. They have had tame rats who spent their whole life developing chems, a statistical significant sample had shorter lives, they died for you, it will have been quick & painless for them after the biopsy confirmed C, yours would be slower.

Noel

P.S. I expected to see you at the Canal outing, I'll have to post the vernier now, rather than hand it over, sorry for delay.

 

[Ash]

I'm really sorry about that Noel, I tracked down a smaller metal calliper which is doing me fine for now Noel. Sorry I've let you down!!

The gas mask lives in the metal tin case. It has been removed 3 times in 5 years. The tin itself is a tight enough fitting lid that nothing should be escaping. I'll probably sort the disposal of the contents sometime in the near future, so it's safe for use as a photographic prop.

 

[Muller]

I started with 'serious' photography sort of as an offshoot to my militaria collecting/re-enacting, with a Praktica MTL-5 and a few lenses as part of my kit as an East German Border Guard (Grenztruppen). It's one thing to be snapping shots at an event with an auto-zoom p/s, but it's much better to use period correct equipment I needed for the representation, especially as cheap and reliable as the MTL is.
Eventually I wound up moving into FSU RF's, part out of curiosity, and am nearly tempted to branch out into WWII Russian re-enacting just so I can have an excuse to purchase an earlier FED-1 and use it as well.

Must, resist, the GAS.

As for your mask and filter, I would recomend a thurough cleaning for the mask and carrier, then if you feel you must maintain the filter use a small bit of tape to cover the inlet and outlet and keep it double bagged in zip-locs, vacuum sealed if you can.

 

[Xmas]

Ash

Please dont worry, not a problem, but tell me about the daylight loader it will cost nearly as much to post as to visit Jessops sale?

I looked at the (your) standard in MW classic, looks good...

Noel

 

[Ash]

Heh, they took the money from my account, so I hope its mine!!

No worries about the daylight loader then Noel, we'll sort something out another time 🙂


I love your reason for photography though Muller, must have been pretty damn fun!!