VINTAGE WW1 era BINOCULARS Restoration & Repurpose ( a transformation for a different use )
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This vintage binoculars probably served In the World War 1, they were in pretty good condition considering they have near 100 years. I WILL GIVE THEM A NEW LIFE FOR TIMES OF PEACE !! meaning I will repair and restore not to original black leather (so not to shine in the combat field). On the other hand I will polish the brass so to shine and the leather color will be a perfect match. I had a hard time removing the original coated paint which demonstrated to be very durable, I have to use electrolysis to remove it without using abrasive methods that would have scuffed the delicate brass. I was very pleased with the result and hope the video turned out entertaining if so please remember to give a thumbs up and if you have something to say or ask about this project please feel free to comment.
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I hope you enjoyed this restoration as much as I do.
Greetings
Miguel
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PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING : YES I KNOW RED AND SHINY BRASS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COMBAT FIELD, BUT THIS ARE REPURPOSED FOR WEEKEND USE AT THE HORSE TRACK. THANKS FOR WATCHING !
Gracias !
👍👍👍 Saudações do Brasil.
@@restaurandocoisasvelhas Obrigado, Saudações do Uruguay ...show de bola 👍👍
The side surface of the lenses and the inside of the tube had to be coated with black matte paint or blackened.
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Didn't know about paint removal by electrolysis. Cool! Leather cover color is a tough call. I understand why you picked the red and it looks great. I might have stuck with black because of their historical significance.
Yeah when all else fails electrolisys still works, from a strict restoration point of view yes it should have been black again... Thanks for watching ! BTW you may also like th-cam.com/video/SVHe-k4RBw4/w-d-xo.html
Скорее всего, это не краска, а чёрное хромирование.
I agree. Red was a terrible choice, especially being that they are US military. America isn't Russia the last I checked.
I was thinking the same thing. It pays respect to what they were and its past.
@@Michael-jw6et When he laid out the three leather color choices, I was saying " don't pick red, don't pick red... Oh crap."
I understand why people would get upset over restorations removing the age of an object, but bringing the past back into the present is an experience very few people take up, it make me feel honored to have an appreciation for the old way of things. Keep up the good work, and remember, you can unlock any door if you only have the key.
Thanks you for the encouragement, i agree with your thoughts and thanks for commenting Trevor !
If these weren't restore they may be gone > corroded away for good. He made the right call here.
I am left speechless with what you did just now too this piece of history from HISTORY
Personal opinion, I would have used black leather and worked the leather edges more, instead of a straight cut, to make the profile cleaner. Red is for opera glasses, although mother of pearl was more popular. I have a pair of those somewhere too. I also still have an original leather case for these from WW1. Leather moisturiser really saved the case.
Thanks for tour feedback, i really qppreciate. !!
Restauracion espectacular, quedaron muy lindos los binoculares.
Gracias !
I also use Vaseline to take care of my knob. Great restoration.
I am fascinated by objects from long time ago, with the technology of the 21st century, with patience and a lot of passion are brought back to life, objects that were designed, made and assembled only from an idea from pencil and paper.
In vain do you have high-performance equipment and time to do such a thing, if you do not have talent and a lot of passion.
Congratulations
Thank you very much ! I really appreciate your kind words !
Leaving just a little of the original black was a nice touch. A nod to the past with a very "clear" future! Even if they were only for show they would be amazing but now they are good for many more decades to come. Nice job!
Thank you very much for your nice words, i really apreciate !
Personally I lean my towards a high polish on brass. Mho
First off, absolutely love your videos, I like to restore things myself and find videos like yours, that are done with such precision and care, so therapeutic to watch..
But.. I must admit watching the leather being cut away put me in two minds with this one, all the history of the hands that would have touched it in times of turmoil was just removed and it saddened me a little..but ultimately the finished job looked fantastic!
First thank you very much for watching mi videos i really appreciate your words ! I also have the same feeling with some objects i restore and this bonoculars for sure. As this was a mass production antique and you can still buy in original condition i decided to take my liberty to restore not to original condition considering its change of purpose to the showcase in my house or posibly to take to the horse race track.
Have a nice day !
