Originally posted by Jools Love that case... like something out of Reservoir Dogs.
I have a case very much like that too. It came via eBay from the estate of a Midwestern newspaper photographer, laden with 70's and 80's cameras and lenses and paraphernalia. M42's: Chinon-Argus CR-3E and matching 55/1.7; Fujica ST-701; Sigma-Z 24/2.8; Tokina-Vivitar 35/2.8; Komine-Vivitar 90/2.8 macro; Hanimar 135/2.8; Vivitar 2x TC. And a Yashica GSN rangefinder, Vivitar flash, filters, etc. Nothing fancy, just good workable stuff. (Amortized price per case, camera, lens, flash: US$3 each. Wotta deal!)
But it stank. Everything in it stank. I mean, the guy smoked a good brand of pipe tobacco, smelled like Balkan Sobranie. But a couple decades of tobacco smoke, infused into the weaves of base and bags and straps? Ewww... So everything soft got sprayed with Fabreze, and everything hard was wiped down, and everything was left on the covered porch for a few days of airing-out. Luckily, nothing was stolen by raccoons.