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Here’s a nice display item, or a very useable set if you want to shoot film with old8x10in glass plate holders. Therese metal sleeves are meant to be loaded with film, and then placed where the 8x10 glass would have fit in those old plate holders. Have you ever wondered why8x10in and other large format film is slightly smaller than those dimensions? Because they initially started making it so it would fit in these sheaths, but of course the sheaths take up a couple of millimeters on the sides, so film had to be cut smaller , and regular film holders of course were also starting to be made at the same time, so they were made to accommodate same size film. Anyhow, there’s 12 sheaths in there. 8 are byKodak, and 4 are unmarked. Most appear unused as I don’t see the usual rubbing mark from the spring that would have pushed them from the rear when inserted into those old glass plate holders. There are scuffs present here and there from all these years of storage. I believe these date to around1940-50s, production likely began in 1900s, but these are from later time. Feel free to ask question if you have them. I’m a photographer myself, and have been buying and selling equipment on here for over 20 years now. I always do my best to describe the items as accurately as I can. Take a close look at the pictures, I try to show all possible flaws there, and so in real life my items look better than on here.Good luck bidding.