Stop me if you’ve heard this one, but 2020 was a year of changes for me. One of those was career related, turning my collar from blue to a gray-ish shade of white. With this transition comes a change in scene. Where before I’d been free to carry tools like the Spyderco PM2, I’ve reached ...
CJRB Talla Review
A few months back, and I fully admit I'm late to this party, I stumbled across a Youtube interview with self-defense expert, knife designer, and all around “guy who knows his stuff” Michael Janich. I became familiar with Janich years ago because he'd produced quite a bit of content for some of the shooting sports ...
Shirogorov Ne0n Review
I spend a lot of time imagining what it must be like to create a masterpiece. Putting the final brushstroke on Monet’s Water Lilies or for John Frusciante to idly strum the opening chords to Can’t Stop for the very first time. What must be to be involved in the creation of something truly great. ...
Civivi Mckenna Review
Ever been accused of going about something bass-ackwards? Behold the Civivi Mckenna: one of the new breed of “front flippers” that has quietly been developing a following of... well, I wouldn't say devotees, but definitely a contingent of pleasantly bemused knife flippers who will always give a quirky design a day in court. Buy the Civivi ...
Seiko SPB183 Review
In 1979 Francis Ford Coppola directed a movie called Apocalypse Now. This movie was famous for a number of reasons not least of which was the rocky relationship between Coppola and the increasingly erratic Marlon Brando. The movie also gave us one of the more dramatic examples of The Flight of the Valkyries as well ...
Ka-Bar TDI Shark Bite Review
I have a real thing for discrete weapons. It might be a focus I have on concealed carry, but it's extended to more melee type weapons as well. Part of this love of discrete weapons leads to weapons made from nontraditional materials, like carbon fiber, G-10, and all variance of polymers. These weapons are typically ...