I believe it's aluminium. Aluminium oxidizes fairly quickly, so it will
soon turn from shiny silver to dull gray when exposed to air. I would
guess that by the strap lug it's constantly rubbing up against the metal
and scraping off the oxidized aluminium.
Todd
At 11:16 AM 3/18/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Interesting. On my - early - LX the so called "brassing" is not brass
coloured but on the top of the body a grey colour shows through and under
the left side strap lugs the colour is bright silver. Has there been a
change of materials, then?
>All the best!
>Raimo
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>When the black wears off, what's underneath is brass colored. I suspect
plating to more readily accept a more permanent black coat.
>
>Regards,
>Bob...
>
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