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White River Knife & Tool Introduces The Caper
White River Knife & Tool – http://www.whiteriverknives.com. is introducing what the company describes as a perfectly designed and executed knife that gets it done. This new knife designated the Caper is constructed of CPM S30V high-carbon stainless steel at a … Continue reading
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Tagged CAPER, S30V, White River Knife & Tool
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WITH SPYDERCO AT SHOT SHOW 2016
I had a great visit with our friends at Spyderco who were kind enough to take us through their interesting and very attractive new offerings for 2016. The Spyder produces exceptional folding and fixed blade knives; absolutely some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Knives and Tools, SHOT SHOW 2016
Tagged Aqua Salt, Firefly, MANTAR, PITS FOLDER, PROFICIENT, ROADIE, Spyderco
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SHOT SHOW 2016 WITH COLUMBIA RIVER KNIFE AND TOOL
CRKT has a number of new fixed blade designs that are part of their Forged By War™ program, the company has also launched a new line of Ruger knives. Also new for 2016 is the Birler Ax designed by the … Continue reading
Posted in Knives and Tools, SHOT SHOW 2016
Tagged Birler, Clever Girl, CRKT, OC3, Ruger, Trencher
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BAWIDAMANN ROGUE KNIVES ARE AVAILABLE
These knives are designed with a 60 degree angle bend from handle to tip to enhance natural motions from punching to plunging, with the knife being a true extension of the motion. They are designed for off side carry, and … Continue reading
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Tagged BAWIDAMANN, knife, Rogue
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OUR 2015 HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING IDEAS
Each year we go back through many of the items we’ve had the opportunity to review and select 10 that we feel would make exceptional gifts or stocking stuffers. The selection criteria is heavily influence by function, reliability, relevance and … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Holiday Shopping Suggestions, Holsters, Knives and Tools, Training
Tagged Alien Gear, Burris, Christmas, Crimson Trace, CRKT, laserlyte, Spyderco, Streamlight, Xmas
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EXTREMA RATIO DOBERMANN IV S AFRICA
Extrema Ratio introduced its Dobermann IV S Africa, a knife dedicated to hunters. The knife delivers all of the characteristics that make it an excellent choice for skinning or otherwise work on the prey. It comes with a 145 mm … Continue reading
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Tagged Dobermann IV, Extrema Ratio, forprene, S Africa
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Tom Bender Van Nuys’ Blade Smith
A little over a year ago, I had the opportunity to review one of Tom Bender’s blades, which you can read here. Tom is an amazing Connecticut Yankee now living in Van Nuys, CA. There’s probably not an action film … Continue reading
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Tagged C-T Watch, Inc., Tom Bender, Van Nuys
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Gear Review: Cold Steel’s Tactical Katana Machete
There are machetes and then there are machetes this one from Cold Steel breaks all the rules and delivers the ability to sever any object with a one double-handed stroke. If the spirit of the warrior class Samurai flows … Continue reading
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Tagged COLD STEEL, Katana, Machete
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Bawidamann Karambits Available
KARAMBITS AVAILABLE! Well….. here they are. Finally. Our “most ripped off model” in China, and some of the time the selling websites even claim funny little things like it was designed by Israeli Mossad… It was designed here in the … Continue reading
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TUFF-WRITER LAUNCHES NEW MINI-CLICK PEN and MECHANISM ON KICKSTARTER
PHOENIX, AZ – Tuff-Writer MFG LLC., makers of the world’s toughest American made pens, have launched the new Mini-Click Pen Project on Kickstarter. The Mini-Click is the brain child of Jack Roman, who has been designing pens for almost a … Continue reading
Posted in Ammunition, Knives and Tools
Tagged Kickstarter, Mini-Click, pens, Tuff-Writer
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Sneak Preview: Cold Steel’s Tactical Katana Machete
It’s been a while since we’ve done an edged weapon review so we wanted it to be something on the formidable side. To do that, we selected Cold Steel’s Tactical Katana Machete. This 24 inch blade is formidable but very … Continue reading
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Tagged COLD STEEL, Katana, Machete
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Extrema Ratio Announces The Dobermann IV Africa
Extrema Ratio has introduced the new Dobermann IV Africa, dedicated to professional hunters.The blade steel is Bohler N690, the Austrian stainless steel enriched with chromium, vanadium, molybdenum and cobalt, whose distinctive features are hardness, for edge retention, and ease of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bohler N690, Dobermann IV Africa, Extrema Ratio, fixed blade, knife
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Labor Day Weekend Kit Porn
Posted in FN, Knives and Tools, Load Bearing
Tagged CRKT, First Light, FNH, HSGI, MAGPUL
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Benchmade Knife Company Annoucement
