Three complete vintage Swifts ($350 each or $900 for all three):

1.) Swift 838, 50mm f/14, GEM & Tripod, 0.965 eyepiece set, box

2.) Swift 839, 60mm f/13.5, GEM & Tripod, 0.965 eyepiece set, box

3.) Swift 831, 77mm f/13, GEM & Tripod, 0.965 eyepiece set, box

These are 1950's era Japanese-made long focus achromatic doublets. All come with mounts, tripods & eyepieces. The 838 & 839 mounts are ungeared while the 831 has slow-motion "space ball" controllers. As expected on this series of Swifts, the optics are superb. Mechanically solid, these early Swifts feature design and construction similar to the instruments later imported by Swift under the Takahashi name. They are aesthetically pretty instruments and pleasant to use.

The 838, in particular, is an excellent grab & go instrument (see picture of me holding it).

I'm sorry to put them up for sale, but I don't have a chance to use them anymore. I am not interested in shipping them but would be happy to meet-up around town or at Chamberlin Observatory.

Best way to reach me is by email: kenneth.sturrock@protonmail.com

Thanks for looking.

-Ken