The venerable 1N34A Germanium Signal Diode. I eventually learned about “real” diodes and the 1N34A Germanium diode was my “goto” diode into my teens. Nowadays looking into a modern version ...

And if the point contact diode has attracted your interest then you may want to read our piece on Rufus Turner, who brought us its archetype, the 1N34A.

the 1N34A Mjolnir deploys a pair of vintage 1N34A diodes in the circuit, and having A/B’d this version of the circuit with Broyles own Klon, serial number 1666, they say they can’t tell the ...