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Re: Henry Barrow & co, London. Sextant
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2025 Nov 5, 13:37 -0800
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2025 Nov 5, 13:37 -0800
Hi,
Sorry to say it is a decorative object, possibly very recently manufactured. Wholesale price might be $10.
There's a couple of cities in India (and Pakistan?) that produce them. I saw a video on how these and other kinds of fake instruments are fabricated. It involves craftsman working from home, producing a couple of parts in series, or doing the engraving, or making the wooden handle.
It reminded me a bit of how knives used to be produced in Solingen in Germany.
Maybe the video was even posted to NavList?
Luc
