I just saw a hunting knife with a compass embedded in the handle. Doesn't the steel interfere with the compass??? It just sounded crazy to me.
(No, I'm not getting one.)
Knife with embedded compass
I just saw a hunting knife with a compass embedded in the handle. Doesn't the steel interfere with the compass??? It just sounded crazy to me.
(No, I'm not getting one.)
Last edited by bulrush; 06-23-2008 at 01:01 PM.
If it is a magnetiv compass then yes, I think the knife you are looking at is a Hollywood survival knife, Desined for looks rather than to work
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Perhaps it was made with a non-ferous metal.
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i've always been told and have read it somewhere that if the compass is not removed, sharpening the knife will magnetize the compass.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. Steven Wright (1955 - )
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
I've seen some of those, the ones I saw looked like crap.
some fella confronted me the other day and asked "What's your problem?" So I told him, "I don't have a problem I am a problem"
The compass is there to always point your way to the knife. Mac
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hee hee ...oh that smarts
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. Steven Wright (1955 - )
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
OK, thanks for clearing that up Mac, it makes perfect sense nowOriginally Posted by Pict
some fella confronted me the other day and asked "What's your problem?" So I told him, "I don't have a problem I am a problem"
I'll bet Coot wishes he had one on the handgun he lost.
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Or at least one on the knife so it could have shown him the way back.
You'd think Coot would have taught that knife to drop kernels of corn along the trail.
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I imagine that he tried. You know how it is - some are just duller than others and never seem to get the point.
Hey, if it worked for Rambo, it'll work for you.
The way of the canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten- Sigurd Olson
Give me winter, give me dogs... you can keep the rest- Knud Rasmussen
that's what i told myself about aquiring my own island. proved less true when the national guard showed up.
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice - Grey's Law.
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If you'd really paid attention to Rambo you'd understand that all you need is the knife with the compass, a head band, AND a .50 caliber machine gun. then you can take on the Nat'l Guard and Brian Dennhey- the knife alone isn't enough.
The way of the canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten- Sigurd Olson
Give me winter, give me dogs... you can keep the rest- Knud Rasmussen
oh, i get you now. that makes more sense. i was beginning to think it only worked for stallone.
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice - Grey's Law.
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Would stainless steel affect the compass? Is stainless ferromagnetic?
I think the knife was stainless.
You can't be serious about this knife can you? Are you thinking about getting one of these? If so, I'd skip it and get a solid shank through handle one and get a separate lensatic compass or orienteering compass with map scale markings and ruler on it.
Especially if the knife has a hollow handle for 'survival gear'. Those knives are neat for made in China affecianados only.
Ya you don't want a hollow handle, those things will break and all you'll have left is a crappy blade, when you need a knife.Especially if the knife has a hollow handle for 'survival gear'. Those knives are neat for made in China affecianados only.
Jesus is my king.
Nope, I'm not getting one. I just had to laugh when I saw it. I did get one of those "survival knives" from China in highschool. It's a piece of crap.
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