Thanks for replying, I did wonder if you ever felt the same and yeah, fair enough answer! 😀, I think they'll certainly be enjoyed again now!
I used to restore cars and I remember a friend of mine saying that I'm erasing all its history but I felt I was giving it a second chance, and yet if I see someone restore a classic electric guitar I find that hard to digest! Lol weird I know but each to his own eh!
Keep up the fab work and I'll keep watching and being inspired..
Dan.
Эта работа уничтожила весь шарм, созданный временем. Печально.
Thanks for breathing new life into those.
Thanks to you for watching !!
Excelente trabajo quedó! !! Yo fui por el rojo !!!Abrazos desde Uruguay
Gracias Olga, saludos !!
Parabéns, ótimo trabalho, você é muito detalhista, eu trabalho com madeiras e algumas vezes já fiz restaurações, muito gratificante ver serviço ficar lindo novamente.
Muito obrigado Rodrigo, é realmente um trabalho muito gratificante, boa sorte com seu trabalhos ! Saudações
Прекрасная работа, отличный видеоролик. Получил удовольствие от просмотра. Огромное спасибо.
Я рад, что вам понравилось видео ... спасибо за просмотр!
isnt it amazing the pride men took in everything they built in the old world, what a beautiful piece. very nice work bringing it back its glory.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching !
Beautiful red leather!
Glad you liked Shirley and Thanks for watching !
I really enjoy watching someone carefully save items that so many people these days would consider trash and just dump it for landfill. Question: any reason why you did not use paint stripper to remove the black paint? Would have been far simpler to do. Also, are you aware of a product called Brass Black by Birchwood Casey? It chemically stains brass a black color. You could have used that to highlight areas of the brass parts to black and give it some contrasting bands of black and brassy gold.
Thanks for watching and comenting ! ... yes now that you asked i feel i should have mentioned in the video, i first tried paint stripper in fact i leave for 24 hrs but did´t work at all, this is not a regular paint but a coating cured with heat made to be super durable and resistant. About bluing chemical i didnt know there was one for brass i tried with the one for steel and didn´t like the result at all.
Hi! Will you please explain how you measured and calculated the template, please? I love your videos!
Thanks for your creativity.
Yes, thank you ! Watch my colleague do the same job here th-cam.com/video/XtUxCITpXus/w-d-xo.html
he explains more in detail.
Red and gold is a very appealing combination. Like it.
Sure i also like that combination ! Thanks for watching
أعجبني لون الجلد الأحمر
كما أنني أعشق كل الصناعات النحاسيه ❤
And the red leather looks brilliant on those binoculars,👍🏻
I think so too! Thanks for watching !
Hello.
My question is; After you lovingly take these objects back to the glory days when they were new - what do you do with them ?? Is your home full of antiques restorations ?? Does your partner also have a love for your hobby ??
And lastly - What type of Engineering background did you do in your career ??
Thanks 🙏
Take care and stay 😷
First, Thanks for watching my videos ! Now to your questions, yes i keep the restored objects to showcase in my house, fortunately my wife is very suportive with my hobby and enjoys also... and my studies were in electronic engineering but since child i liked crafts and working with my hands. Have a nice day !
Great job! Greetings from a country which have won the WWI at November 11th 1918 at 11:11 !!!
Thanks for watching !
This was so fascinating. I have an almost identical pair that I'd love to restore. Alas I lack the skills and also the electrolysis machine. I love all your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it ! You can try ! electrolysis is not strictly necesary though it s much easier.
You can try to remove paint with paint remover gel, available in the market...
Лениво писать русскому (см. дома) по-английски. Я наверное буду единственным, кто скажет, что выбор красной кожи ужасен. Лучше бы искал цвет приближенный к тому, что был у бинокля. Сама реставрация замечательная!
Сочетание золотого и красного цвета классическая праздничная, а точнее Новогодняя комбинация
@@isaimi6396 каждому свое, я просто высказал личное мнение.
Здравствуйте, никаких проблем с языком у нас есть переводчик! выбор цвета очень личный, некоторым нравится, некоторым не нравится, это нормально.
Спасибо за просмотр !
Да вы правы, это празднично. Спасибо за просмотр видео!
Very nice ! I can tell these binoculars were very well made, all that brass, all the threaded parts for easier assembly/disassembly !
