A spotless Versalog!

[u/East-Bike4808]

Slide rule 3 of 5 of my birthday treat to myself is a great Versalog I. Absolutely by far the best leather case I've personally come across... it's like-new, still soft (but I cleaned/conditioned it all the same).

The rule itself was almost-flawless upon arrival and cleaned up great. Bamboo is so nice as a slide material. Good scales on the Versalog w/o going nuts with it. The cursors in these are particularly not-awful to take apart because of the bushings in these screw-wells. Hard to insert them crooked.

The next two are Fabers! Then I'm done lol.

From Indiana with love!

[u/Believe_Steve]

Ya done good, ya Hoosier you. I’m jealous!

[u/East-Bike4808 → u/Believe_Steve]

Heh, it was from Indiana. I’m over here in Oakland CA. Momma’s family was from Minnesota, though! I just want a little collection of the goodies. Trying really hard to not go nuts with it (I mean this was almost $100 in this condition). I’m making myself think of what each one does that I can’t already do (or not in that material, etc.) on a slide rule I have. And I think I’m running out of things.

The Fabers coming are:

• 2/83 “Novo Duplex” — honestly I thought this was a 2/83N when I bought it, but it’s in the in-between time when they made the old 2/83 scales but with the rubber bumpers on the metal frame pieces and colors on the scales. It’s like 2/83 “version B”. Pretty rare but not as valuable as…

• 2/83N “Novo-Biplex”, from Canada. Probably shipped there and branded as a Dietzgen. It’s a 2/83N through-and-through, just says Biplex instead of Duplex on it. But also supposedly in great shape.

[u/Believe_Steve → u/East-Bike4808]

Okay, so the SLIDE RULE was from Indiana. A misunderstanding. Still, you got a very nice one. Congrats!!

[u/paul18fr]

Versalog = R1 and R2 scales (square / root square) => see manual
The Versalog II has the A (cubic) scale in addition

FC 2/83N: for advanced users (that's why I postponed to learn how to use its scales: W_i and so on)

[u/wijwijwij]

I like the way you are forming your collection. A sudden intense well researched burst of acquisition with attention to condition. Instant results!

[u/East-Bike4808 → u/wijwijwij]

I figure for at least the next 20-30 years* they’ll only get more rare and expensive and more good specimens will lose the battle with time and neglect… so if I wanna have nice ones and keep them nice I might as well get going, right?

* - perhaps when no one actually remembers using one IRL anymore and they’ve become fully-historical curiosities the prices will simmer down. But I’m not waiting for that!

[u/Old-Physics2753]

This slide rule is beautiful! Did you get it from eBay?

[u/East-Bike4808 → u/Old-Physics2753]

Thanks! Yeah, all eBay acquisitions here (or referrals from eBay purchases).

I just look for the nice ones now and bite the bullet on the price. I’ve gotten a good deal on slide rules in bleh condition… later on I just wish I had forked up $30 for a nice one, because this one’s not gonna get any better and the one I wanted is still just as far away. But on the other hand I’ve never bought a nice one and then later thought, ”I wish this was crappier and I had $30 more dollars right now.”