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Posted by Dale Dassel from spider-wc021.proxy.aol.com on June 30, 2000 at 01:47:21:

In Reply to: A MUST-HAVE Indiana Jones item!!! posted by Dale Dassel on June 30, 2000 at 01:21:06:

:
: I stumbled upon this while searching for pages about transits.
: (Yeah, I know I'm a loser) It is an antique-finish brass compass
: that is hand-made to highest quality specifications by a company
: in California, who pattern their products on those of a British
: company that made such items in London over a hundred years ago.
: The company is called Stanley London.
: The particular item that I discovered is a compass that looks
: like something Indiana Jones would have carried. You never see
: him with a compass in the movies, but he does use one in the
: books, if I recall. Kind of like how, in Peril at Delphi, he
: carries a backpack, but never in the films. Well, I took the
: liberty of making the C.C. Filson Rucksack Indy's "official"
: backpack, as it looks like something he would have had. And
: the quality is certainly there.
: Anyway, check out this URL and try to tell me that this
: isn't a really cool-looking, functional, and high-quality
: item that our hero might have carried? I'M ordering one!!!

: www.stanleylondon.com/comppocket3.htm

: Adventure awaits!

: -Dale Dassel

: P.S.- I say we make this an official item at indygear.com

After some thought on the matter, I recall that Indiana Jones does,
in fact, rely on a compass in three of the novels, one being
Indiana Jones and the White Witch, and again in Indiana Jones
and the Philosopher's Stone. I believe he also makes use of
a compass in Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth, as well.
I'm sure that there are a few other instances, but these elude me
at this time of night. Feel free to add to this list the other
novels in which Indiana makes use of a compass. Then we will have
built a substantial case for the reason to purchase a compass, in
addition to the other standard Indy gear items.
It also gives you something to keep in the Mk-VII satchel. I keep
my Raiders holster, whip carrier, Geier kangaroo gloves, and a tin
with candles and matches inside my satchel. Now I will have a
compass to add to that.

-Dale

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Yes, I've seen one of these... Patterson 10:55:37 6/30/2000 (1)
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: :    I stumbled upon this while searching for pages about transits.
: : (Yeah, I know I'm a loser) It is an antique-finish brass compass
: : that is hand-made to highest quality specifications by a company
: : in California, who pattern their products on those of a British
: : company that made such items in London over a hundred years ago.
: : The company is called Stanley London. 
: :    The particular item that I discovered is a compass that looks
: : like something Indiana Jones would have carried. You never see
: : him with a compass in the movies, but he does use one in the
: : books, if I recall. Kind of like how, in Peril at Delphi, he
: : carries a backpack, but never in the films. Well, I took the
: : liberty of making the C.C. Filson Rucksack Indy's "official"
: : backpack, as it looks like something he would have had. And
: : the quality is certainly there. 
: :     Anyway, check out this URL and try to tell me that this
: : isn't a really cool-looking, functional, and high-quality
: : item that our hero might have carried? I'M ordering one!!!

: : www.stanleylondon.com/comppocket3.htm

: :                            Adventure awaits!

: :                                    -Dale Dassel

: : P.S.- I say we make this an official item at indygear.com

: After some thought on the matter, I recall that Indiana Jones does,
: in fact, rely on a compass in three of the novels, one being
: Indiana Jones and the White Witch, and again in Indiana Jones
: and the Philosopher's Stone. I believe he also makes use of 
: a compass in Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth, as well.
: I'm sure that there are a few other instances, but these elude me
: at this time of night. Feel free to add to this list the other
: novels in which Indiana makes use of a compass. Then we will have
: built a substantial case for the reason to purchase a compass, in
: addition to the other standard Indy gear items. 
: It also gives you something to keep in the Mk-VII satchel. I keep
: my Raiders holster, whip carrier, Geier kangaroo gloves, and a tin
: with candles and matches inside my satchel. Now I will have a
: compass to add to that.

:                                -Dale

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