Archive | July, 2013

Review: Men’s Toy Shop – Nashville, IN

There is more than just fried biscuits and apple butter in Nashville, Indiana!

Mens Toy Shop

Nashville is kind of like Indiana’s version of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It is a small resort town that is thick with gift shops, local craftsmen, and artist galleries. It is the kind of place that husbands usually dread spending the weekend but endure for the sake of their wives. Thankfully, Men’s Toy Shop is waiting right there on Van Buren Street, the main drag through town, shining like a beacon of manliness and an oasis for weary, shopping battered men.

When you walk into the shop, you are immediately greeted with the rich smell of hundreds of premium cigars and the pipe tobacco varieties that they carry. I don’t know much about pipes and cigars but I do enjoy them occasionally. I would have paid more attention to the tobacco but I was too busy checking out several glass cases of knives, flashlights, and ammo.

Mens Toy Shop Entry Mens Toy Shop Benchmade, Exotac Mens Toy Shop Pro-Tec

If you read this blog, you will love the inventory at this shop. They carry knives from manufacturers like Pro-Tech, Benchmade, ESEE, Spyderco, TOPS, Zero Tolerance, Calico Forge, and more. They have folders, automatics, fixed blades, and even some butterfly knives. They also had Wise food storage products, premium self defense ammunition, Surefire flashlights and Mil-Spec Monkey patches. They even had Magpul PMAGS and Surefire 60 round magazines at prices that were competitive with online prices.

If all that isn’t enough, they had cool stuff like gun related t-shirts, trench knife letter openers, titanium money clips, cologne that didn’t smell fruity or have words like “sport” in their name, lighters, Col. Conk shaving gear, and more. I am just scratching the surface of what is in this shop. In fact, I have noticed several things in the pictures that I didn’t notice while I was there! This is the kind of shop that you can lose yourself in for an hour before you even realize it.

Mens Toy Shop Cigars Mens Toy Shop CRKT, Kershaw, Spyderco Mens Toy Shop TOPS, ESEE, ZT, Surefire

I found the idea of tobacco shop combined with a knife/gear shop almost irresistible. The folks behind the counter were as friendly and helpful as can be, the merchandise was awesome, and the prices were competitive. There are so many shops that carry junk knives in Nashville. It was truly refreshing to drop into Men’s Toy Shop and see a range of quality knives. I had an absolute blast and highly suggest that you stop into Men’s Toy Shop if you find yourself anywhere near Nashville, IN.

Check out the Men’s Toy Shop website and Facebook Page.

Mens Toy Shop ZT Knives, Wise Food Mens Toy Shop Pipe Tobacco Mens Toy Shop T-Shirts

Turn an End Plate into a Sling Adapter

Here is a little Tactical Handyman project for your weekend courtesy of Echo Nine Three. If you have a spare AR-15 receiver end plate laying around (who doesn’t?), you can turn it into a sling adaptor. Gentlemen, start your Dremels!

end plate sling

Don’t forget to stake everything in place when you are done!

ASP-C Carrier and SAP-C Plates from US PALM

US PALM has dropped the new ASP-C Carrier with SAP-C Plates. The carrier features 500D nylon construction with simple side straps for a low profile and light weight. It has PALS webbing coverage on both the front and back plate pocket along with front and rear loop material on the upper part of the plate pocket. The plate pockets and shoulder pads are cushioned with spacer mesh.

ASP-C SAP-C US PALM

The SAP-C plates are SAPI cut, single curve 10×12 plates that are level IV (stand alone) rated. They feature ceramic/steel hybrid construction with foam for drop protection and sealed edges.

The ASP-C with 2 SAP-C plates weighs 16 pounds together. You can buy the entire set up together at Harris Tactical.

Morale Patches for Kids?

In this industry, morale patches are traded like business cards. Recently, I came across a company called Gutzy Gear that is banking on “morale” patches catching on with kids, too.

gutzy gear

Gutzy Gear makes sleeves that can be attached to a pack strap and a full line of patches that attach to the sleeves. They even make some patches that I suspect a lot of you might appreciate, like licensed Marvel superheros.

My kids love all the patches that I have accumulated so it hard to imagine that kids wouldn’t love this concept. What do you think? Can morale patches successfully bridge the gap from tactical backpack to school backpack?

 

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