> Most of the sextants you can get on eBay these days are just for decoration, however. Ugh, these things are a plague. There's a factory in India pumping out

> Most of the sextants you can get on eBay these days are just for decoration, however. Ugh, these things are a plague. There's a factory in India pumping out most of these. They do a whole bunch of variations, boxes, antiquing, etc. Some sellers on eBay list them as genuine antique instruments, which is straight up deception. The replicas of box sextants (small pocket instruments in the shape of a round box) are especially hard to spot if the seller is dishonest.