Strange Compass?
The Compass is called a "Equinoctial Sundial Compass" and according to Compasspedia, the Online Compass Museum, it's a common fantasy TR item of which there are several variations. Below is the example they have. Disregard the bugle photo it slipped in somehow. Dwight
is it fake then
i can have it for 50 euros
What a waste of 50 Euro's, and a strange place to post it as well, can't you open a new thread?
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
by big ned
Hans Mandy: Yes, it is a fake; one of a variety of similar fakes that are produced largely in India. ask yourself, why would a compass have a sundial time element on it? It isn't accurate for navigation, which requires a chronometer. If you have ever been in a situation where you had to move across country using a map and a compass, you must recognize that this fantasy compass, with all its extraneous garbage, would just make things more difficult. It's a nice conversation piece and a poor fishing sinker. Dwight
Posts moved to their own thread for clarity.
Cheers, Ade.
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