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SOG Knives Voodoo Hawk – Medal of Honor Limited Edition

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

The Voodoo Hawk from SOG Specialty Knives & Tools is a combination of their tactical Tomahawk and FastHawk, featuring an extended cutting head, smaller compact glass-reinforced nylon handle, and metal butt cap. The new design also features a special edition London Bridge Trading Company sheath in Honor Camo.

In October, SOG Specialty Knives & Tools will be releasing a limited edition 500 piece run of the Voodoo Hawk. They will be numbered and engraved with the Mako unit crest and include a SOG patch.

GET THIS – 100% of the proceeds from all 500 pieces will be donated to Project Honor!

To be notified when the Voodoo Hawk will be available visit sogknives.com/store/F18LTD.

Tags: Electronic Arts, LBT Inc, LBX Tactical, Project Honor, SOG Specialty Knives and Tools
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BHI 2013 BHI Girls & Guns Calendar Supports Charities

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

The 2013 BHI Girls & Guns calendar is now available for pre-order through BHI’s online store. The 2013 calendar promises to be their best one yet, and this year all profits will be going to support Xtreme Couture GI Foundation and It Ain’t Chemo. That’s why it’s so important to pre-order your 2013 calendars. By extending the sales window BHI anticipates maximizing revenue for these two great charity organization. Let’s give them a hand.

Randy Couture very generously donated the use of his MMA gym – Extreme Couture for the photo shoot. I was on hand for a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into producing such a calendar. It takes a lot of work coordinating the various moving pieces. You have location, models, makeup, costumes, guns, props, cameras and photographer. Additionally, BHI sponsored a couple of range trips with the models at The Gun Store in Las Vegas. All of the models are shooters but weapon safety is important to BHI so they wanted to give the models some instruction before the photo shoot.

Pre-order your calendar at www.bhigear.com/2013-bhi-girls-and-guns-calendar.

Note – The Xtreme Couture GI Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation, was founded by MMA legend Randy Couture to honor the veterans of America’s armed forces. The foundation was especially formed to raise money and awareness for those wounded in action and their families. It Ain’t Chemo is an organization that provides cancer patients with comfort and care supplies, advice, and emotional support.

Tags: Blackheart International, It Ain't Chemo, Xtreme Couture GI Foundation
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$410 Desert Boots

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

No, these aren’t some ubercool performance packed combat boots but rather haute couture. Fashion designer Mark McGrath has taken the classic brothel creeper design and slathered it in MultiCam goodness. They aren’t even being marketed as genuine MultiCam which confirms that the pattern was chosen as a generic ‘camo’ pattern rather than for its attributes and that even though MultiCam is more famous than he is, it’s taking a back seat to his name. What’s worse, they are being advertised as canvas but the material is obviously issue NYCO. Think about how well NYCO holds up and then consider having shoes made from it.

That’s right, $410 bucks for NYCO wallabys. These really no good reason for the price other than the connection with McGrath. So next time you see an expensive piece of kit on SSD that actually incorporates innovation and performance into its DNA, think that some chump is paying $410 for a pair of shoes my parents used to buy for me at Kenney Shoes for about $20, sans the MultiCam.

Posted in Boots, Tactical Fashion Police | 7 Comments »

Propper Adds Army Combat Pant to Online Catalog

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Propper has added their version of the Army Combat Pant to their ecommerce site. We covered the pant in-depth during last year’s Modern Day Marine, showing the various features. The ACP is manufactured from TenCate Defender M and integrates the Crye Precision knee pad.

This indicates that it may soon be for sale, at least to Government clients. Their description –

“The PROPPER ACP based on the Crye design is a specialized garment incorporating feedback from field trials and tests conducted in Afghanistan. The ACP, while resembling the appearance of the current Fire Resistant Army Combat Uniform (FRACU), includes unique features, capabilities and characteristics necessary for improved performance on the modern battlefield.

The ACP offered by PROPPER is available in the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP or MultiCam).”

www.epropper.com

Tags: Crye Precision, Propper International, TenCate
Posted in Clothing, FR, Multicam | 11 Comments »

Breaking News – Dutch Seeking New Combat Uniforms

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Earlier today, the Dutch military released a solicitation seeking manufacture of a new combat uniform.

-A new basic combat uniform for the entire armed force of the Netherlands including the Army, Air Force and most likely Marines as well
-Made in the official new camouflage pattern of the Netherlands, Fractal Pattern Green (NFP Green) and most likely adapted as well, NFP-TAN (Arid version)
-180 grams Flame Retardant fabric with insect repellant qualities
-Initial delivery of 13500 sets in the first year for NFP-Green uniforms

So far we don’t have any official photos of this new pattern. However, we understand that the basic pattern geometry in this photo is correct although there may be some slight shading changes.

104995 00 Jas en Broek Basis Vlamwerend en Insectenwerend

Tags: Netherlands
Posted in Camo, Clothing, Foreign, FR | 2 Comments »

US Patriot Opens MacDill AFB Store

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Military retail outlet US Patriot has opened up its newest retail location at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. The store is located in Bldg 926 at 3108 N Boundary Blvd, MacDill AFB, FL 33608. Its hours of operation are Mon-Fri 0900-1800, Sat 0900-1600, Sun Closed.

This location at the Exchange opened in mid-July 2012 and is US Patriot’s 5th retail store. Others include Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC; Fort Stewart in Hinesville GA; Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas; and Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. US Patriot will be opening two locations at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC in September.

Visit www.USPatriotTactical.com/Locations for further details.

Tags: US Patriot
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Darley Days Ft Drum – Eureka Rapid Deployable System

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Shown at yesterday’s Darley Days, this Rapid Deployable Shelter from Eureka! turned some heads.

Designed to interface with TEMPER tents, the feature that is drawing folks to the RDS is its articulated unique frame system. It kind of reminds me of those mobile vestibules many use for picnics. You stretch the frame out and use pins to keep it from collapsing.

What’s really neat about it is that you don’t have to lift parts up into the air and held them in place while you get everything lined up.

The RDS also features replaceable windows and the skin is made from a PVC coated, high tenacity polyester fabric.

www.darleydefense.com

Tags: Darley Defense, Eureka, WS Darley
Posted in Shelter | 4 Comments »

New Sonny Puzikas Video from Panteao Productions

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Panteao Productions introduces the latest instructional video in the Make Ready series. They’ve teamed up with Sonny Puzikas to bring you a look at the AK from a Soviet perspective. As a
former member of a Soviet military special purpose unit Saulius “Sonny” Puzikas served during tumultuous times from the late 1980s through the early 1990s, and has participated in operations in numerous “hot spots” of the former Soviet Union. For the past 10 years Sonny has been teaching and instructing multi-national military special operations units, law enforcement officers and civilian clients on topics of CQB, team tactics, personal protection and combatives, as well as more specialized courses for specific audiences.

In Fighting with the AK, Sonny teaches you about the AK like no one else can. He reviews myths about the AK, balancing marksmanship with speed and mobility, transitions, reloading, components of speed, marksmanship, low platform basics, and more. In this special 2 DVD set, you also get Realities of a Gunfight where Sonny talks about the inverted pyramid of firearms training and the art of mobility.

Panteao is accepting pre-orders for the DVD and expects it to be released in August.

www.panteaoproductions.com

Tags: Panteao Productions, Sonny Puzikas
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