Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah. I vaguely recall someone saying that whale oil is used to lubricate the movements of watches, but that might just be elitist talk. On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > What the hell is wale blubber? > > =============================== > > And yes I know your more likely to get clean LTM Nikon glass than Leica > > glass. Because of the wale blubber. > > > > > Whale Blubber. > A LUG myth I think it was disproved. Not sure. > Maybe the fact that it was disproved was disproved. > But we used to think or maybe we still do that Leica used some lubricant > from whales (the big ones in the ocean) on all their early glass and it > just > didn't work out. For what ever reason Canon or Nikon glass is always a ton > cleaner than Leitz glass from the 30s and 40s I think is a going fact. > > That's the problem with experimental lubricants. > Sometimes they just don't work out. > Like with the Zeiss Contarex plagued with wield lubricants which turn into > glue or crystallize. > > I think some one got on and said the blubber thing was not true. > Like Ernst Leitz's dog being named Hector. > People just make stuff up. > I'm all for it! > > I think on the Leica website they call it "Leica culture". > > > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA