Description
William Vogt is an obscure Oakland, CA maker, and his patented sighting levels are rare. The patent was for a seven piece laminate stock, stacked vertically, with push up sights at each end and a swivel plate on the bottom to be used on a post. To my knowledge, none of the very few known examples have the swivel plate. I find it very interesting that levels from Vogt’s 1887 patent have an appearance that resemble levels from the north east made 30 to 40 years earlier.
