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·I was just having a look at this lovely catalog posted by @Mark020 in the UG info thread.
As always I see references in the catalogs that I've never seen in person, and I wonder, do they actually exist, maybe they are still out there, waiting to be found.
For example, this classic and recognizable jeanneret 12512 (please excuse the terrible redial in the example below, I don't have time to find a better pic at the moment) of which there are a few different sizes and references, it says that it comes in steel as well, ref 22519.
And I think to myself, I've never seen this jeanneret case in steel, that would be amazing! Punch in the ref number to google for some fun and immediately find a ref 22519 that was sold right here on OF. I'm familiar with this case, I've seen it before, and in NO WAY would I consider it the steel version of the classic 12512. Sure, there are some similarities, but not past a point.
The fact that someone at UG considered these two as matching references in gold and steel has called into question every example that I've ever seen of these catalogs, where only one example is pictured (in this case the 12512 was pictured, not the 22519).
I have always imagined the two references were EXACTLY the same, but clearly, at least in this example, "loose approximations" is perhaps more appropriate.
Consider my mind somewhat blown.
As always I see references in the catalogs that I've never seen in person, and I wonder, do they actually exist, maybe they are still out there, waiting to be found.
For example, this classic and recognizable jeanneret 12512 (please excuse the terrible redial in the example below, I don't have time to find a better pic at the moment) of which there are a few different sizes and references, it says that it comes in steel as well, ref 22519.
And I think to myself, I've never seen this jeanneret case in steel, that would be amazing! Punch in the ref number to google for some fun and immediately find a ref 22519 that was sold right here on OF. I'm familiar with this case, I've seen it before, and in NO WAY would I consider it the steel version of the classic 12512. Sure, there are some similarities, but not past a point.
The fact that someone at UG considered these two as matching references in gold and steel has called into question every example that I've ever seen of these catalogs, where only one example is pictured (in this case the 12512 was pictured, not the 22519).
I have always imagined the two references were EXACTLY the same, but clearly, at least in this example, "loose approximations" is perhaps more appropriate.
Consider my mind somewhat blown.
