A Celebratory Treat

While looking for a new cigar to smoke this weekend, I saw this resplendent bastard sitting in the corner of the humidor...

The Zeiss Ikon

A while ago, I started to restore an old Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor camera. I tore the camera down, and cleaned everything, and kind of just let it sit...

Anyway, I found some sources for the leather that will go back on the camera when it is done, as well as some different paints and materials. The first picture is what the camera looks like, in all its broken down glory.

The body stripped of the old scratched paint and rust:



 

The shutter cassette, and the body painted: flat black and semi-gloss.

The shutter cassette with the shutter mechanics and viewing mirrors. I did not paint the inside of the cassette due to the need to remove rivets to access all the internal lenses. I do not have a source for the rivets, nor do I have a tool to re-rivet. The shutter blade has been polished, and re-lubed, and operates very smoothly, with a nice mechanical "clack."

I still need to sand down the camera face, re-paint some parts, and order the leather to re-wrap the body. After it is all back together, and cleaned one final time, I will get some film and start shooting with it.

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