Yes, you are right quality from the past , Thanks for watching Pete !!
Very nice indeed. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you! Cheers!
Good choice of color for the leather...Finished product looks outstanding...Museum quality 😉👏👏👩🔧
Thank you very much friend ! Glad you liked !
Love the rain sound in the background. Makes this more relaxing to watch.🤣
I'm glad ! Thanks for watching !
Bro you are king of restorations
Thanks bro ! I really appreciate !
Отличная работа! можно было еще предать биноклю ценность, увеличить его кратность.
Good I like you video ❤️❤️👍👍👍
Thanks for the visit
Incredibly beautiful restoration and thank you for the lead in about WW1.
I enjoyed this ten minutes very much. Details, details and lovely brass. Perfectly done. Thank you for sharing with us. Be safe my dear friend ⚒️🗜️🐾
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for visit my channel friend !
On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war.
Your absolutely correct ! I see you like history. Thanks for watching the video !
Taking in consideration this was a restoration, use red is a poor choice (you are a target). Should be a dark color like the original.
Absolutely right.. however i explained in the description that this will be a restoration not preserving the finish (black) because its use for peace times will be very diferent (for ex. horse track use). So i prioritized a good looking product. Thanks for watching !
@@HandsonRestoring but the fake leather is a big NO NO. It is too bad that you spent a lot of time and efort to have an ugly result. It looks cheap in contrast with your work
@@polytzai youare absolutly right, it's a shame
Such binoculars my grandfather had also brought home from the war! It is the same what you restore there! Hang very many fond memories on it!
Nice...thanks for your story. Please keep those binoculars well preserved and thanks for watching !
Wonderful Job man, Salute
Fantastic restoration! I was looking for inspiration and ideas on how to apply a similar process to some vintage lenses of mine, many thanks!😍
Ready for the balcony seat at the opera !
Yes right .. but i ´m not going to the theater lately rather i use it at the horse track !! Thanks for watching !
Beautiful craftsmanship and very nice restoration. It looks amazing.😊
I thought of grey. But finally the Red colour was awesome
Wasn't sure about color at first but the end result won me over. Damn good job.
Yeah exactly what i feel .. unsure at first but pleased with the end result.. thanks for watching Mitch !
Great Work!! They’re Beautiful!! 👍😁
Thank you! 😊
you very very professional restoration
❤️love from morrocco 🇲🇦
Thank you very much i really appreciate !
Maravilloso 😍 excelente trabajo
Muchas gracias Juan Carlos !. Saludos
times of peace....great timing dude....great timing!
Yes indeed! Hope peace for everyone is possible ! Thanks for watching !
Another great job.
I appreciate that Tommy !
Great job! I have this binoculars same condition. Thanks for video!
A true craftsman and excellent work.
Thanks a lot !
Nicely done - thank you! ✌🏻🎨☕️
Thank you too!
Great view. And it will be difficult to believe that he once participated in the battle. I agree, we will believe that he will never see the war again
Thanks for watching ! yeah hopefully no more wars !
I watched three of your videos and I had to subscribe .You do amazing work!!! 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
They were beautiful.
Quedaron hermosos. 👍
Muchas Gracias Daniel ! 👍
Beautiful restoration. I have a very similar pair in really good, original condition. Years ago I went to an exhibit of artifacts recovered from the Titanic. They had a pair of these on display.
Thanks for watching ! Wow that exhibition must have been amazing .. thanks for sharing !
Beautiful work!
Thank you so much 😀
Steampunk forever
For now and forever 😊
Respect from Morocco 🇲🇦👍
👍
Excelente trabajo de restauración, mucha paciencia y buen gusto en el color rojo. Me encantó este video 👍🤝🇲🇽
Muchas gracis Leonardo ! Saludos 👍
They turned out fantastic
Thank you very much Danny !!
3:17 agree with your statement. Lets pray for the world peace. Great content btw.
Thank you !!
I’m so surprised the glass isn’t broken. Great restoration! ❤️
Thanks you ! Yes seems it was well preserved.
Excelente trabajo, felicidades.
Muchas gracias ! Saludos cordiales !
Wonderful work. I love this video.
