Archive | October, 2012

TOPS Knives LITE TREKKER

When Joe Flowers designs a knife, I take notice. Joe is an avid outdoorsman who has been the brains behind several great survival knife designs like the previously reviewed Machete .230. His latest is another collaboration with TOPS Knives – the LITE TREKKER.

The LITE TREKKER is built to be a lightweight, all-around outdoors blade. To that end, it is made from one of the all time great knife steels for that application – 1095. The 1/8″ thick 1095 and tall flat grind means this knife should be a great cutter that is easy to keep sharp in the field. The handle has a large guard and offers several color options that range from discreet to highly visible.

Any knife can be a great aid when you are building a fire but the LITE TREKKER has some features that really help it excel at fire prep. It comes with a compact magnesium/ferrocerium fire starter. The spine of the knife is ground square to make it better for scraping fire starters.

As with most TOPS Knives, the LITE TREKKER comes with a kydex sheath with a steel spring clip. Check out the LITE TREKKER on TOPSKnives.com.

Be Heard: What Do You Carry in Addition to a Handgun?

In the last installment of Be Heard I asked you what handgun you carried and why. It was a great discussion with plenty of well reasoned responses (and tons of GLOCK owners). Now, I want to hear what you carry with your handgun and why.

Do you carry a knife? A light? How about a spare magazine? What else do you carry? Let us know what you carry and why so we can all start learning from each other. This is your chance to Be Heard!

 

NavELite – Now Shipping!

I know that several of you have been watching and waiting for the NavELite wrist compass to become available. Well, I have good news. It is now shipping!

They have completed a large production run. All pre-orders are being filled and the compass is now available for purchase from NavELite.com.

Mission First Tactical Battlelink Minimalist Stock (BMS)

Mission First Tactical is showing off the latest addition to their BattleLink series of stocks – the BattleLink Minimalist Stock or BMS. The BMS joins the BattleLink Utility and BattleLink Utility Low Profile Stock (which we reviewed).

MFT tested this production prototype of the stock until it cracked.

The BMS is certainly a light weight stock. It weighs in at under 4 ounces and MFT claims that it is the lightest on the market. Don’t let the word “minimalist” and its light weight make you think this stock lacks features. This stock retains much of the functionality for which the BattleLink stocks are known. It retains the ability to accept the Mission First Tactical Foretrex Upper Mount. The BMS also has several sling mounting points including a QD sling swivel socket near the forward part of the stock. It also has the angled buttpad which I liked so much when reviewed the BatteLink Utility Low Profile Stock.

Check out the new Mission First Tactical BattleLink Minimalist Stock.

UW Gear Swampfox

Stop the presses! UW Gear just introduced their next chest rig – the Swampfox.

The most obvious feature of the new rig is the split front design that allows for easy donning and doffing. I am a sucker for split front chest rigs. It also has the same great pouch and flap design as the excellent Minuteman MKII Chest Rigs. Both sides of the rig have a 3×3 panel of PALS webbing and the “H” harness is the same great design that UW Gear is known for. I have also been told that UW Gear is working on a hydration carrier that will integrate with their harness which is great news because split front plate carriers and hydration carriers go together like PB&J.

The new rig will be on UWGearInc.com in the next few weeks. In the mean time, you can discuss the Swampfox on the UW Gear Discussion Forum.

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