[Milsurplus] Re: HS-23/HS-33 headsets

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Yep.  Both the fabric and the plating on the band tend toward the same color. 
 If all I need to do is increase the contrast so I can ID something, I 
usually use an ordinary pencil eraser.  Not very effective for restoration, though 
(takes too many pencils).

$3.00 was a bit of money in '56.  I don't know when it went up to this but 
later in the decade, the Federal Minimum Wage was only $1.25/hour.

In a message dated 4/23/2005 4:08:03 PM Central Daylight Time, 
k2gkk at hotmail.com writes: 
> I have had it so long (48 years!) that I didn't
> know where the I.D. was.  After about a minute
> with a Brillo pad, the I.D. band was now another
> color than that of the cord!!!  THe metal band
> states "HEADSET HS-33."
> 
> I think it was brand new when I bought it for
> maybe $3.

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