Calibrated. Leitz Summicron 50mm DR

Editor and I are doing samples of the decoupage panels for the blanket chest.  There have been experiments with using a hairdresser's spray bottle to apply a very fine mist of water-based varnish over the papered panels.  As I was figuring out how to get the varnish into the tiny spray bottle without spilling it all over the place, I remembered this glass epidural syringe I had stashed away.
In an earlier part of my x-ray career, I worked at a pain clinic, providing the physicians with real-time images as they injected cortisone along the inflamed nerves of suffering patients.  The supplies for each injection procedure came in a sterile package which included a 5ml glass syringe for administering the cortisone.  Why glass and not a regular plastic syringe one might ask?  There is a tactile component to administering the injection; the physician can feel the back pressure from the plunger as the perfectly ground glass surfaces on barrel and plunger rub against each other.  A plastic plunger doesn't provide that feedback.  Our physicians at the clinic felt that the syringes included in the kits weren't of a high enough quality, and used much better - and more expensive -Japanese-made ones instead.  The syringes in the kits were discarded unused.  I grabbed a couple, thinking they might come in useful in the woodshop, and also because they're beautiful, precision tools.  More than ten years later, the syringe found its perfect use.  And since the varnish is water-based, it cleans up with hot, soapy water for the next time.