Lets See Your Compasses...
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Re: Lets See Your Compasses...
I have my GrandPa's and it looks like yours. It's in another location now so your picture will have to stand in, if that's OK. Grizz
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No problem at all Grizz, thanks for responding bro.Grizz wrote:I have my GrandPa's and it looks like yours. It's in another location now so your picture will have to stand in, if that's OK. Grizz
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No nostalgia for the one I use, but it is bombproof
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/Products/Co ... tegoryId=5
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That's a nice one Brent.
What's the knob for or do?
What's the knob for or do?
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It is a sighting device and it has a prism set up that allows you to shoot amazingly accurate angles. Mine is an older version and doesn't have the knob which I think focuses the sighting mechanism. Mine is a fixed focus. The body is of a solid machined aluminum block. A bit heavy at times but dependable like no other.
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I have a simple Silva. Good enough to find the Rig, but, I would not land navigate with it. (As I've mentioned, I really can't hike much...so, a compass would be only to get my bearings if a wounded deer took me on a cross country adventure). It's so cloudy all the time in the NW, that it's good to know north.
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Thanks, good info.BrentD wrote:It is a sighting device and it has a prism set up that allows you to shoot amazingly accurate angles. Mine is an older version and doesn't have the knob which I think focuses the sighting mechanism. Mine is a fixed focus. The body is of a solid machined aluminum block. A bit heavy at times but dependable like no other.
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I have an old Marbles that is meant to pin on your chest so you can look down at it while you're walking. IIRC I got it back in the late 60's.
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I use my phone
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I also have a compass built into my Steiner Navigator glasses, which really helps navigating the coastal flats
and I have a good Suunto chart compass, though transparent rather than opaque like Brent's.
I've never been a GPS guy - biggest part of it is I don't want to mess with electronics when I'm outdoors. Though I'll admit I'm happy to travel with someone who wants to mess with his.
And thanks for showing your classics.
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No picture, but a simple Coleman one that I bought at Wal Mart. I tend to hunt areas that have roads every mile or so, and just knowing North is enough.
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Most of my hunting is like yours Piller.piller wrote:No picture, but a simple Coleman one that I bought at Wal Mart. I tend to hunt areas that have roads every mile or so, and just knowing North is enough.
And like Mike I also have the compass app. & Google earth on my phone.
I got mine mostly for the 'thats cool' factor. My 1940's wool plaid hunting pants
have a built-in compass pocket that just seemed lonely without a vintage compass.
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I'm glad you're getting some good use out of it....I just didn't need about 90% of the toys on it....madman4570 wrote:http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeC ... item=31585
Thanks Blaine!
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It is absolutely unbelievable I love it!BlaineG wrote:I'm glad you're getting some good use out of it....I just didn't need about 90% of the toys on it....madman4570 wrote:http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeC ... item=31585
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Re: Lets See Your Compasses...
A Suunto and a Brunton left over from my field work days.
Somewhere I have one of those old army compasses, but mine isn't in as good condition as casastahle's
Somewhere I have one of those old army compasses, but mine isn't in as good condition as casastahle's
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Since we are on the subject of compasses, I am reminded of a story i heard many years ago about a very cheap, low quality compass imported from China that had the brand name of Tates Compass. They were so crummy that they seldom if ever functioned properly, and that is where the old saying came from.....
"He who has a Tates is lost."
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Re: Lets See Your Compasses...
Mine is an IDF issue job bought off Ebay.
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You guys can keep that old outdated junk. yea, I was a Boy Scout and my old fashioned compass saved my butt real good more than once upstate while hunting.
My Winchesters and Colts are older than anyone here but when it comes to medical technology and navigating, I'll choose modern. Thank you very much -----6
My Winchesters and Colts are older than anyone here but when it comes to medical technology and navigating, I'll choose modern. Thank you very much -----6
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Where did you get that Kasenit?