(Oregon City, OR) Benchmade Knife Company, manufacturer of premium sports cutlery for more than two decades, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jon de Asis to the role of Senior Director of Operations. In this new position, Jon … Continue reading
Posted in Alerts, Knives and Tools
Tagged Benchmade, knife
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SMALL RUN OF FENRIR RAGNAROKS By BAWIDAMANN AVAILABLE NOW
SMALL RUN OF FENRIR RAGNAROKS AVAILABLE NOW They are finished, marked, sharpened, and handled up. They just need scabbards and will ship by the end of Aug. More info/purchase: CLICK HERE
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Tagged BAWIDAMANN, Tomahawk
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Spyderco’s Reverse – A Unique Craig Douglas and Michael Janich Compromise
Where some knives lend themselves to specific combat styles, Spyderco’s Reverse is very much style agnostic. This is a fighting knife with a totally cool twist. A collaboration between Craig Douglas and Michael Janich, two trainers and marshal artists with … Continue reading
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Tagged combat, Craig Douglas, knife, Michael Janich, Reverse, Spyderco
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Sneak Preview: Spyderco’s Reverse
From the winner of two awards at Blade Show 2015, Atlanta, can you say Spyderco Reverse? Well we sure can and we’re going to tell you all about this very cool and ingenious fixed blade from one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Knives and Tools, Sneak Previews
Tagged Blade Show, Reverse, Spyderco
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Atlanta Blade Show 2015 Awards With Categories
The Atlanta Blade Show is held annually at Cobb Galleria. This year’s award results, were presented on Saturday 6 June 2015. Knife of the Year Competition Results · Overall Knife Of The Year®: LionSteel T.R.E. (Three Rapid Exchange) · … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, awards, Blade 2015
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Gear Review: CRKT ARGUS™ – a Matthew Lerch EDC
Matthew Lerch’s signature is his combination of innovative mechanisms with relatively elaborate carvings; his knives combine art with function. The ARGUS dispenses with the elaborate but retains the elegant… Read My Review
Posted in Knives and Tools
Tagged ARGUS, CRKT, EDC, folding knife, Matthew Lerch
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Sneak Preview CRKT ARGUS Folder
Prolific designer Matthew Lerch and Columbia River Knife and Tool team up to create an assisted open EDC folder with a gorgeous blade profile. We’ll tell you all about ARGUS in our upcoming review. Coming soon…
Posted in Knives and Tools, Sneak Previews
Tagged ARGUS, CRKT, EDC, Matthew Lerch
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Sneak Preview: Streamlight TLR-2 HL G
Streamlight’s TLR-2 HL G is possibly one of the best values in a high performance, high output, weapon mounted light. Users will have 720 lumens of concentrated white light at their disposal and a laser aiming module that dispenses … Continue reading
Posted in Ammunition, Knives and Tools, Sneak Previews, Tactical Lighting
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CRKT Yukanto A James Williams Design With A Point
If you favor knife designs heavily influenced by Samurai feudal art form, James Williams and Columbia River Knife and Tool are for you. James Williams’ collaborations with CRKT have resulted in some fabulously successful offerings that include the Sakimori, Hissatsu, … Continue reading
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Tagged CRKT, Hissatsu, James Williams, Japanese, Samurai, Tanto, Yukanto
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Sneak Preview: Columbia River Knife and Tool James Williams Design YUKANTO
In May, I’ll have a review of an awesome close quarters combat tool, the CRKT James Williams Design YUKANTO. This edged tool has a deeply traditional history that retains the close quarter effectiveness of its lineage. The YUKANTO is typical Williams … Continue reading
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Tagged CRKT, John Williams, Yukanto
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TACTICAL CUTLERY ENTERS YOUR KITCHEN
THE PSYCHO SERIES Your Prosciutto Doesn’t Stand A Chance! The master bladesmiths at Extrema Ratio decided to bring tactical to the kitchen with a professional grade chef’s knife designated the Psycho Series. The Blades are made from tried-and-tested Böhler N690 … Continue reading
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Tagged Extrema Ratio, kitchen, Psycho
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Bawidamann / RMJ Tactical Collaboration
The first installment of the Bawidamann RAGNAROKS is now available ( now sold out.) It looks like Andrew decided to do two runs with the first coinciding with the new issue of RECOIL magazine featuring a broad survey of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BAWIDAMANN, RAGNAROKS, RMJ Tactical, Tomahawk
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EXTREMA RATIO AT ENFORCE TAC NUREMBERG MESSE 2015
Extrema Ratio New Police III Emergency Tool Extrema Ratio, Prato Italy, one of the world’s premier suppliers of tactical tools and cutlery, today announced its new Police III emergency tool and its T-RAZOR. I want to call it a tactical … Continue reading
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Tagged Enforce Tac 2015, Extrema Ratio, IWA 2015, Police III, T-Razor
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The Benchmade Ultimate Experience
February 26th, 2015 (Oregon City, OR) Benchmade Knife Company, manufacturer of premium sports cutlery for over 26 years, is pleased to announce the Benchmade Ultimate Experience Contest. Benchmade owners will have opportunity to share their “Benchmade Story” with the company … Continue reading
