Mounting Sherwood retractable compass on wrist?

[laikabear]

Hi there,

When I did my AOW class, my instructor picked out a special-order compass for me that wasn't available in the shop. It was the Sherwood compass on a retractor. He said it would also come with a wrist mount and I could choose between them.

Well, this was the compass order from hell - it took the shop 6 weeks and multiple snafus to finally get the compass in. When I received it, it had no box or instructions or anything, it was just the compass on a retractor in a shipping box with packing peanuts. I love the compass, but I am not loving the retractor. It's nice but just too bulky.

I took the compass off the retractor today and I realized I don't think it can be mounted on my wrist. I have a DSS bungee mount for a computer or compass or what-have-you, but the Sherwood compass has prongs on the back that don't seem to come off, and they prevent it from seating in the bungee mount.

Am I SOL as far as mounting it on my wrist?

This is the compass I'm talking about.

 

[divad]

Can the "prongs" be filed off? At least you knew better than your (xxxxxx) instructor and got rid of the stupid retractor.

 

[laikabear]

I guess I could cut them off. I was hoping for something that would not damage the compass so it truly could be used both ways. I liked the idea of the retractor, but in practice, it about doubles the size of the compass and it's just bulky and not as elegant as I'd thought. I am trying to streamline, I hate feeling like a Christmas tree, but compasses are very needed for local diving here.

Maybe I'll use it on the retractor a little longer till I'm SURE I can't stand it before doing something irreversible. I'm worried it will be harder to use on a wrist mount and I'll wish for the retractor again. You know, grass always greener and so forth.

 

[divad]

Maybe I'll use it on the retractor a little longer till I'm SURE I can't stand it before doing something irreversible.

Okay, imagine using you wrist watch on a retractor and trying to, say, make coffee in the morning while looking at it because you are running late.