Karst Walker had one with a purple ribbon tied to it.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 6:38 AM Terry Holsinger <tr...@sprynet.com> wrote: > Logan, those were (are?) for sale at the Harbor Freight store here in > ATX, right next to the Vintage Brass Sextants, > ( > https://www.harborfreight.com/home-outdoor/home/decorative-items/vintage-brass-sextant-66096.html) > > and were priced about the same... > > Terry H. > > On 7/22/2019 12:00 AM, Logan wrote: > > I'm interrupting the TexasLockLearList to discuss something that > > actually has relevance to caving, and to Lee Jay Graves RIP. > > > > The caving connection is the Brunton Pocket Transit, aka the Brunton > > Compass. > > Except for the old-timers, most of you probably have never used one, > > so here is some background from Wikipedia. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunton_compass > > It was commonly used by cavers when I started in Fall 1968. > > > > But over the next several years it had been largely replaced (at least > > among the American cavers I knew) by the Suunto compass made in > > Finland, which are still popular today. > > https://www.suunto.com/en-us/About-Suunto/History-Timeline/ > > In fact for quite a few years a set of the compass and clinometer has > > been donated by TSS to the winner of the TCR Survey Contest. > > > > Now the Lee Jay connection: His storage shed needs to be empty by July > > 31, so Justin Shaw assembled a team with Galen Falgot, Drew Thompson, > > Eric Flint & Meg, and Logan McNatt to go over there Friday July 19th > > evening. Gil Ediger loaned his wonderful Isuzu dump truck and we spent > > several hours loading over half the contents of the shed. Early the > > next morning we unloaded everything onto tables in Gil's front yard > > for an "Everything Must Go Fire Sale". > > > > As we emptied the tubs and bags, I noticed something I had never seen > > before: a _*Brass*_ Brunton Pocket Transit, in pristine never-used > > condition! So I removed it from the sale items thinking it can go in > > the Texas Speleological Center Museum whenever that is transferred > > from the old TSS office at the Pickle Research Campus. A Google search > > showed the image below which is identical except Lee Jay's is stamped > > with INDIA rather than STANLEY LONDON. It appears to be functional > > and probably modern. At least it doesn't say "Made in China"! > > > > Comments and more information on this item are most welcome.Please > > forward to other cavers who might have insight. > > Thanks, > > Logan McNatt > > > > > > > > Image result for Brass Brunton compass India > > > > > > END OF INTERRUPTION; RESUME "USUAL" PROGRAMING ON TEXASLOCKLEARLIST > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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