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Old 17th Jul 2017, 3:32 pm   #5
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Default Re: Roberts Revival carrying handle

I picked up an R550 for just a few pounds, stripped it for parts as I try my hardest to steer clear of the more modern sets. The strap as I mentioned in my post above came in particularly useful when I too restored an R200 just as the OP is looking to do. The R550 is covered with a relatively harder wearing 'faux' grained leathercloth, and so survives quite well. The even more modern DAB sets, like the RD10, RD50, & the RD60 have indeed been covered in a half-measure of crepe and fairy dust and degrade if there is but a gentle breeze under 5 miles away... I have no personal experience of handling a Roberts 'Sovereign', though I dare say looking at pictures of the set, it does lend me to the belief that they are covered in something with not at all thicker than felt-tipped pen ink....
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