When your life depends on it you need the best! Built to Military specifications and in-service worldwide, the Francis Barker model 1605 NATO button compass (also known as Francis Barker SAS Survival Button Compass) out performs all others in the most extreme situations. As one of the standard issues of British SAS Survival Kit, it has been equipped the British squaddie for decades.
Smaller than a dime – it measures only 0.2 inches in thickness and 0.6 inches in diameter–this glass-faced, brass-bodied, NATO survival compass employs a dry sapphire jewelled needle bearing and weighs a scant 0.1 ounces. For daytime use, the compass card, whose octagram shape marks the four cardinal points as well as the four intercardinal points, denotes north with a red dot. For those who like to move under the cover of darkness, two glow-in-the-dark, mil-spec luminous dots mark north while one luminous dot marks south. Unlike some button-style compasses, this unit is designed to be sewn into your clothing, the ultimate in loss-prevention.
On the watchstrap, in your survival kit, weapon butt or sewn into your shirt, the Francis Barker NATO Survival Compass will get you home – count on it!
