Next time you are hanging out, happen to have spare airway tubes and IV sets sitting around, and want to impress your medical geek friends with some SOF Medical Magic, throw together a MacGyver Cric. It’s a great conversation starter if not a great airway….. The following story highlights a bit of SOF medical gadgetry. […]
Gear Reviews
Blue Shield Tactical Systems’ Tactical Pen: The Multi-Tool of Pens
Blue Shield Tactical Systems LLC has a great product at an affordable price called the Blue Shield Tactical Pen. The Blue Shield Tactical Pen is the multi-tool of pens with an ink pen, stylus, strike point, knife, and a glass break! Blue Shield Tactical Systems is owned and operated by an active-serving law enforcement officer. […]
The Collapsible ASP Baton
While many of us are aware of the ASP collapsible baton, many don’t think to purchase or carry one. Some mistakenly believe they are only military and law enforcement purchasable. ASP is seen everywhere in security and law enforcement, and for good reason. It is a reliable and effective weapon which can be employed for […]
Gerber Impromptu Tactical Pen: Escape, Defend Yourself or Write a Grocery List
You can’t predict when things are going to take a change for the worse and you need a tool or a weapon. The guys at Gerber went to people that deal with bad situations every day, law enforcement, and developed the Impromptu Tactical Pen. Made from machined steel with a tempered window-shattering tip, the Impromptu […]
The Prometheus Design Werx T.P.B. | Not your average blanket
Picnics, Beach days, or at the campground, we are all vastly unprepared at most times for the things that we will rest our ass on when we find ourselves at these various venues. I’ve never personally given much thought to the standard “beach blanket”. It always seemed like a last minute item that garnered very […]
Ally One: Special Use Armor by Angel Armor
The world is a every changing place and the threats in it seem to constantly evolve. Hardly a week goes by where there isn’t some lone wolf style of attack in a market place or school somewhere on Planet Earth. A common tool in these lone wolf style attacks unfortunately are firearms, this leaves us […]
Men’s Vasque Juxt Trail Shoe: Quick Look
I just received my pair of the Vasque Juxt trail shoes and just in time for the hiking season. I plan on using these shoes for all hikes, bike rides and as a daily shoe going forward in order to get a good feel for them. What I can tell you from just pulling them out […]
Black Diamond Alpine Start Hoody | Minimalist Rain Shell
Black Diamond is a proven name in the outdoor and climbing community. Although I’m not into all the climbing and repelling activities I do really enjoy the jackets and shells the Black Diamond offers for outdoor excursions. Back in the fall and winter we reviewed several Black Diamond cold weather products and were more than […]
Emerson Knives Commander | Survival Folding Knife
The Emerson Knives Commander is celebrating it’s 20 year anniversary this year. Early on Emerson Knives created the ES1-M, which was developed as an all-around survival knife for the SEAL Teams. That knife (The ES1-M) is what we know today as the Emerson Commander knife. Take a look at the photo below out of Tactical Knives […]
Minimalist Rural/Wilderness Survival Kit
I got this idea a few years ago from a post that Kyle Defoor published on his Tumblr Blog. His was more of a last-ditch crash kit that he hoped never needed to be used. I took that idea and ran with it for my own personal survival kit. This is the kit that gets thrown […]