The Raptor folding stainless steel shears are now available with colored handles. This is always handy, as it’s easier to identify which ones are yours.
Features:
01 420HC Stainless Steel Folding Shears
02 Strap Cutter
03 Ring Cutter
04 Ruler (5 cm)
05 Oxygen Tank Wrench
06 Carbide Glass Breaker
Debuting today is the Mini SOCP. designed by Special Operations Combatives Program founder Greg Thompson and profuced by Benchmade, this is a more compact version of thr popular dagger.
The 440C stainless blade on the Mini is 2.22″ for enhanced concealability.
Greg showed me another grip for using the knife. Despite the shorter blade, it can still be inserted up to 5″ and pulled out via the ring. If you twist while doing this, it opens the wound channel even more.
On the sheath, they’ve modified the clip to lock into PALS webbing, pockets and belts and added a leather sweat pad to combat abrasion caused by the ring. This sweat pad can be retrofitted to existing SOCPs.
Reminiscent of a traditional pocket knife, the T4 is the second model in Leatherman’s FREE line. It incorporates a magnetic locking system and one-handed operation.
Features:
– 420HC main blade
– Scissors
– Pry Tool
– Package opener
– Awl
– Bottle opener
– Wood/Metal file
– Phillips screwdriver
– Medium screwdriver
– Small screwdriver
– Extra Small screwdriver
– Tweezers
www.leatherman.com/free-t4-581
At Blade Show I got a chance to check out the three different knife models from Viking Tactics‘ Bloodline series.
Manufactured by TOPS Knives, they include the Patriot, Crusader and Norseman.
The Patriot features an overall length of 6.75 and a cutting surface of just over 3 inches.
Drawing from the Bloodlines of VTAC’s first ever knife design, “The Assault”, the Crusader is nearly 9 inches long and has a cutting surface 3 ½ inches in length.
Inspired by a knife made by one of SGM Lamb’s Soldiers who was killed in action in Iraq on 17 June 2005, the Norseman offers an overall length of 11.63” and a cutting surface of 5 ½ inches.
Common features include blades made from 1095 steel and hardened to RC 56-58, they all have a spine tastefully decorated with a Viking Vine, Blood Colored handle liners, and Micarta handles. Each also comes with a Kydex sheath.
The Edge Maintenance Tool is a collaboration between Benchmade and Work Sharp.
The tool incorporates a ceramic rod, which can be rotated 360 deg as it is worn down, as well as a leather strop to finish the edge.
The device incorporates built-in angle guides for a consistent bevel while using the ceramic hone.
It also features a pocket carry clip.
www.benchmade.com/edc-edge-maintenance-tool
The Parashears from SOG Knives we previewed last year are finally ready. It was designed in conjunction with emergency medics as a single tool they’d want to take when weight is a factor.
It integrates a glass breaker, line/seatbelt hook, rope cutter, inch rule, millimeter rule, tweezer,, serrated blade, awl, oxygen wrench, Phillips screwdriver, standard screwdriver/bottle opener and of course, compound leverage shears.
Yet, Parashears fold up into a compact form factor.
The holdup has been development of a version with Red handles and matte finished shear blades which will actually be released first as an REI exclusive. The other variant is finished completely in a Matte Black finish. Made from 3CR13 Stainless Steel with glass reinforced nylon handles.
The new Gerber Axiom and Principle were designed for the Bushcraft community.
The Axiom features a 3.9″ blade made from S30V steel with a linered G10 handle. The sheath is American leather.
The Principle has a 3.1″ Blade made from 420HC with a rubber oversold handle. It features an innovative 3-mount click retention sheath.
The American Tomahawk from RMJ Tactical debuted at the recent Blade Show in Atlanta.
Made entirely in Tennessee, it features a drop forged 1055 carbon head and either a nylon or Hickory wood handle. The sheath is Kydex.
