The Adventurer's Gear Thread

[Mike K.]

Mike, I am down for the adventure, money isn't important, I don't have any now anyway
Anyway, where do I apply?

Well, that's item number 3 or 4 on the agenda. Let me get through the family affairs and PhD work first.

 

[Highlander]

My brother is an inch away from his PhD or EeD one or the other. ABD is what they call it I believe.. "All But the Disertation"... Try as I might, I can't get him to finish it. Then he reminds me of my short comings. Hell, he'd probably want to come with us, if his wife will let him

 

[Mojave Jack]

Well, that's item number 3 or 4 on the agenda. Let me get through the family affairs and PhD work first.

lol Ditto! Been taking too much time away from the dissertation as it is!

And Nick Charles certainly isn't helping, coming over here and distracting me!

We visited the Kelso Depot in the Mojave National Preserve over the weekend, and visited a rock art site I learned about from a Chemehuevi friend of mine. We also hiked a short trail called the Ring Trail, which is a fun climb down a cut canyon.

First stop, historic Kelso Depot, built in 1923, where we had lunch at the counter before viewing the three floors of displays.

Then a back route through the Preserve, where the hills were awash with Desert Mallow

Where we spotted a couple eagle's nests

Down to the rock art site (Nels, note the 1908 pattern water bottle! In use, as always!)

Then we negotiated the Ring Trail at Hole-In-The-Wall

 

[thunderw21]

Found this Willis & Geiger safari jacket at Goodwill today. Been looking for something like this for a while.

This is pretty neat. The bi-swing pleats turn into pleated vents below the belt. Fine quality.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Found this Willis & Geiger safari jacket at Goodwill today. Been looking for something like this for a while.

This is pretty neat. The bi-swing pleats turn into pleated vents below the belt. Fine quality.

good find!!! :eusa_clap

 

[Mike K.]

Wow, what a terrific find!!!
:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[BellyTank]

That's a very nicely cut and proportioned Bush Shirt.
Well done.


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[H.Johnson]

Nice jacket. There is a very similar early Orvis jacket (where and when did they go wrong?) in a charity (goodwill) shop in my town at the moment, Missing its belt. Much too big for me.

 

[scotrace]

Found this Willis & Geiger safari jacket at Goodwill today. Been looking for something like this for a while.

That's really very fine. And a grand fit.

Goodwill????? I gotta get my butt back in there.

 

[Mojave Jack]

Wow! What a great looking jacket, T21! I am jealous, to say the least.

 

[BellyTank]

Willis & Geiger used to be very good at copying military uniforms.


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[thunderw21]

Thanks guys! It's my first safari/bush jacket and I must say, these things are terrific.

Willis & Geiger used to be very good at copying military uniforms.


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The cut and details of the jacket (pockets, pocket flaps, etc.) seem very British to my eyes.

 

[BellyTank]

Precisely.
The British new how to make a snappy one.


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[Highlander]

WOW, at GoodWill. What a great find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[NelsAnderson]

Optics

Well, it's been quiet here so I think time to post more pictures of adventure items. Today's topic is binoculars. If you're going to be on safari you'll certainly want some optics to let you see things off in the distance.

In my quest to find items that fit with my 1963 Land Rover I went searching for British made binoculars and found that even today WWII vintage items were easy to come by, so that's what I ended up with:

These came with the original leather case which needed some minor repairs but otherwise both the case and the binoculars are quite usable.

 

[Matt Deckard]

I'm going to say it openly... we need a section for this!

And we need Mojave to host another campout!

 

[H.Johnson]

WW2 British binoculars are relatively cheap and freely available - a bit of a bargain.I think Military compasses are something else - they go for more than they are really worth, I think. I wonder why?

Anyone can use binoculars for a whole variety of modern purposes, but few people appear to know how to use a prismatic compass. Even the basic WD 'slot and mirror' marching compasses are going for over 100GBP. You can get Taylor-Hobson and Kershaw army binos for 30GBP - Ross RN binos are more expensive, but still much cheaper than the average MK V compass. I can't make sense of that.

I have my grandfather's WW1 binoculars, my father's WW2 binos, one uncle's MKV compass and another uncle's prewar baby Rolleiflex. The only one I don't use regularly is the Rollei, as the film and paper is difficult to obtain, except over the WWW.

 

[avedwards]

What's the magnification and objective lens diameter of those binoculars? Just at a guess I think they could be something like 10x50 as that's fairly standard for big binoculars like that as it's easy to use.

It might be an idea to start an optical instrument thread (if there isn't on already) as I have a lot to say there since I have a small collection of them for astronomical purposes.

 

[NelsAnderson]

What's the magnification and objective lens diameter of those binoculars? Just at a guess I think they could be something like 10x50 as that's fairly standard for big binoculars like that as it's easy to use.

These binoculars are not all that big. I believe they are 6x30, so not quite as power as you guessed. This does seem to be a common size for the WWII era.

 

[avedwards]

The picture obviously deceived me, with nothing for scale. 6x30 would be more easy to transport as x50 is rather large although it does give a very high resolution.