Lee Michaels wrote:
"Chris Damico" wrote in message
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(Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!)

A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from
her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to
display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and
resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image
is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she
liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is
nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax.



Very nice. The carving just makes the whole piece.

How well does this old spy scope work?



Thanks. The spyscope works pretty well as far as I can tell but I've
only tested it off of the back deck. I had to extend it out almost all
the way (that makes it about 4 feet long) to see anything clearly. I
suppose if I was looking farther I might not have to have done that. But
it came in crystal clear.