Only the ones sold in the US and Canada (what used to be Silva North America) are affected. It was due to a trademark fight a while back. Here's the relevent bit from Wiki:
North American Trademar Dispute
After the founding of Silva USA in 1946 and Silva Ltd. in Canada two years later, both affiliates were later acquired by Johnson Wax Associates, later Johnson Camping, Inc., and by 1985, Johnson Worldwide Associates (JWA). From 1980, JWA had imported Swedish-made compasses manufactured by Silva Production AB for sale in North America.In 1996, a decision by Silva Production AB to end sole distribution of its Swedish-made
Silva-brand compasses by Silva USA led to a court battle the following year between JWA and Silva Production AB (Silva Sweden AB).[SUP]
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In 1998, JWA and Silva Production AB of Sweden reached a settlement whereby JWA retained the exclusive right to sell compasses under its
Silva trademark in North America, made by unnamed manufacturers.[SUP]
[10][/SUP] JWA also retained the North American rights to some product names such as
Ranger,
Polaris,
1, 2, 3 and others commonly used and recognized in the U.S. and Canadian markets and made popular during the time Silva Production AB was manufacturing Swedish-made
Silva compasses for JWA in North America.[SUP]
[11][/SUP] JWA was eventually renamed Johnson Outdoors, Inc.
For its part, Silva Production AB/Silva Group retained the right to manufacture and sell compasses, GPS tools, and other navigational products under its
Silva trademark outside the United States and Canada, as well as market its Swedish-made compasses and GPS tools in North America under the
Brunton,
Elite, and
Nexus brands. The Swedish firm also retained the right to state on
Nexus packaging and in the
Nexus catalog that
Nexus compasses were made by Silva Production AB, but did not retain the right to advertise this fact.[SUP]
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In 2009 Fiskars sold Brunton Inc. to Fenix Outdoor AB of Sweden, and in consequence, Silva Production AB stopped exporting Silva of Sweden compasses to North America under the
Brunton and
Nexus brands, and halted further imports of Brunton products to markets outside North America under the Silva brand. Currently, Silva of Sweden AB no longer distributes any of its compass products to the USA or Canadian markets.
uppy_dog ---does not work in OZ (as it's only adjusted for northern hemisphere) but it's BOMBPROOF! +it was a REAL bargain from a flea market (brandnew - the owner did not know what he was selling....)
