Artist Frank Frazetta created an iconic image in “Death Dealer” a mounted, axe wielding berserker, set on destruction. So iconic that the US Army’s III Corps adopted the image as its mascot back in the 80s. RMJ Tactical is now poised to release a life size version of Death Dealer’s famous axe.
Coming soon!
Duane Dwyer has always been enamored of Ducati motorcycles. He gave riding up for many years but recently got back into it. During a recent visit to his local dealer, he noticed a brake rotor and his knife making sense immediately kicked in. The result is a custom run of knives with components made from the brake rotor from a Ducati 1299 Panigale.
Designed by Albuquerque’s Michael Martinez, these ambidextrous EMT Shears are spring loaded and incorporate a replaceable strap cutting ripping blade, ribbed utility grip and a lock to keep the shears closed when not in use. The El Santo is 3.484 inches and made from 3Cr13.
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Designed for use by breachers, the new Emergency Response Tool from Winkler Knives incorporates a Hammer, Glass Breaker, Wrench Set and Pry Bar. It will also fit into the PALS webbing on your vest for carriage. For scale, it’s just over 9″ long.
There are several new bits of cutlery from our friends at Bawidamann Blades.
There’s the Dvalinn, a collaboration with RMJ Tactical. Inspired by a deer head and antlers, the name comes from one of the deer that hang out around the Tree of Life, Yggdrasil. It’s a smaller EDC Tomahawk and you can see it definitely has some of the lines from their highly successful Ragnorak. It’s only 15 oz and 10.5″ tall. This scaling down means that the head is about .75″ shorter head than its big brother. With it, he’s also updated the Uber Scabbard. It’s now fully ready for belt, PALS and sling carry.
Next is the Stark, a barebones EDC neck knife. It’s made from CPM CRUWEAR steel with a 2-5/8″ blade and 6″ overall.
Finally, they’ve introduced a folder and the first six are for sale at Blade Show. They are full titanium framelock flippers including titanium handwear from Steve Kelly as well as a GTC Bearing System. The blades are acid etched CTS-HSP steel and the scales are milled with the Bawidamann Valkyrie pattern.
First Edge offers an interesting line of folding knives. Named 1550, 1650, and 1750 they all share the same Swedish Elmax Stainless Steel drop point blade, pocket clip, liner and G10 scales but they differ by type of opening. The 1550 is a tracklock opener, 1650 an assisted opener and the 1750 is an automatic knife.
The blades are 3″ with an overall open length of 8.125″. If you need a serrated edge, replace the 0 in the model number with a 5. Want a Tanto Blade? The model numbers are 1250, 1350 and 1450.
Designed by combat veteran and lifelong martial artist Bob Taylor, the Pygmy is machined from CTS BD1 stainless steel and features full-tang construction as well as non-reflective Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. An interesting feature is that curve of the blade is computer optimized to match the natural arc of motion of the human arm and ensure maximum energy transfer during a thrust. The blade also incorporates sawteeth on the back of the blade.
The handle incorporates a “stackable” construction. It uses two outer scales and two spacers that allow you to custom tune the grip size to your hand. The sheath is Boltaron® with a G-Clip attachment.
The Pygmy Warrior comes with a copy of the book “The Warrior Path.”
