Covert Escape Nickel Compass
/covert-escape-nickel-compass-23727.jpg "Covert Escape Nickel Compass")
- Shomer-Tec SHNK Covert Nickel Knife - $39.00
- 5ive Star Gear Fifty-Cent Covert Knife - $33.48
- Shomer-Tec Laser Surveillance Defeater - $58.39
- The Don't Die Out There! Deck - $6.30
- ESEE Plastic 4 Card Set for Survival - $10.66
If I had a nickel for every nickel that's ever gotten me out of a pickle, I'd have...one Shomer-Tec Nickel. Because, holy Thomas Jefferson, dudes, the Shomer-Tec nickel isn't just your average five cent piece. It's also a covert compass you can use to help escape kidnappers and hostile foreign environments, or keep in your car change tray for when your phone battery dies and you need to figure out where the H-E-G-P-S you're going without letting on to the scrutinizing girlfriend sitting next to you that you're lost.
Shomer-Tec made the Nickel Compass in the spirit of similar inconspicuous tools added to Allied airmen escape and evasion kits in WWII. While the original compasses weren't designed to look like any other object--they were simply small and easy to carry, with minimal markings--yesterday's and today's versions do function the same. Suspend the nickel by a thread wound through the channel carved into its outer edging, and the heads side will always move to indicate magnetic north.
The Nickel Compass looks and feels like a real nickel. Because it is a real nickel. Shomer-Tec also makes the same brand of MacGyver madness in a 50 cent Euro coin. Buyer will need to supply their own thread to put the compass in action.
DudeIWantThat.com is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Learn more.
007 Motorized License Plate Masks
When and where you use your 007s to play 007 is up to you, but, yes, the motorized license plate masks hide your vehicle's digits at the press of a button and, no, it's probably not a good idea to activate them every...
/portable-survival-rifle-15027.jpg?mode=crop "Portable Survival Rifle")
Portable Survival Rifle
"Don't leave civilization without one." It's the motto of the US Survival AR-7, a semi-automatic portable rifle that weighs a mere 3-1/2 pounds and measures in at 16-1/2" long when broken down and stowed in its waterproof...
/zombie-apocalypse-survival-kit-2822.jpg "Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit")
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit
Are you prepared to fight for the survival and integrity of family, friends, and the human race in apocalyptic combat with the ambulatory dead? In other words, do you want to buy a 7-piece set of gut-ripping knives and...
/reverse-peephole-viewer-26973.jpg?mode=crop "Reverse Peephole Viewer")
Reverse Peephole Viewer
Now here's something that should be illegal, but is instead available with free shipping on Amazon. The reverse peephole viewer, used appropriately by law enforcement personnel and inappropriately by 99% of all others...
/arma-g1-secure-communicator-62217.jpg?mode=crop "ARMA G1 Top Secret Secure Communicator")
ARMA G1 Top Secret Secure Communicator
Secrets, secrets are no fun / Secrets, secrets...are very easy to keep, however, with the ARMA G1. The ARMA G1 secure communicator believes itself to be a steel-reinforced concrete vault of messaging. Designed for "TOP...
/the-worst-case-scenario-card-62345.jpg?mode=crop "The Worst-Case Scenario Card Game")
The Worst-Case Scenario Card Game
Picture this: you're stranded on a desert island, your only companion a deck of cards. But not just any cards, The Worst-Case Scenario Card Game. This isn't your grandma's bridge night; it's a survivalist's dream in 52-card...
/floating-compass-62354.jpg?mode=crop "Floating Compass")
Floating Compass
I could get lost on my own block if you spin me around and give me enough time to second guess myself. But, with the Suunto KB-20/360R Compass in hand, I'm suddenly transformed into a master of direction, a connoisseur...
/motoped-survival-bike-14526.jpg?mode=crop "Motoped Survival Bike")
Motoped Survival Bike
Universal mounting rack. Three gallons of fuel. In critical times, Motoped's Survival Bike puts escape in the hands of your feet. The military-inspired superhauler has a back rack assembly primed for multiple bolt-on...
/zombie-hammer-survival-tools-13789.jpg "Zombie Hammer Survival Tools")
Zombie Hammer Survival Tools
"Zombie Hammer survival tools are designed to last longer than cockroaches." Longer than cockroaches! Now that's a sell. This knuckle dustered cache of apocalyptic weapons must have a collective immune system of steel!...
/spy-labs-forensic-62301.jpg?mode=crop "Spy Labs: Forensic Investigation Kit")
Spy Labs: Forensic Investigation Kit
Unleash your inner Sherlock with the Thames & Kosmos Spy Labs: Forensic Investigation Kit. Perfect for the budding detective or the CSI show binge-watcher, this kit is your ticket to the thrilling world of forensic science...
/family-bug-out-bag-10456.jpg?mode=crop "Family Bug Out Bag")
Family Bug Out Bag
If my family were to bug out, probably the first thing we'd do is tear apart this bag of supplies in search of the Xanax and Scotch it does not contain to help calm ourselves down. Luckily, in the event that one of us...
/kwikset-killer-key-21880.jpg "The Killer Key")
The Killer Key
The Killer Key is for law enforcement officials, landlords with squatters or evicted tenants, and pranksters who thrive on taking things one step too far. See, the key blade inserts into any Kwikset or Schlage brand lock...