years ago I discovered a load of 'New Old Stock' rings... Odal had helped with the deal as it was in Germany and so was he! Really, without Odal I probably couldn't have got the load.

But even with his help we still had one problem,,,,,even with the both of us putting our money together we did not have enough to buy them..
SO, we had to find an investor,,which we did and were able to acquire the load! It ended up with the investor getting most of the rings. We had first choice though [very important] which was how the negotiations went.

Odal and I got about 5 mint stock tagged rings each,,, and we each got 2 cased rings... Here's one of mine...

As far as I know the investor still has about 40 rings and haas no inclination to sell... They just put away for a future rainy day [?]