They’re finally here! The 3″x5″ ESEE Knives Rite in the Rain Survival/Navigation Notebooks that we mentioned earlier this year are now available for purchase.
These notebooks feature 45 pages of Rite in the Rain paper and several plastic pages of survival, navigation, and E&E tips. Best of all, they feature a set of clear map tool pages with map scales, UTM grid, and protractor.
Rite in the Rain notebooks are a constant companion for me and this is the Rite in the Rain notebook at its fullest potential. Check them out at BladeHQ.
The Smith Enterprise Vortex was the first flash suppressor that I ever purchased. At the time, nothing else could really match its flash reduction performance. I can still remember testing it during a night shoot and being in absolute awe of it. I still have that first Vortex on a semi-precision AR-15 where it performs very, very well even after who knows how many thousands of rounds. Believe it or not, this post isn’t about that first Vortex Flash Suppressor. It is about a new version that I recently came across.
Spike’s Tactical sells an exclusive Vortex Shorty! It has a shorter 1.75″ overall length compared to the original Vortex’s 2.25″ overall length. If it has similar flash suppression capability, this may be just the ticket for those who want a more compact flash suppressor.
Here is a simple way to hide your Bogota Entry Tools on your everyday carry gear, tactical gear, or uniform. Just hide them under a Velcro backed patch. The patch keeps them secure, out of sight, and easy to access. I will admit that this is likely not the hardest to locate hiding spot but as long as you aren’t walking around peering in windows like some kind of a creep, it is probably sufficient.
Check out the selection of Bogota Entry Tools at SerePick.com and JTT partner VigilantGear.com.
The credit for this idea goes to Usual Suspect Network Administrator and all around nice guy Brian C.
If you want to take you edged weapon training to the next level (or you just want to weird out your co-workers at the office) check out the new 3D Human Body Exposed Training Shirt Design from Webtechgear.
The 3D Human Body Exposed Training Shirt has the internal organs represented in full color on the exterior of the shirt. This allows more realistic training, especially when used in conjunction with a marking training knife.
Get in touch with Webtechgear via their Facebook Page for more information.
I am not much of a tactical pen user. For the most part, I would just prefer to use an inexpensive steel bodied Zebra pen or something similar. However, I can appreciate a well designed writing instrument that looks great the same way I can appreciate a gorgeous custom knife and the Ultimate Titanium Clicky Pen from Tuff Writer certainly looks great.
Tuff Writer makes a fairly wide assortment of “tactical” pens. They are not inexpensive but I have handled several and they are very, very nice. Now they are looking for backers for a new project, their Ultimate Titanium Clicky Pen. They have a project page on KickStarter and they are already fully funded with 32 days left! In fact, they have hit nearly 3 times their goal and it is understandable because the pen looks amazing.
The Ultimate Titanium Clicky Pen features a heavy duty spring steel clip, Delrin spacers that let it take just about any ink refill available including the venerable Fisher refills, and, of course, titanium construction. JTT readers know that titanium makes everything better. It will be available with a number of different metal treatments like tumbled, satin, hand brushed, and hand polished.
Check out the Ultimate Titanium Clicky Pen Project project page on KickStarter.
