Crumby's Compass is Broke
Fortunately, Crumby is not going far in his Lazy Boy. So he is unlikely to get lost. Except in his head. Which is good. Because the compass we are now discussing is the most broke compass ever. It does not even pretend to work. And that's how it came to Crumby. Totally broke.
However, Crumby expected it to be broke. Because Crumby questioned the EBAY vendor, after he bid on the dang thang, and was informed by that vendor that the compass did not work. So Crumby was assured that the compass was broke, even before he got it, but only after he bid on it, opening bid 17.50. But Crumby unwisely also did a 35.00 maximum bid. Mercy! Thank goodness no one else bid on the whole package, an LL Bean Pathfinder in like new condition except for the broke compass. What if Crumby had been strung out for the whole 35.00? Goodness! Praise the WG he was spared that.
The truth is, Crumby wanted the whole package, not just the silly compass, as a representative of the 1986-1990 Wenger timeline where your average knife has a weak patent on the bottle opener, the non-caps Wenger on the main blade tang, and no big W on the obverse of the main blade tang. It's a key to dating others like it.
But back to the miserable compass.
Hmm. Looks like a reflection of the Crumby Ovate has its head in the bubble. OK. This compass measures about 14mm in diameter and about 6mm thick. As can be seen, it is liquid filled. However, in addition to the bubble on top of the dial there is another, larger bubble under the dial. So the needle is dead in the water or out of the water, whichever.
Crumby wonders if this was a dry compass to begin with that got rained on instead of a wet compass that leaked. Either way its totally broke. Now also the frame is cracked where Crumby used a tiny screw driver as a chisel to break the compass out of the frame. But never mind that. The frame is glue-able. Yet spelling of glue, somebody glued the shit out of this compass. Maybe it was glued at the factory. Or maybe someone used glue in a futile effort at fixing the compass. Either way, that glue was tough, defying three industrial strength solvents.
Now Crumby is fixing to get a replacement button compass. Finding one that works of similar dimensions to the departed may be tough. Help me Goddess!
However, Crumby expected it to be broke. Because Crumby questioned the EBAY vendor, after he bid on the dang thang, and was informed by that vendor that the compass did not work. So Crumby was assured that the compass was broke, even before he got it, but only after he bid on it, opening bid 17.50. But Crumby unwisely also did a 35.00 maximum bid. Mercy! Thank goodness no one else bid on the whole package, an LL Bean Pathfinder in like new condition except for the broke compass. What if Crumby had been strung out for the whole 35.00? Goodness! Praise the WG he was spared that.
The truth is, Crumby wanted the whole package, not just the silly compass, as a representative of the 1986-1990 Wenger timeline where your average knife has a weak patent on the bottle opener, the non-caps Wenger on the main blade tang, and no big W on the obverse of the main blade tang. It's a key to dating others like it.
But back to the miserable compass.
Hmm. Looks like a reflection of the Crumby Ovate has its head in the bubble. OK. This compass measures about 14mm in diameter and about 6mm thick. As can be seen, it is liquid filled. However, in addition to the bubble on top of the dial there is another, larger bubble under the dial. So the needle is dead in the water or out of the water, whichever.
Crumby wonders if this was a dry compass to begin with that got rained on instead of a wet compass that leaked. Either way its totally broke. Now also the frame is cracked where Crumby used a tiny screw driver as a chisel to break the compass out of the frame. But never mind that. The frame is glue-able. Yet spelling of glue, somebody glued the shit out of this compass. Maybe it was glued at the factory. Or maybe someone used glue in a futile effort at fixing the compass. Either way, that glue was tough, defying three industrial strength solvents.
Now Crumby is fixing to get a replacement button compass. Finding one that works of similar dimensions to the departed may be tough. Help me Goddess!
posted by ray pistrum at Saturday, November 22, 2014
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