Benchmade Knives gave us a rare glimpse of a concept for a fixed blade bolo jungle knife, the 153, to be launched at SHOT Show. This is only a prototype with the production model is still a ways out and expect some design changes beyond what you see here.
1095 Steel
Blade Length: 9.00”
Blade Thickness: .190”
Overall Length: 13.50”
Weight: 11.7 oz
Handle Thickness: .875”
The Strongarm is a new 4.8″ blade length, fixed blade knife from Gerber. It’s is made from 420 high carbon steel and finds it roots in the Prodigy fixed blade that’s been around for more than a decade.
The sheath is modular and can be worn vertically or horizontally belt mounted or via PALS webbing thanks to the tongue and groove adapter.
It comes in at under $75 and will be available November 1st in Black or Coyote with fine edge or partially serrated.
Seen here with other items, the Ceramic Escape Knife from Gearward makes a great emergency backup knife. The uses are limited but by your imagination.
As you can see, it can be also stored in a wide variety of locations on your clothing, footwear and kit for retrieval and use in the most dire of circumstances. Being ceramic, it’s also not going to set off magnetometers.
A simple storage compartment can easily be created with the aid of the CEK.
Specs:
-Ceramic blade stays sharp 10x longer than steel
-Will not rust
-1.75″ x 0.4″ closed; 1.25″ cutting edge
-Weighs 2.5 grams – as much as a penny
-Made in Canada
gearward.com/products/ceramic-escape-knife
We picked up a couple of the new Swedish FireKnife from Light My Fire at the recent Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Although we’ve only been able to try them out a couple of times, we are impressed enough to share them with you. Having a fire starter built into the knife’s handle is a pretty handy feature for a 72-hour kit knife. Additionally, Mora has an excellent reputation for offering quality knives.
The Light My Fire Swedish FireKnife is a product by Mora and Light My Fire. The blade is 3.9″ and made of Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel, with a Scandinavian grind. The handle is made of high-friction, TPE rubber, and houses a FireSteel Scout firestarter, which twist locks into the handle for convenient access, and can provide about 3000 strikes. This starter works when wet and at all altitudes, producing a 2,980°C (5,400°F) spark, which lights easily when struck by the flat end of the FireKnife blade. The sheath is made of polypropylene and has an included belt clip.
The blade handle and sheath comes in five colors: Black, Red, Orange, Blue, and Green.
www.lightmyfire.com/products/products/swedish-fireknife
– The Three Amigos reporting for Tactical Fanboy
The Zubin Axe caught my eye as I walked through the maze of booths in the three outdoor pavilions. It consists of a hiking staff and a series of optional heads that change the function of the device.
Heads include Axe, Saw, Slingshot, Spear and Fishing Spear.
Gerber introduced a new line of products called the Freescape Series. Available this month, the car camping line consists of Hatchet, Camp Kitchen Knife, Camp Paring knife, Folding Sheath Knife, Camp Saw, Camp Kitchen Kit, Flashlight, and two lantern styles.
The Hatchet’s sheath can be stowed in the handle for use so that you don’t lose it.
Below, you can see several of the new knives in the Freescape Series.
This video by Gerber gives you some info on the Camp Kitchen Knife.
Below, is the Flashlight which is a triangle shape so it won’t roll off.
Several of the items are already available including the Hatchet and Lanterns.
Both Large and Small Lanterns incorporate touch technology which allows you to turn them on and off as well as dim control with the touch of a finger.
Task Lab offers three different cell phone based tool kits.
The TaskOne case incorporates 22 stainless still tools as well as two kickstands and a saws all blade mount. The knife blade is removable making it fully TSA compliant.
Go to the website for full details.
Coming 2015, the new Kindling Froe from Buck Knives is part of the Comadre camp series which includes a hatchet and fixed blade knife.
16″ splitter for small rounds and kindling in 5160 spring steel with red powder coat for corrosion resistance. It’s finished off with Heritage Walnut handle atop the full tang design. It comes with a black leather sheath.
