From a land down under comes Hardcore Hardware’s new Tomahawk. Crafted from coated D2 tool steel, the handle is wrapped in 550 cord and comes with a nylon MOLLE compatible sheath. This is brand new on the market and looks to be built with a severe dosage of arse-kickery involved.
That’s right. The folks at Rip Shears want to give away set of Rip Shears (black ripper on shears) and a Firefly Ripper (ripper only) with an instructional DVD, brochure and stickers to three lucky SSD readers. In order to enter just tell us (in the comments sections below) how you’d use Rip Shears, at work, play, or wherever. Let your imagination run wild! Bullets are fine for those who are slow typists. The important thing is to enter…and to tell your friends.
We will randomly pick three winners on Monday, 4 April, 2011 at 1200 GMT. Offer void where prohibited. Must be 18 to enter.
Rip Shears are a new attachment for standard EMT shears that transforms them into a tool that combines the shears with a safety knife and reflex hammer. Designed to attach directly to the handle of most 7-1/4″ shears, it provides a quick means of cutting through loose material and gear in order to access wounds.
Designed by Naval Special Warfare Corpsmen, Rip Shears are Made in the USA and crafted from fiberglass-reinforced nylon that can be autoclaved up to 270 deg F. Additionally, the blades are 440A stainless steel and are treated with a special DLC tungsten coating for increased lubricity. In fact, the coating will extend the life of the blades 4-5 times normal stainless steel. The design is simple and safe to clean with your fingers as well as replace blades. In fact, when you finally do need to change the blades, they are designed in such a manner that they are impossible to install incorrectly.
Rip Shears are offered in three models. The RS-1 is the Ripper unit by itself for installation on your current EMT shears. The RS-2 model combines the Ripper with EMT shears and the RS-3 or “Firefly” version is a Ripper featuring a glow in the dark material for civilian EMTs and flight medics.
A lot of folks are carrying hook knives to cut through webbing but they can be ineffective if the material is slack. With Rip Shears the cutting stroke is a pulling motion, offering a great deal of strength and control which can help to avoid further injuries. Rip Shears have been used on boots, leather jackets, and rigger belts. In fact, this video will give you a great idea of how well it works.
In fact, I had the chance to try them out myself and I am duly impressed. To get yours visit their distributor page www.ripshears.com and be sure to look around while you are there.
County Comm has just released a limited overrun of “Waterproof Delrin® Battery Lockers†which fit CR123 batteries as well as many other small items that require to be stored in a water and light proof container. AS you can see, the battery Locker is manufactured from impact resistant Delrin and the lid incorporates an O ring. In case you didn’t know, CAGE Code stands for Commercial and Government Entity and many County Comm products have this unique identifier stamped into into them.
According to SSD reader Malcolm, one of the most astonishing things seen at the recent IDEX show was the Infrared Badges from Toye, Kenning & Spencer. They have a long tradition of providing the finest in heraldry devices but have recently applied some interesting patent pending technology to their badges. Unlike printed IR badges, the IR properties are in the yarn. This means that there no risk of the properties rub off but are are contained in the threads. Additionally, there is nothing that indicates to the naked eye that the badge is IR reflective. There is a lot of potential here.
Infrared Badges from Toye, Kenning & Spencer
Late last year, Level Peaks Associates was gracious enough to let us check out a couple of products from c2rfast.
We shot this quick look video of the TacPad Chest in order to give you an idea of how the technology works. We’ve seen other products in the past that rely on chemlights or even powered light but they don’t illuminate the entire surface like this. Powered by a CR123 battery, it provides a back lit writing surface for tactical applications. c2rfast has taken great care to develop multiple products to accommodate various applications of the technology.
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After we mentioned Phantom Light’s Vulture which is designed to attach to the BA-5590 battery and use its residual power several of our readers sent in links to their favorite battery scavenging accessories. Based on this input we found two products that do the same thing; combine a 5590-style battery plug with a female half of a 12v cigarette lighter adapter. With that you can attach any number of receptacles in order to power a variety of devices. Visit any big box or automotive store for ideas.
If you have experience with either one of these or any other similar products for that matter, please update us in the comments section.
Ever wanted to be able to scavenge the rest of the power from your partially depleted BA-5590s? If you’re deployed forward you probably have stacks of the things that have come back from patrol but you won’t send back out since they don’t have a full charge. But what to do with them? Some have crafted amazing Rube Goldberg contraptions to harvest whatever they can from the used cells. But now there is a dedicated solution. Phantom Lights has developed the Phantom Vulture, an LED light mounted on a flexible neck that attaches directly to a BA-5590. It straps into place and can run for weeks or months depending on the residual charge in the battery. Simple in design yet ingenious in inspiration. Well done! Now, come up with a way to power other 12v electronics from a 5590.
