Too often, knife makers are willing to market a knife as a serious self defense blade but then they never offer a blunt training drone version which seems kind of counter-intuitive to me. Blind Horse Knives is now offering an aluminum version of their Batwing Pro that we mentioned earlier this month. You’ll have to call to order. Check out the live version of the Batwing Pro at Blind Horse Knives, but hurry because it will be gone in a couple of days.
The guys are UW Gear aren’t content to just tell you how a certain camo pattern works. They are constantly testing new patterns and they often post informative pictures and videos of those tests on their forum so you can get an idea of how they work (or at least how they work in UW Gear’s area). These threads can also be a great place to spot cool gear that may eventually find its way to the UW Gear line up like the Digital Woodland and AOR2 Minuteman MKII Chest Rigs shown below.
Check out UWGearInc.com and visit their forum for tons of great gear and prepping related info.
Sometimes it seems like converting Saiga rifles from their “sporting” configuration to a more correct configuration has become something of a national pastime. Converting a Saiga is a fairly straight forward affair but the front end portion of the conversion can be a bit tricky which is why you see so many that don’t have converted front ends. Thankfully, Krebs Custom just dropped the UFM Keymod System for Saiga Rifles.
The UFM Keymod System for Saiga Rifles is a direct drop in rail that replaces the Saiga’s handguards without the need to convert them to a more correct AKM handguard. They are relatively lightweight, adding only 6.1 ounces of weight to your Saiga. The top rail is suitable for optic mounting and Kreb’s says it will return to zero after field stripping.
So, you get to avoid doing the front end conversion and you get a killer rail. That sounds like a win-win for Saiga owners. Check out the UFM Keymod System for Saiga Rifles.
My friend Sven, owner of Manticore Arms, put up a solid review of his custom IOTV armor carrier from Beez Combat Systems. He gets into the details of how BCS’s custom carrier creation works and all of the little things that they do to make their carriers great. BCS makes a ton of nice gear but their custom carrier creation is one of the coolest things they do.
Wearing armor is not comfortable. Even the most comfortable and breathable plate carrier in not really all that comfortable and it will make it harder for your body to shed heat. The CTAV (Cooling and Trauma Attenuating Vest) from CORTAC seeks to makes armor just a bit more tolerable.
The CTAV is a set of panels that can be affixed to the interior of any armor carrier, between you and the carrier. CORTAC claims that system increases airflow, cooling, comfort, and provides additional blunt trauma protection. According to CORTAC, the CTAV can reduce the surface temperature of your armor carrier by as much as 9.1 degrees. Comfort is further enhanced by the wicking and quick evaporating properties of the CTAV.
The CTAV certainly sounds good on paper, especially if you tend to run hot like I do. Check out the CTAV at CORTAC.
