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Knife chat: Derma-Safe razor

The Derma-Safe razor is little more than a really (really) sharp folding blade- and it's ridiculously cheap too!

Gear

Knife chat: Slim, attractive… No, not me, it’s the often overlooked Victorinox Excelsior

Victorinox still offer a much overlooked slim and simple knife in their 84mm range. This is the Excelsior

map measurer

Map measure of the month: the Radix

The Radix Map Measurer was invented by Louis J Petion. The simple pen-shape design is its greatest fault

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Gear talk: Victorinox Mini Tools

In January 2021 Victorinox released a set of mini-tools, each of which can be wound onto the corkscrew found on some of their knives

first aid

Knife chat: Is this the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available? It bloody well might be!

Is the Nitecore NTK05 the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available for backpacking- it bloody well might be!

Gear

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager

While theVictorinox Classic is one of the most popular choices […]

Gear

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic

The majority of backpackers frequently choose one of the excellent […]

Gear

Map measurer of the month: the Silva scale lanyard

The scale lanyard from compass manufacturer Silva is an interesting innovation but ultimately a failure in design

Gear

Gear talk: Pacer Beads

Pacer, or Ranger, beads are a simple and useful navigational tool to make at home

art

Trail talk: a bespoke paint palette for backpacking

A small bespoke watercolour palette can easily be made at home

map measurer

Map measurer of the month- the Mile-O-Graph

The Mile-O-Graph is an intuitive map measurer introduced in the 1950s

Cooking

Knife chat: Opinel knives

French manufactured Opinel knives have a long history- they celebrated their 130th birthday in 2020. These are ideal lightweight knives for backpacking

Cooking

Knife chat: Victorinox Money Clip- useless clip, great knife

The 74mm range from Victorinox doesn’t get much attention. There […]

Cooking

Gear talk: Kovea Spider

As the temperature creeps down, it is time to use a gas stove admirably suited for winter use- the Kovea Spider

map measurer

Map measurer of the month: The Roller Rule- “The Pencil with a Brain”

The Roller Rule was invented by John Hoe Morehead of […]

Gear

Gear talk: new socks!

We all get a little excited with the opportunity of trying out a new piece of gear or clothing. For the past few months Three Points of the Compass has, […]

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