Never Judge a Book...
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Pictured, my latest acquisitions; a Soviet-era Zorki-4 camera, familiar to anyone who follows old-school film photography as one of Russia's 'knock-off Leicas', and an Opinel No:08 gardening knife I picked up on my trip to Kirkby Lonsdale yesterday. The Opinel purchased new from a wonderful surplus/outdoors shop in the town; and the camera was waiting for me in my veranda when I reached home this morning. The first - the Opinel - is of a quality, as always that belies its purchase price: they are among the best value for money utility knives on the market, with keen and easily maintainable edges, simple and robust construction, and always a lifetime's use ahead of them. The Zorki is from a stable of Soviet cameras that used to attract scorn and avoidance 'from those of us in the know - sadly me included' back in the day, and were usually relegated to the status of 'beginner' cameras, such as the Zenit: the SLR that most of us - me included - started ou