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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: David Pike
Date: 2019 Sep 25, 12:45 -0700
Francis
Is your KH Mates Mk 2 a black or grey crinkle finish model? I ask because I was wondering how much they go for these days. I know a chap locally who's looking for a metal sextant, and I know a chap, also locally, who had a late model Hughes to sell. Last time I almost arranged a sale for him a number of years ago we were taking about £200 GBP, but I suspect that their price must have dropped in recent years, because of the availability of more modern larger mirror sextants from ship breakers in the Far East. Incidentally, when I received my own 1940s Hughs Mates Three Circle off ebay, there was a bill inside from the 1950s for a replacement mirror from a chandlers in South Wales for nine pounds ten shillings. This is a guess, because my sextant is in TIKI at the moment, but next time I visit I'll take a photo. I took it plus a MkIX and a MkIXBM, because a chap from Humber Yawl Club actually asked me to show him how to use one. We got quite a good Mer Pass with all three. DaveP
