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I'll see your obsolescence and raise you one... Like a fine mechanical watch, it's a pleasure to hold and use. In fact, Minerva used to...

It’s accurate enough for my needs. Pretty cheap. Not KE quality, for sure. I generally measure multiple times and average the...

This is Dad's compass set, purchased when he was in college in the late 1940s. I used it during the first part of my own engineering...

Here’s one I still use, mostly for distances on irregular features (trails, rivers, etc). It is only obsolete if you’re into GPS...

I’ve read many books with my candle lantern hanging overhead. Tried the headlamp a few trips. Sleep better with the candle.

I’m still, stubbornly, map and compass. I learned as a Boy Scout, reinforced by Voyager school in the ADKs, and now teach it to current...

Time flies like an arrow. But fruit flies like a banana. :giggle:

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

I remember using something like the above instrument in a basic cartography class. Somewhere in the basement I should have some of the...

So here's the manual... And how it sets up... And an example of how it works... Using this planimeter, which measures one square...

I don't know anything obsolete about the old camp gear. Our power was out twice this past week. Pulled out the Coleman stove and...

We have power outages. I use all my old Coleman stuff. About 3 gallons of white gas on hand.

Good point. I have to admit, I have gone back to white gas lantern and stove for car camping. The lantern, because it's quieter than...

Camping is so traditional I kind of like the old stuff. I no longer use candle lanterns. I rarely use a gas or propane lantern except...

Planimeter, able to measure to hundreths of a square inch. It was used by foresters to measure the scaled mapping area of forest stands...