Crumby's Wenger Compasses

Karl the Tracker Druid told Ray, and Ray told Crumby, that he, Karl, was once chased twenty miles by a pack of grizzzly bears (Ursa socialiable).  Eventually Karl outdistanced the bears, but when he finally fetched up, he was completely lost.  Fortunately, Karl always carried two compasses and a good map.  So an orienteering session quickly got Karl found and  back on the track of the evil doer he was pursuing.

If Crumby figured he was fixing to get chased off track by bears, he would also want to have two good compasses and a proper map, assuming he could outrun the bears or maybe climb a tree or lock himself inside an abandoned refrigerator.  Yet once extricated from the freezer or icebox, after the bears left, Crumby would need to figure out where destiny had situated him and where to head from that point on.  Would Crumby, in that situation, rely upon his two Wenger compasses, also known as orienteering tools?

Probably not preferentially.  Crumby would rather have a proper compass like the control compass on the left.  That's a Silva compass made in Sweden.  Crumby has had that compass for decades and it always works perfectly.  However, the Wenger button compasses also work.

Well, the little one on the right needs some coaxing before it will point north.  It has to be perfectly level and sometimes requires a tap or two.  Probably not what you'd want after getting chased by sociable bears, then spending the night in a Frigidaire. The other Wenger works better.  Like a normal compass.   Plus it features a rotating bezel.  So it would make a reliable backup compass.  And the little one would certainly be better than nothing.

The little Wenger (only 12mm diameter) is from 1985-1986.  It pops out of the plastic housing which the other one does not do. Considering its age, amazing that it works at all.   The other one is from 1991-1995.  Quality button compasses.

If Crumby had won, instead of lost on EBAY, he would have had a third Wenger compass to show, the one from 1986-1990.  Unfortunately,  Crumby was asleep at the switch and got outbid.

Here the knives are from their other sides with tools out.  Pathfinder and Whistle.  The goofy tool assortment on the Pathfinder includes the flat Phillips and a saw.  Goodness!