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Is your view a little one-sided? Most illuminated hand magnifiers throw light from a single bulb (LED or incandescent). They light up only one side of the thing you're looking at, and there's often a lot of glare. That's not what you need if you're trying to see a nib tip or find hairline cracks in a cap lip: there are problems with shadows, and the glare makes hot spots that can hide flaws.

 

Now there's a better way. A Coddington lens combines two optical elements into a single thick piece of glass, with a groove cut in the center to select the portion of the light with the least aberration. This design produces a lens with the superb achromatic and anastigmatic qualities that you usually find only in much more complicated (and expensive) multi-element lenses. The Bausch & Lomb illuminated Coddington magnifier uses a special translucent ring to light up the subject from all sides, eliminating glare spots and shadows. How good is it? See for yourself on my site! (clickable link)

 

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That looks very nice Richard,

 

I have been trying to decide what loupe to buy, I think you found me a winner.

 

Thanks for the heads up.

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I saw this at the Raleigh Show.... Richard had just decided to order some for resale...

This is without a doubt one of the finest loupe/magnifiers you will ever find...

I told Richard I wanted one immediately upon trying it....

Why didn't he tell me first that they came in??? :crybaby: :ltcapd:

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I told Richard I wanted one immediately upon trying it....

Yours is coming to DC, so dry up, okay? :P

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I told Richard I wanted one immediately upon trying it....

Yours is coming to DC, so dry up, okay? :P

 

No mine is being shipped on Wednesday... at least that is what Barbara told me in my after purchase email.... :thumbup:

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I absolutely need one! how can I order and will you ship to Argentina? Buenos Aires city 1425

Please don't send PM's, use my e-mail instead. Thanks!

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My magnifier arrived yesterday compliments of Richard and Barbara. It does all that Richard says. A great tool to examine the finer details of your pens.

 

Mark

"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try" Mark Twain (American Humourist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

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I am not sure what I am looking at in the two pictures?

The r/h nib appears less 'schmutzy' to my uneducated eye :blush:

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

 

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I am not sure what I am looking at in the two pictures?

The r/h nib appears less 'schmutzy' to my uneducated eye :blush:

 

You've done better than I. I have yet to figure out what is being reffered to as schmutz. :blush:

 

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Hi Richard,

I definitively want two, please confirm shipping costs to Belgium when these are available.

Thanks Francis

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