I'm glad you like it
Well restored binocular, I even smelled its new brandness, when you showed the vision through it. 👌👍😊
Glad you liked ! and thanks for watching !
Ótimo trabalho! Obrigado por compartilhar.
Obrigado !
Perfetto!!! Ottimo lavoro. I miei complimenti. Bravissimo!!!!!. Grazie.
Grazie mille a te per aver guardato il video !
thank you for video 🥰😍
love ❤️ from morrocco 🇲🇦
You’re welcome 😊
Excellent job, excellent message and excellent video! Well done!
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching Chris !
Wah jadi cantik benar ya bro Teropongnya ,Awesome
Terima kasih banyak .. senang Anda menyukai mereka!
WELL DONE! WONDERFUL JOB
Thank you very much Claudio !
Precision at its all time finest brother.....
Yes right... thanks for watching !
This restoration is beautiful!
Thank you very much Darleene !
Wow what a change well done 👏
Thanks! 😊
Muito bom a restauração!
Obtigado Jonathas !!
Beautiful restoration!
Glad you like it!
Loved the great job. Liked the video for sure. One word to all creators on an unintentional slight. Many creators include the phrase "Enjoy!" Which is a command. The polite thing would be to say "Please Enjoy!" Anyway your video was superb.
Great point! English is not my mother language... Thanks for watching and for your comment !
Another work of art. Very 👍
Thank you so much 😀
Fantastic video. Nice project. I’m retired Army, so personally I would have kept in with black leather and black lacquer paint. It turned out really nice though.
Glad you enjoyed the video Robert ! and thanks for your feedback !
I totally agree....black leather and black laquer. Not restored to original which would have been way more appropriate given its history.
Beautiful work! Red was my first choice as well.
Awesome! Thank you!
Excelente trabajo!!!
Muchas Gracias.. Saludos !!
Super-mega-greatest work!!!!! The most amazing item.
Glad you like it!. Thanks a lot !
Nice color, it will do amazing for reconnaissance purpose, the enemy snipers will love it... :))
Yes nice color ... hopefully at the horse race track where i will be using them there are no snipers my friend !
Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.
Большое спасибо за ваш комментарий, и мы очень ценим поддержку канала. Привет
That red leather is a snipers dream.
What snipers ? ... it will be used for watching birds ...
@@HandsonRestoring ok. So were you just not restoring it back to its original state it’s supposed to be, being it was equipment used in the war, or just restoring it enough to modify and ruin any history attached to it for your personal reasons? If you can elaborate at the beginning of the video. That will help. It’s painful for some war vets to watch it not restored close to its original if we are clueless that isn’t your purpose. If so, then you did a good job. I’m not knocking the job you did. I just tend to keep seeing a lot of restoration channels completely ruining military equipment from WWII, not giving any respect to or celebrating the soldiers, seamen, airmen, or marines that gave their lives or lively hood they had at a young age in the war watching men die, while using the equipment at war. Just to have it be restored and not respected for doing its job to protect the country the military men and women fought for. Equipment become an extension of us at war. It helps us survive. It’s like having two extra legs or arms that can save us. We forget the weight of the equipment on us, because we are in it day and night. We sleep with it. I know, being in an artillery chemical and bio warfare unit, I would worship my gas mask. I used the mask case as a pillow, because if I’m woken up from gas alerts I can slip it on quick and live. It only takes less than a minute for a dime size of mustard gas to kill of a whole Bataillon or brigade. You got thirty minutes to escape and get miles away from it, before your mask filter fails and it kills you. That’s why soldiers carry two filters. In WWII soldiers only had one and we found out from them, that one on the mask doesn’t give you a good hour to get away and DECON yourself to live. Two gives you an hour. We know our equipment like the back of our hands. Not one person has yet to fully investigate and restore WWII equipment back to close to what it’s original state was. Completely ruining the history of the artifact in the process and erasing the value of it and memories attached. If your intentions are only personal use, that’s cool. Just please make sure that’s mentioned at the beginning and don’t get upset if a war veteran does comment upset on it. I enjoyed watching you restore it. Thank you for letting me watch, but a lot of veterans I’ve talked to that saw some of these restoration vids of WWII military equipment feel disrespected or feel that nobody cares about the lives they had to