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Now I keep an old Marbles pinned on my pack strap and carry an eTrex, but my first time in the Mojave I was getting pretty tired, thirsty and heading back to camp when a buddy on a ridge came across the radio with "Uh, you do know camp is the other way..."
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Yeah that Kasenit is more obsolete (or at least more rare ) than some of these compasses.
Bruce, I love the Brunton
Bruce, I love the Brunton
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Re: Lets See Your Compasses...
Mescaline,
I picked it up at Dixon Muzzleloaders, in Kempton, Pa.
Kasenit has saved me more times than a compass. Well, it saved me time, money, and energy to fix a few hammer notches myself than to pay a gunsmith and wait 6 weeks to get the job done.---6
Funny thing.....compass's to Kasenit.
I picked it up at Dixon Muzzleloaders, in Kempton, Pa.
Kasenit has saved me more times than a compass. Well, it saved me time, money, and energy to fix a few hammer notches myself than to pay a gunsmith and wait 6 weeks to get the job done.---6
Funny thing.....compass's to Kasenit.
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It's my understanding that Kasenit is no longer being made.
So, treasure what you have.
So, treasure what you have.
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That's the same compass that I used during my elk hunts during the 90's in Colorado. I didn't have a GPS just a topo map.Sixgun wrote:You guys can keep that old outdated junk. yea, I was a Boy Scout and my old fashioned compass saved my butt real good more than once upstate while hunting.
My Winchesters and Colts are older than anyone here but when it comes to medical technology and navigating, I'll choose modern. Thank you very much -----6
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Here's mine...
The above pix was before replacing the compass "vial", which was 10 years old at the time and half full. The boat's prior owner said he Never needed a compass anyway *... The Ritchie company sells an easily replaced module that is half the cost of a new unit.
* And that's why they call it dead reckoning! Old No7
Luckily, it's attached to a 19' cuddy with 130 horses pushing! The above pix was before replacing the compass "vial", which was 10 years old at the time and half full. The boat's prior owner said he Never needed a compass anyway *... The Ritchie company sells an easily replaced module that is half the cost of a new unit.
* And that's why they call it dead reckoning! Old No7
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I've had this compass since I was 10 years old.
Still use it on every trip in the field where such a tool is required.
I've got a couple of military grade Lensatics, but I just like using this one mo' betta'.
This is my compass.
Still use it on every trip in the field where such a tool is required.
I've got a couple of military grade Lensatics, but I just like using this one mo' betta'.
This is my compass.
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I'm with 6
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I'm oriented towards electronics too. The piece that's in deep storage is my Furuno commercial unit. Looks like this borrowed photo.
This connects to a computer, used to have an external monitor in the trolling cockpit area. Have more chart data on that computer than most govt charts.
This is part of the stuff that rides with me everywhere. Almost.
it's the cheapo wal-mart chicom imitation of the expensive cabelas chicom made boxes.
it's useful for a certain amount of containment, and has useful stuff that I wouldn't want to have to go looking for if I needed it. can't jog with it in the butt packer tho.
covering a few bases here. too bad the ax and bow saw don't fit in there. The Garmin nuvi doesn't live in that box either, it lives on the binnacle shelf in the man van. maybe I need another cheapo chicom box.
This connects to a computer, used to have an external monitor in the trolling cockpit area. Have more chart data on that computer than most govt charts.
This is part of the stuff that rides with me everywhere. Almost.
it's the cheapo wal-mart chicom imitation of the expensive cabelas chicom made boxes.
it's useful for a certain amount of containment, and has useful stuff that I wouldn't want to have to go looking for if I needed it. can't jog with it in the butt packer tho.
covering a few bases here. too bad the ax and bow saw don't fit in there. The Garmin nuvi doesn't live in that box either, it lives on the binnacle shelf in the man van. maybe I need another cheapo chicom box.
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Re: Lets See Your Compasses...
My very first compass.
I bought this one back in the early 70's at Kmart when I was 12 or 13 years old.
I bought this one back in the early 70's at Kmart when I was 12 or 13 years old.