@Deerhntr
I just opened these and looked through them. They are marked on the bino assembled in the Philippines. I can tell you they are 100% as clear or even slightly better than the Japanese Razors I sent in. I had the other Razors for over 10 years so the optical quality may have slightly diminished over the years but these look better to me than the old pair. I used the previous Razors almost daily up until two weeks ago when I sent them off to Vortex to have them cleaned. The paint was worn, and eye cups were torn in a few spots from being dropped over the years. Optically they were fine, I didn’t expect to get new binos sent to me and would have been happy to have them gone through, cleaned and sent back. They did send new ones so I figured I’d just sell them and a spotter I have and upgrade to some 8x NL or EL’s to go with my NL14’s.
I would be happy to use these binos forever if I couldn’t afford the NL’s, they are a great size and weight and I really don’t know if the weight gain going a swaro is going to be worth the gain in optic quality.