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Re: Sextant on ebay
From: Yanni Nikopoulos
Date: 2006 Sep 6, 09:05 -0500
From: Yanni Nikopoulos
Date: 2006 Sep 6, 09:05 -0500
You can use paint remover/stripper. Never use
Muriatic Acid it will
dissolve the metal.
----- Original Message -----From: Courtney ThomasTo: NavList@fer3.comSent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:15 AMSubject: [NavList 1173] Re: Sextant on ebayI have one of those that is the original horrid olive drab color that I'd love to 'polish'down to the metal.HOW ?Thanks,Courtney----- Original Message -----From: Robert EnoTo: NavList@fer3.comSent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:59 PMSubject: [NavList 1167] Re: Sextant on ebayThanks all for the feedback.For the record, I smelled a rat but the sextant is, nonetheless, intriguing because it is not often that you see a polished metal sextant.Robert----- Original Message -----From: Philip LangeTo: NavList@fer3.comSent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:31 AMSubject: [NavList 1162] Re: Sextant on ebay
This is the reply from the seller:To me that means no certificate.
- Thank for interest to my auction. Sextant is made of aluminium.
- Unfortunately box is not present. In photos you see a key and two corners for adjustment sextant.
- Best regards,
- Vladimir.
Tell me, is it usual for the frame and index arm to have different serial numbers?
Philip
I had one of these. It was painted black.
At 07:02 PM 9/4/2006, Robert Eno wrote:
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