watch die and go through their own hell while watching them die in the process of using the same equipment. That goes for both sides of that war. Soldiers suffered on all sides. We become family out there. If you’re interested in restoring WWII equipment or any old military equipment in the future to up the value and respect the history. A little tip is to tone everything down. The military does cold or hot bluing on metal parts they don’t paint matte colors to match the uniform, like weapons, knives, bayonets, and shovels. These things can take high wear and tear with less wearing down the metal bluing until it’s shiny, while also protecting the high use. equipment from rust during long deployments to rain regions like Korea. All other equipment is painted in what’s called a ”tone down.” It’s painted to match the uniform and environment it’s meant to be used in and the paint is matte only, no high gloss. All rivets and all metal handles and parts, that aren’t covered in cloth, like canteens that have canteen covers, are painted the same way. If not, a sniper can spot you miles away. That’s why even canteens are toned down now. Canteen cups were brushed to not be shiny. Kinda like the un shiny effect you get using a sand blaster to clean. I’ve seen a few artillery and ground pounders get upset and reply in the comments ”that’s a sniper’s dream. I can see that high gloss paint or shiny metal a mile away.” Please don’t get offended, they’re just trying to give you a hint that some war veterans are getting offended when they see that stuff restored without anyone researching and restoring it properly. Only, I do understand it’s hard for civilians to understand why we get offended. It’s just they have good and bad memories behind some equipment they used, that’s the same all the restoration channels are restoring. Keep in mind that a good soldier already sees themselves as dead when their boots hit enemy grounds. What equipment they use to live with are very high levels of good and bad memories. They remember something bad that happened to their brothers or sisters triggered by seeing the equipment. Some have triggered flashbacks from it. I’ve only seen one guy come close, when restoring an old CLS equipment box, except for him shining up the handles, clasps, and rivets. Another guy I saw only restores lighters and old personal medic flasks. The officer stuff like that was shiny, because they weren’t on the front line as much. They were in the TOC commanding or behind the lines commanding. Therefore they didn’t have to worry about snipers as much. But, for the most part, more recent personal artifacts used in the field are toned down. Even lighters. They sell toned down zippos designed to sell exclusively in the exchanges on base for tone down reasons. Anyways, just thought I’d give some tips in case you want to get into restoring any WWII field equipment. These binoculars look a lot like an officer’s. They look like they were either painted or blued and then the leather wrapped for better gripping, and to keep the grip area from wearing down to shiny metal, so their not to be spotted when looking for snipers or watching the men flanking up to the enemy on the front lines from a fox hole. I don’t know though. It’s a guess. Officers were issued binoculars from the equipment NCOS when deployed to war. So were NCOICs, command sergeant majors, and 1st sergeants. Maybe if you put text up saying something like ”Not restored for historical purposes,” in the beginning, that might help.
👍 Very good job! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastico!! Gran trabajo, un grato saludo!
Gracias ! Otro para ti !
Beautiful piece
Thank you very much!
I like the way you do things. Slowly almost in slow motion but meticulous. Beautiful vid mind.
Glad you enjoy it!
Parabéns, excelente trabalho!
Obrigado Gilberto !!
Wow. Beautiful work 👍👍👍 my friend 😊
Thank you so much 😊 I apreciate your suport
Screwdriver backflip :) cool video :)
ya me suscribi y deje mi like .. EXCELENTE TRABAJO 💪.. te quedó hermoso los binoculares.. muchas gracias por los subtítulos.. abrazo desde Argentina
Gracias por tu comentario y tu sub, espero te guste el canal !. Saludos desde Uruguay
Beautiful, Great job.
Much appreciated Vincent !
I like that you do the restoration with basic tools and not $40,000.00 worth of machinery
Appreciate your comment, yes i do my best with my limited tools, Thanks for watching !
wow.. interesting thing to restore.. thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching !
Wow you did a wonderful job on them binoculars. Very nice
Thanks Kenneth 👍
Guuuuaáaaauuuuu...
Quedaron magnificos...hermosos
Muchas Gracias ! Saludos !
That looks amazing 👏
Glad you liked !! and thanks for watching !
Awesome video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!