NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Mar 9, 06:24 -0700
Steven Gardiner, you wrote:
"There are a few Mk II sextants (Bendix and Davis) on eBay, all needing a lot of love, but also asking stupid prices..."
Yeah, that's a shame... Two factors are probably working against you: cycles in sextant pricing, and WW2 nostalgia pricing. These numbers rise and fall, but that's not much help right now... :/
You concluded:
"If I could find the schematics/dimentions I would fabricate one..."
Oh! If you have those sorts of skills, that sounds like a great idea. The housing does not demand precision design. You could generate your own schematics from similar, complete instruments, and that would work. I have not owned a Mk II in some years, but there must be other NavList members who could contribute photos and measurements...
Frank Reed
