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ZF41 Tan Can and Wooden Brush

Hercules

Hercules

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Here is an original Tan Late War Unnumbered ZF41 Can with the original Wooden Handle Brush. These Brushes are hard to find and original in my opinion. The brush wood handle fits in the small hole inside the tan colored can. The plastic handle brushes are for green paint cans with the brush tube. Thanks for looking.

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Redwormrancher said:
Nice looking can, does it have the cloth too? How about that funky smell they tend to have?
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Klarinol Cloth is a NO and Funky Smell is a Yes. The brush I bought separate. The brush was actually stuck in an original Green Can where the plastic handle brush should go.
 
Very nice. Yes I have a plastic brush and it does not fit in the whole in my tan can. All these brushes are tough to find. Thanks for sharing. I want to find an unnumbered, tan high turret can.

Edit: just noticed something on you can that is on mine also. On the side opposite of the belt loop the paint has a pattern pressed into the paint. Looks like maybe they painted these and then stacked them? Leaving the pattern of the belt loop in the paint? Interesting to see.
 
mdarnell19 said:
Very nice. Yes I have a plastic brush and it does not fit in the whole in my tan can. All these brushes are tough to find. Thanks for sharing. I want to find an unnumbered, tan high turret can.

Edit: just noticed something on you can that is on mine also. On the side opposite of the belt loop the paint has a pattern pressed into the paint. Looks like maybe they painted these and then stacked them? Leaving the pattern of the belt loop in the paint? Interesting to see.
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Yes. The brushes are hard to find. Maybe they got stacked when the paint was tacky.
 
Do you have a picture of the latch? It looks very much like some cans Northridge International had about a decade ago - especially the brush which gives me some suspicions.
 
No sorry. Out working. Brush came separate even though that is no guarantee. Latch looks like my others.
 
Hercules said:
No sorry. Out working. Brush came separate even though that is no guarantee. Latch looks like my others.
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Okay - I trust your knowledge and experience. About a decade ago, Northridge purchased a bunch of excellent 'replicas' sold as originals from Europe with the identical wooden brush. These cans were top notch and identical to any originals in my collection except they missed one tiny detail on the latch. They were all tan colored cans, so when I saw the brush, I got a little worried for you. I purchased one of these "Northridge" cans unknowingly and it took about 3x years for me to figure out that it was an excellent forgery.
 
Sure. Thanks. I definitely know what your talking about. The can I’m pretty sure is good. It compares well to my others. I was focusing on the brush and don’t want to distract from that. If I was home with lots of time though I would do it. I just did not take a lot of photos of can as it was not the focus of this. The fakes I have seen look pretty bad, but I’m sure there are maybe more than one type of fake.

The brush. Well I’m as sure as you can be with any unmarked small item that I don’t have any other photo comparison. The reason I posted was for the brush and not to talk about the can. The can was for perspective. I had heard of these brushes but never had seen one. The bristles are a natural type material. I took a risk on the brush. I did not pay a lot. I only know of another like it and that was claimed as original by another collector. Was hoping for more focused comments on the brush.
 
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On the latch there is a commercial logo (circle and some other geometric shapes) but there is one small but missing marking on the repro's I speak of. Other than this one missing marking - this batch of repro's were 98% correct/aged and even smelled correct.

As per the brush, the brush that came with these repro cans looked identical to your wooden brush, hence why I became worried. However, if they copied a can so well, maybe they copied a legit wooden version of the brush just as well. If their brush is based on an original, there may be legit and minty wood examples that do exist and yours may be one of these legit examples.
 
Brian
The purpose of the brush is only for cleaning dusts on lens surface. ("Der Staubpinsel dient nur zum entfernen von etwa vorhandenem Staub auf den Linsen des Zielfernrohres.") If you have a plastic brush, compare the hair with the wooden one. The plastic brush hair is soft enough to clean lenses but the wooden one seems to be too stiff from your picture and would perhaps damage the surface. I don't see it as a lens brush, but this is only my opinion. Do you use those type of brushes to clean the lens of your rifle scope and I would like to know what information you have to say it as an original.
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@ Ken. It works well and fits nice in my tan can. Another collector friend on mine has one like it. Thanks for your reply.
 
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