Sovietski! A fun peruse of all kinds of "stuff".

[ishmael]

I wanted to re-post this link off Greg's Moonwalkers link.

It is chock full of mosly Russian/Soviet stuff. Optics, timepieces, sextants, textiles, submariner's clocks, glassware...a Swiss courier's bicycle from WWII, not to mention the original (well almost) Sputnik! I just wasted an hour there. Great fun, and looks like some good deals too.

Anyone have experience with high class Soviet optics? I returned a cheap spotting scope, years ago, because it was just awful.

http://secure.sovietski.com/cgi-bin/...677&PID=897354

[ 12-16-2002, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: ishmael ]

[Eric Sea Frog]

Be careful, Ishmael; Russian optics are generally not good. I mean cameras and binoculars.
I'd rather go for glass ware, traditionnal stuff, etc. It's pleasant to look up all that heydays' Soviet gear, but it's scarcely useful.

Colpisser Eric

[ishmael]

Eric,

I figured so, and am not really in the market, but some of the big binoculars are kinda interesting.

I figure maybe the Spetsnaz (sp) survival machete might be a better deal

What about their timepieces. Some of the mechanical watches look pretty nice. But again, I'm just skylarking.

Jack