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Known for working with unconventional materials, French knife maker Roland Lannier is preparing a new line of slipjoints with handles made of Solid Comic Book, a substance composed of comic book pages soaked in resin. The first knife to come out of Lannier’s workshop getting the Solid Comic Book treatment is the Spring Heeled Jack. This sizeable slipjoint […]
QTRMSTR is delivering their first integral knife to kick-off Season 2 of their Q Collection, a program that puts new, experimental designs into collectors’ hands. The company also addressed rumors about the country of origin of their products and maintains they’re all made in the USA. “To my knowledge we’re the only company that does something like this,” QTRMSTR’s Jared West […]
I spent the last week at Disney World in Orlando, FL and… since I’m me… the trip afforded the opportunity to pause and reflect on what would be the best bag to take on an amusement park vacation. First off, some background. I’ve had plenty of park experience from which to pull from. This was […]
A small group of four Marines assigned to Task Force Southwest, the 300-man unit scheduled to deploy to Helmand province in Afghanistan this spring, recently practiced flying a small drone called Instant Eye at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Instant Eye is a small portable quadcopter drone capable of vertical take off. “ We can […]
It’s been two days since Julian Assange promised Wikileaks would hand over more information on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hacker tools to tech giants. That pledge followed a leak of nearly 9,000 documents that Wikileaks claimed belonged to CIA hacking units. But while that altruistic move should help protect every one of their users from cyberattack, neither […]
I recently went on a little weekend adventure with the dog, and although I thought it would have been a nice outing it turned out that I was up for a reminder of the very basics of any outdoor activity. I wanted to walk through the wooded areas near where I live, sort of like […]
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) With the increasing number of manufacturers making aftermarket scope mounts and rail systems for the AK platform, it has never been easier to install a stable optic or sight on your favorite rifle. Most scope-mounting systems these days are also designed to ensure your optic, magnified or not, will hold […]
(Article courtesy of Breach Bang Clear) Small American Business: SO Tech Tactical Fifty Shades of FDE In the southern California city of Carson a veteran-owned company has been supplying our Special Operations warriors and law enforcement officers for two decades. Some of you may be familiar with SO Tech Tactical, but the vast majority of […]
(Article originally published on Breach Bang Clear) Review: Gerber Downrange Tomahawk RJ Radachy After a week on a creek in the middle of the White Mountains of Arizona with Fred Osuna at Greenside Training, I was tasked with finding a couple of vehicle-based mounting solutions for a Gerber Downrange Tomahawk. I’m up for the task, […]
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) Firearms made with threaded barrels are becoming much more prevalent than a few years ago, when threaded barrels were strictly aftermarket options. Though sound suppressors are still not mainstream accessories, every major handgun maker is now offering at least one suppressor-ready pistol for the first time ever, though Glocks are distributor […]
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