BAWIDAMANN FNH COLLABORATION
FN America, and Bawidamann Blades partnered to produce 250 limited edition knives exclusively for FN. Serial number 001 was auctioned off during SHOT SHOW with the proceeds donated to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF). The remaining 249, priced at … Continue reading
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Tagged BAWIDAMANN, FNH, Special Operations Warrior Foundation
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SPYDERCO INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF NEW KNIVES AT SHOT SHOW 2015
The MATRIARCH 2 with the Emerson Opener has a very aggressively serrated Reverse “S” blade that does an amazing job of cutting through harnesses, web belts, etc. It is an ideal tool for our EMS folks. The Emerson Opener snags … Continue reading
Posted in Knives and Tools, SHOT SHOW 2015
Tagged Aqua Salt, Matriarch 2, Reverse, Spyderco, Zabohawk
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Benchmade Knife Company Partners With AmericanSnipers.org
From Benchmade Knife Company Press Release January 15th, 2015 (Oregon City, OR) Benchmade Knife Company, manufacturer of premium sports cutlery for the last 26 years, is pleased to announce its partnership with AmericanSnipers.org to assist in their support of … Continue reading
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Tagged AmericanSnipers.org, Benchmade, SHOT SHOW
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Knives International Review Issue 0 2015
Knives International is published by Italian publishing powerhouse C.A.F.F. EDITRICE, Via L. Sabatelli 1 20154 Milano (MI) Tel: 0234537504. C.A.F.F. Editrice has released issue 0 of Knives International. It’s great copy especially for those that want an upscale view of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blade, C.A.F.F. Editrice, Extrema Ratio, Knives International, Spyderco
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A Sampling Of BAWIDAMANN Delicacies For Your Holiday Shopping Extravaganza.
KARAMBITS WITH VZ GRIPS HANDLED POGN L’s HRUND IN ARID/WINTER COLOR MUNINNS POGN DROP POINT SPANTOS BAWIDAMAMANN CC MAGAZINE CARRIERS BAWIDAMANN CARRY SYSTEMS Visit Andrew Bawidamann
Posted in Knives and Tools, Load Bearing
Tagged BAWIDAMANN, Karambits, Muninn, PONG-L
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COLD Steel’s Parking Lot Sale
If you’re out in the Los Angeles / Ventura area be sure to check out COLD STEEL’s Parking Lot Sale. They have them a couple times a year so it’s an excellent opportunity to pick up some great knives and … Continue reading
Extrema Ratio Introduces The RESOLZA A Touch Of Sardinia Tipo Extrema
You don’t need to read too many of my knife reviews to come away with the impression that I like edged weapons. Regardless of origin, they are the complete utility tool. Whether called upon for defense or just plain work, … Continue reading
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Tagged Extrema Ratio, folding knife, Resolza
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Magpul Has Just Announced That The Armorer’s Wrench and Bev Block Are Now Shipping
American-Made, solid steel construction with grip-enhancing phosphate finish engages both stock and pin-style barrel nuts. Fits standard sized flash hiders. Installs and removes rifle receiver extensions and carbine castle nuts, with extended teeth for use with ASAP plates. Two hammer … Continue reading
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Tagged armorer's wrench, BEV Block, MAGPUL
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BAWIDAMANN POGN G10 VZ WALKURE GRIPS
The Bawidamann PONG (pronounced PONE) is my favorite of the Bawidamann designs. Blade geometry is superb and the carry options extensive. The knife has been updated front to back, with a larger blade and handle but retains a low profile. … Continue reading
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Tagged BAWIDAMANN, Pong, PONG-L
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Gear Review: Thomas R Bender’s The Tool
Let me say right off the bat that my catchy post title will be meaningless without reading my review. So, read the review. Having said that Tom’s creations are the personification of simplicity yet total ferocity! Nothing in his work … Continue reading
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Tagged Bender, bladesmith, CA, knife, Tom Bender, Van Nuys
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IWI US, Inc. Announces The Tavor Tactical Combat Folding Knife
This week, IWI introduced a tactical folder that pairs very nicely with your Tavor SAR. The knife is an exclusive design, for IWI US, manufactured in Pennsylvania by Guardian Tactical in collaboration between the U.S. Protective Service and Andrew Buerk, … Continue reading
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Tagged IWI, IWI US, knives, tactical folder
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Greg Hall Joins Benchmade Product Team
October 20th, 2014 (Oregon City, OR) Benchmade Knife Company, manufacturer of premium sports cutlery for the last 26 years, is pleased to announce the addition of Greg Hall as a new Product Line Manager. As the latest member of the … Continue reading
Sneak Preview: Tom Bender Knife Maker
No other industry can tout artisans the way bladesmiths can. If you want to discover the spans of talent and human creativity just attend the Atlanta Blade Show; this is true around the world with examples like Bastien Cove of … Continue reading
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Tagged fixed blde, knife, Tom Bender, Wedge
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