hello,
Usually I've found when you are at the checkout in Maplin electrical stores www.maplin.co.uk/store-finder the till staff always ask, "Do you require any of these Rolson tools for £1.00 etc.." neatly packed on the counter display, this time the mini fold away pocket magnifier caught my eye £1.00 (r.r.p £4.99) so I picked up one £1.00 bargain. Quite a small robust metal casing & the magnifier is pretty good too. I'm going to replace the key chain as the link is solid enough just not the end fixing as it could easily come away without any effort affixed to your kit. I'll replace this with either a dog tag chain or paracord lanyard & either replace the lens in my grab bag with such or add it to the end of my SAK/pocket knife.
So.. with the past few days of Scottish weather which has been great sunshine between +19 - 24C. I've been out teaching some survival skills in my spare time up in the forest. As it's been brilliant sunshine I thought I'd use my magnifying glasses SAK 'Explorer' & this Rolson tool as 1 means of fire lighting. Tried various tinder's from a small piece of Amadou this caught instantly, as well as some fuzz shavings I had from a piece of hemp rope, same went for Chaga tinder & a mini fuzz shaved dry fire stick I was carrying a bundle as tinder. One or two of the group tried various other methods of fire lighting flint & steel as well as bow fire drill etc.. The Rolson magnifier fits into my survival tin too, so it's one of these items *weather pending that can be added/removed or carried as an accessory within your kit or on your knife.
I'll give it a thumbs up for a Rolson tool. There are other Rolson magnifiers in stock but IMO this is the one I'd go for due to it's size & quality. I Photographed it next to a £1.00 coin to gauge the size.
Regards
David
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