Cascadia Points consist of a three pack of lightweight arrowhead-style points linked together on para-cord. You can carry them in your survival kit and they are ready to be lashed to a pole. The heads include a classic arrow shape, split-prong fishing point and side-notch arrowhead.
Made in the USA from heat treated 1095 tool steel by Cascadia Cutlery.
One of the cool things about Blade Show is the creativity of the makers. Take for example this slingshot.
Made from aircraft aluminum with a rubber band, it’s compact enough to fit into the palm of your hand or back pocket. It will even tuck into PALS webbing.
Available in Gold, Purple, Black, Red, and Raw Aluminum.
www.ooakforge.com/listing/627450796/aluminum-straight-shooter-slingshot
I really like the Flatiron’s cleaver design. It features a 3.6″ blade paired with a textured G-10 composite handle. Well, I guess I should clarify. The scale on the side with the lock, is aluminum. The other one is G10.
You’ll notice the extra plate beside the lock. That’s to keep a tight grip from indexing the lock during opening and slowing it preventing a complete opening to full lock.
Details:
? Full length: 8.5″
? Blade length: 3.8″
? Blade steel: 7Cr17MoV
? Cleaver style, satin finish blade
? Thumb hole for one-hand opening
? G-10 composite handle scales
? Frame lock
? Pocket clip
This weekend is the inaugural Blade Show West at the Portland Civic Center in Portland, Oregon.
With so many knife brands headquartered here, this is certainly the place for it.
At Blade Show I met Craig Tonelli, owner of Fire Water Survival. He was showing the AEGIS Pocket Survival Kit, which boasts a rather unique combination of components.
When you first see it, it looks common enough, what with the 12 foot of 550 cord wrapping. But once you remove that, you expose what appears to be a metal capsule.
Turns out, it’s a collapsible metal cup which also stores the other components. In addition to the cordage and water purification capability, it also contains fishing kit, fire starter and cutting tool.
There is a larger kit named the Chief which is based on the same concept but with more of it.
www.firewatersurvival.com/survival-kits
-Eric Graves
Editor
CRKT received two awards at Blade Show 2018. The TJ Schwarz designed Caligo™ took home “Best Buy of the Year” and the just released Knife Maintenance Tool, designed by Tom Stokes, took home “Accessory of the Year”.
Caligo
“First off, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. The opportunity to design a product and actually see it reach the public is something I could have only dreamed of growing up. Beyond that, it feels like the award is further evidence of the chemistry between myself and the team at CRKT. My hope is that it marks the beginning of a long and productive relationship.” – TJ Schwarz
SPECS:
Blade Length?? 3.185″ (80.9mm)
Blade Edge?? Plain
Blade Steel ??8Cr14MoV
Blade Finish ??Black Oxide
Blade Thickness ?0.129″ (3.28 mm)
Closed Length?? 4.471″ (113.56 mm)
Weight??? 3.4 oz. (96 g)
Handles ??Black Anodized Aluminum Handles w/Blue Pivot Ring
Style???Folding Knife w/Locking Liner
Overall Length?? 7.625″ (193.68 mm)
CRKT Knife Maintenance Tool
“The CRKT Knife Maintenance Tool is just what the knife lover needs to care for his knife and I am highly honored to receive the Blade Show Award for the 2018 Accessory Of The Year.” – Tom Stokes
If you recognize the initials MFCEO, then you’ll immediately realize who Brous Blades made this knife for.
If not, that’s the moniker James Yeager goes by. He liked the style of the TDI, but was looking for a knife that filled out the hand a bit more, so Jason Brous machined the G10 handle swells to fit the hand perfectly in a forward or reverse grip.
The blade is D2 Steel and it comes with a Kydex sheath by NSR Tactical.
Also available in an aluminum trainer version.
brousblades.com/collections/fixed-blades/products/mf-ceo-james-yeager-collaboration
Bawidamann Blades has quite a few styles on display but the new Muninn was the one everyone was after.
The Muninn is a smaller version of Bawidamann’s popular Huginn. Both are named after Odin’s pair of Ravens.
Specs:
-Steel: .100 CPM S35VN
-Finish: Cerakote Elite “Smoke”
-Handle Scales:Bawidamann Chunked Pattern G10
-Hardware: 316 stainless standoffs and Coated torx screws
-Scabbard: comes scabbard ready to carry out of the box.
-Raven concealment iwb hook standard. Soft loop and Discreet carry gear clip optional
-OAL Length: 7.875 inches
-Blade Length: 3 inches
-Weight: 3.3 oz
The Muninn is currently available for pre-order at a pretty good discount (MSRP 285.00 Pre-order price $245.00).
Pre order window will be open for approx. 45 days. 5/30/18 – 6/15/18, with shipping commencing approximately 75 days after pre-order window closes. 9/14/18
bawidamann.com/muninn-pre-order
