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Re: Many EBAY Sextants Available
From: Paul Bedel
Date: 2018 Mar 4, 12:46 -0800
From: Paul Bedel
Date: 2018 Mar 4, 12:46 -0800
Be very carefull with sextants from ships demolition yards sold on ebay. Some of them may be excellent but I had bad experience with a Tamaya Osaka which seems very good on photos but a screw was lost and the drum spring was broken. And an other one bad experience with a Tamaya Tokyo ... the drum doesn't fit exactly with the sextant : replacement probably by one from another sextant of different type ... So be very carefull and, if necessary, ask for more photos to have an exact view of the sextant.
Regards. Paul.
