Magnum near gear or the poor man's Magnum p.i.
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As far as I can tell, Magnum wore a standard brass buckle the first season.
As you can see from the pic, I have replaced the first badge with the Special Ops badge, which makes more sense. This badge is all brass, and after cutting the pins off, I was able to bend it to the contour of the buckle and use the 3M tape reccomended.
As you can see from the pic, I have replaced the first badge with the Special Ops badge, which makes more sense. This badge is all brass, and after cutting the pins off, I was able to bend it to the contour of the buckle and use the 3M tape reccomended.
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My pleasure.
Just curious, given the changes you made, what could I expect to pay for the buckle as it is now?
I've searched high and low for a blank silver buckle, but had no luck.
Just a side note, TM doesn't wear the standard web belt,with the "Magnum" buckle, it is this belt:
Just curious, given the changes you made, what could I expect to pay for the buckle as it is now?
I've searched high and low for a blank silver buckle, but had no luck.
Just a side note, TM doesn't wear the standard web belt,with the "Magnum" buckle, it is this belt:
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It is at uniforms4u. In early episodes he did wear a standard web belt with a plain smaller buckle. but every close up where the "Magnum" buckle is seen, the belt is smooth, this is the dress khaki belt. It's about the same price as the web belt.
My hunt for a plain 3" buckle..... continues.
My hunt for a plain 3" buckle..... continues.
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I have had no luck finding a plain buckle. An alternative to engraving might be to go to a sign shop and have the letters die-cut onto gold chrome vinyl, and simply stick them on. I don't know if the sign shops could make the letters small enough, but it would capture the look.
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Genuine GMT Master II
Look what I found on our local Craigslist?
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/jwl/949991478.html
It's a GMT Master II. Not sure what makes it much different from an original GMT Master though.
Is it the matte vs glossy background?
Only $3k. keyword "only." Wish I had some extra "Christmascash" lying around.
Bill
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/jwl/949991478.html
It's a GMT Master II. Not sure what makes it much different from an original GMT Master though.
Is it the matte vs glossy background?
Only $3k. keyword "only." Wish I had some extra "Christmascash" lying around.
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Re: Genuine GMT Master II
2 main differences between the Master and the Master II, The Master (Like TM's) has an acrylic (plastic) crystal that is much thicker than the sapphire crystal on the Master II, and the dials are marked Master and Master II respectively.PhatCat wrote:Look what I found on our local Craigslist?
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/jwl/949991478.html
It's a GMT Master II. Not sure what makes it much different from an original GMT Master though.
Is it the matte vs glossy background?
Only $3k. keyword "only." Wish I had some extra "Christmascash" lying around.
Bill
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I found this on Ebay:
I emailed the seller, and he replied that the design is painted on the buckle, and not engraved. I'm thinking it was silk screened, and baked on.
Anyway, I figure I'll try some paint stripper or Methyl Ethyl Ketone to remove the graphic, and polish it up, Have it engraved, and place the badge on it.
I emailed the seller, and he replied that the design is painted on the buckle, and not engraved. I'm thinking it was silk screened, and baked on.
Anyway, I figure I'll try some paint stripper or Methyl Ethyl Ketone to remove the graphic, and polish it up, Have it engraved, and place the badge on it.
"But Higgins, I can explain."
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I'm going to leave it silver. Hopefully the graphic comes off clean. TM's buckle was silver which I never understood. Silver was for enlisted, Gold was for Officers. I contacted Zippo Manufacturing in Bradford, PA a few minutes ago. They unfortunately no longer produce the buckles. I know the buckles are still available in ship's stores through out the fleet, and they have to come from somewhere, so my search for a plain silver buckle.... continues. There are some of the zippo buckles on Ebay now, but I'm suspicious about the "painted on" claim. Many including the one I purchased look like at least part of the design is etched into the metal.IKnowWhatYoureThinking wrote:N1095A are you going to put a gold finish on it or leave it silver?
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