Field Binoculars — I

Description

Six power over 30 mm objectives, which makes this the widest and steadiest pair of the three: a 7.7-degree field, near 405 feet at a thousand yards, and enough exit pupil to stay useful at dusk. The housings are drawn steel with porro prisms, a center wheel that moves both barrels together and a right-eye adjustment ring. We wrap the bodies in 4-ounce harness leather, skived at the overlap and stitched underneath so no seam sits beneath a thumb. Weight is 21 ounces and folded width 4.5 inches. A cotton web neck strap comes fitted. Keep the leather dry and it darkens slowly where your hands go. Blower first on the glass, cloth second.

• Drawn steel housings, porro prisms, 4 oz harness leather wrap
• 6×30 — 7.7 degree field, 21 oz, 4.5 in folded width
• Hand-stitched leather wrap, blackened interior baffles
• Optical glass from Rochester, New York; wrapped and stitched in Albuquerque