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Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager

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

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic

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

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic

Knife chat: Victorinox Pocket Pal- is this the best thin 58mm ever?

There is, quite literally, not a lot to this knife. […]

Knife chat: Victorinox Pocket Pal- is this the best thin 58mm ever?

Knife chat: Victorinox Classic too small- how about the Ambassador?

The Victorinox Classic is well named, it is exactly that- […]

Knife chat: Victorinox Classic too small- how about the Ambassador?

Knife chat: My annual pilgrimage to Victorinox

Each year, Three Points of the Compass makes a pilgrimage […]

Knife chat: My annual pilgrimage to Victorinox

Knife chat: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number two choice

The ‘Classic’ Series and derivatives Classic and Classic SD All […]

Knife chat: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number two choice

Recent Posts

Gear chat: lightweight solar panels
Gear talk: Nitecore powerbanks for lightweight backpacking
Trail talk: the Jubilee Walkway-resources
Map Measure of the Month: the Enbeeco “opisometer” No. 102
A hikers library: London’s statues, sculptures and monuments
Trail talk: a night wander of the Jubilee Walkway in search of elephants
Trail talk: how to use the sun clock on the Silva Ranger SL compass
Trail talk: Huzzah!- new notebooks delivered
Gear talk: Quad Lock case and tripod adapter for the Samsung Galaxy S20+
Gear talk: the Nitecore 21700 Intelligent Battery System
Trail talk: Statues on the Jubilee Walkway
Trail talk: Lego Hiker
Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Slim Cut and Slim Drive
Gear talk: knocking the grams off a sit pad
Gear talk: The Flat Cat Gear Ocelot heat exchanger kit
Gear talk: A lightweight windscreen for the Kovea Spider
Knife chat: Adding functionality on trail with Leatherman accessories
Map measure of the month: the Vistascreen ‘BP Super’
Trail talk: The Medway Valley Walk- day two
Trail talk: The Medway Valley Walk- day one
Map measure of the month: HB Curvimetre ‘Model No. 52 mesures anglaises’
A hiker’s library: Village Signs
Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Drive
Trail talk- The Swale Heritage Trail
Trail talk: Village Signs
Art on trail: a lightweight fountain pen
Map measure of the month: Société des Lunetiers Curvimeter
Knife chat: Leatherman Juice S2
A hiker’s library: Knots
Trail talk: Britain’s National Parks- A family album
Trail talk: knotty years
Trail talk: returning to my ‘not-so-local local walk’
Gear chat: Gossamer Gear Sit Pads
Knife chat: No.07 Mon Premier Opinel
Map measurer of the month: Philips’ Universal Simplex
Gear talk: HydraPak flasks
Gear talk: FLEXTAILGEAR Tiny Pump
A hiker’s library: Telephone kiosks
Knife chat: The Victorinox DofE ‘Pocket Tool’
Knife chat: First time ‘Vics’
Gear talk: Altoids EDC tins- are they still a thing?
Trail talk: Telephone kiosks
Trail talk: “have you change for the phone?”
A hiker’s library: The Great Divide, by Stephen Pern
Knife chat: Derma-Safe razor
Trail talk: food resupply
Knife chat: Slim, attractive… No, not me, it’s the often overlooked Victorinox Excelsior
Map measure of the month: the Radix
Gear talk: Victorinox Mini Tools
Knife chat: Is this the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available? It bloody well might be!
A hiker’s library: ‘A Pennine Journey – The Story of a Long Walk in 1938’ by Alfred Wainwright
A hiker’s library: ‘Shake Well Before Use, a walk around Britain’s coastline’ by Tom Isaacs
Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager
Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic
Trail talk: A coastal walk in the wake of vikings and hovercraft
Map measurer of the month: the Silva scale lanyard
Trail talk: “Clues without a Compass”
Trail talk: The Sustrans Millennium Mileposts
Gear talk: Pacer Beads
A hiker’s library- before the click of a mouse: ‘Know the Game’
Trail talk: a bespoke paint palette for backpacking
Trail talk: measuring gradients with a slope card
Trail talk: The Pilgrims Way London link- day three
Trail talk: The Pilgrims Way London link- day two
Trail talk: The Pilgrims Way London link- day one
Map measurer of the month- the Mile-O-Graph
Knife chat: Opinel knives
Trail talk: 1962 instruction on how to get in to trouble- “Map Your Own Home”
Trail talk: bothies
Knife chat: Victorinox Money Clip- useless clip, great knife
Gear talk: Kovea Spider
Trail talk: “Camp the Outward Bound way- and laugh at the weather”
Trail talk: happy birthday Rupert Bear
Map measurer of the month: The Roller Rule- “The Pencil with a Brain”
Trail talk: A brief history of rambling guides for Kent
Gear talk: new socks!
Knife chat: SOG Snippet- the best scissors you will find on a mini multi-tool
Trail talk: the language of the compass
Map Measurer of the month- Pif gadget No. 342 ‘le curvimètre’
Gear talk: Delta Ground Anchors- for when things get rough
Gear talk: RovyVon Aurora A5x Red
Knife chat: Leatherman Juice B2
Gear talk: backpacking mirrors
Knife chat: The Leatherman FREE T4
Trail talk: Vitamins and supplements for both hiker and knackered old has-been
Map measurer of the month- The Self-Registering Rotameter
Gear talk: ‘zote foams
Knife chat: A ‘memorable’ Victorinox- but what’s the point?
Knife chat: A ‘best-seller’ from Gerber- the Paraframe Mini
Knife Chat: is this the most practical minimalist knife on trail? The Deejo 15g
Gear talk: the ‘day bag’
Gear talk: a new arrival in the post- Cnoc carbon poles
Trail talk: The Saxon Shore Way- Dover to Hastings
Trail talk: The Saxon Shore Way- Sittingbourne to Dover
Trail talk: The Saxon Shore Way- Gravesend to Sittingbourne
Map measurer of the month- Rotameter (Barker & Son)
Knife chat: Leatherman Skeletool KB
Gear talk: 2020 tweaks to trail electronics
Knife chat: Gerber Dime and Dime Travel multi-tools
Gear talk: First Aid Kit

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