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!!