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my grandfather's ink well.. keep it on my desk, have to polish it once in a while tho. I'm obsolete now also, so I like to have other...

I’d love to learn to use a sextant. Probably not going to happen in this lifetime, but an intriguing skill.

This is what a set of ships curves looks like if anyone is curious. Jim

I am way behind on getting in this thread. It seems I am not alone. In my mind obsolete just means I can afford it, they are still...

Anyone have a collection of triangles and French curves? Rapidiograph pens? I actually could have used these tools recently.

An old guide once told me to always carry 3 compasses. One as my own favorite primarry, a secondary in case something happens to the...

How about a parachute? That level of technology screams “PARACHUTE!”

A wet compass is almost all I have as far as instruments go. I can't even see that when I have a passenger up front.

Well, while this pilot always carries not one, but two compasses on canoe trips, the FAA and aircraft manufactures actually do consider...

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...