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Post by Black Hand on Jul 2, 2022 10:37:58 GMT -7
For those of you that live & play out east - are there reputable purveyors of 18th century glasses? I'm looking for an inexpensive set of readers in 2.5 power.
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Post by artificer on Jul 2, 2022 14:00:09 GMT -7
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 2, 2022 14:28:19 GMT -7
Thanks Gus - I forget about Godwin...
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Post by artificer on Jul 2, 2022 17:49:25 GMT -7
You are most welcome,
Gus
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Post by brokennock on Jul 2, 2022 18:22:06 GMT -7
I bought my antique frames from someone on a forum and had my eyeglass guy put my prescription in them. If you buy frames and gave trouble getting someone to put reader lenses in them you can send them to me and I'll have my guy do it.
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Once scalped…
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Post by RyanAK on Jul 2, 2022 19:19:38 GMT -7
Nock “has a guy”. Ha. Noted I’d love period glasses, but my contacts will have to do. My lenses would be near 1/4” thick… and then I’d DEFINITELY need the ties.  |
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 2, 2022 19:51:19 GMT -7
That's why I specified readers - my distance vision is corrected with contacts which play havoc with my near vision. I wear readers nearly all day long while working - couldn't do anything without them.
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Post by spence on Jul 2, 2022 20:03:37 GMT -7
Don't despair, fellows.
From Mel Hankla, “Riflemen of the Cumberland, and the guns that made them famous.”, discussing Casper Mansker:
"In the fall of 1771, Mansker set out again for the western wilderness, this time in the company of Isaac Bledsoe, Joseph Drake, John Montgomery, Henry Skaggs, James Knox, and others, including an old man by the name of Russell, so “dim sighted” that he tied a white rag on the muzzle of his rifle to direct his sight towards game and “thus killed a number of deer.”
Spence
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 2, 2022 20:11:47 GMT -7
That's what I did wrong last year - no white rag led to my 2 complete misses on deer day 1 & 2 of season...
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Post by spence on Jul 2, 2022 21:06:07 GMT -7
Those old boys knew stuff.
Spence
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Post by hawkeyes on Jul 3, 2022 4:58:02 GMT -7
I've got the townsends frames. I like them but they mess with my line of sight when shooting so I usually just wear my contacts which I don't care for.
Outside of shooting I find mine comfortable and completely agreeable.
Without contacts or glasses I'm useless...
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 3, 2022 5:09:57 GMT -7
I will ask my Doc about trying a bifocal contact. In my right eye, I may be able to see short and long distance when shooting iron sights....
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Post by brokennock on Jul 3, 2022 5:38:40 GMT -7
I've got the townsends frames. I like them but they mess with my line of sight when shooting so I usually just wear my contacts which I don't care for. Outside of shooting I find mine comfortable and completely agreeable. Without contacts or glasses I'm useless... I built up the bridge of mine with a thin strip of buckskin along the underside and then a silk thread wrap. This raised the lenses up unto my line of sight appropriately. Before doing this I would be looking over the top of the glasses when I got a good cheek weld on the stock of my gun. (It also allows me to more easily look down under them to read things like a map, compass, or time piece, that I can't see clearly with my distance prescription) |
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Post by Keith on Jul 4, 2022 0:11:24 GMT -7
I got my period spectacles from Trevor Timms in the UK. I wanted a pair of 17th century spectacle frames, for my 18th century persona. I purchased just the frame & had my reading glasses prescription fitted at my optometrist. trevortimms@periodglasses.me   Spectacle case copy of an original made by my youngest son. Keith. |
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Post by hawkeyes on Jul 4, 2022 4:30:08 GMT -7
I've got the townsends frames. I like them but they mess with my line of sight when shooting so I usually just wear my contacts which I don't care for. Outside of shooting I find mine comfortable and completely agreeable. Without contacts or glasses I'm useless... I built up the bridge of mine with a thin strip of buckskin along the underside and then a silk thread wrap. This raised the lenses up unto my line of sight appropriately. Before doing this I would be looking over the top of the glasses when I got a good cheek weld on the stock of my gun. (It also allows me to more easily look down under them to read things like a map, compass, or time piece, that I can't see clearly with my distance prescription) Very good idea, never thought about that little trick. I'll certainly give that a go. Much easier than fiddling with contacts in the woods. |
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