Gerber Gear gave me a sneak peek of their upcoming Down Range Tomahawk.
This Tomahawk was designed around the task of breaching. It includes a axe head, a handle for the pry bar, a slightly curved handle to accommodate a prybar and a hammer head. Made from heat treated 420 High Carbon steel, it also incorporates a cutting blade to be used as a can opener. Additionally, the hammerhead is meant to be used. This is a working tool.
Winkler Knives has made a few updates to the Flint Striker Set we recently covered. Crafted by Master Bladesmith Daniel Winkler, has updated the set a little.
The capability the kit offers remains the same; traditional firemaking, but a few components have changed. For example, the pouch is now made by Primavera Leathers. Additionally, the striker knife is no longer available as a folder. However, the current fixed blade model is made from 1095 file steel with the spine edge of the handle hardened to consistently throw sparks.
The set includes a belt pouch containing the char-tin, flint, and tinder, as well as “how-to” dvd starring Daniel Winkler. The price has also come down to $450.00 which includes the striker knife by Daniel.
One of our readers sent us a recommendation to check out High Sierra Tool. We haven’t run across any of their creations yet but we like what we read about them. Their knives are made from CPM S30V stainless steel hardened to about Rockwell 61. They also cryo treat and triple temper the blades.
They also offer a 20% discount to active duty military!
RMJ Tactical is working on another limited run of Berserkers. According to RMJ Tactical this new batch will have the Lord’s Prayer in Viking runes just like the original eight.
MKT has a new in house anodizing option and the owner of ROBAR, Robby Barkman, took this shot yesterday of a Praetorian Ti done with the process.
The new Adamas line of knives were designed by knife maker Shane Sibert honors the three battalions of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Adamas is Latin for diamond, honoring the WW II shoulder sleeve insignia of the Rangers and, as each battalion has a distinct personality so do the various knives.
The 1/75 knife is a push dagger design.
The 2/75 knife is a folder design that will be available in automatic version.
The 3/75 knife is a utility style fixed blade. The sheath features a tek-lok and removable strap.
A portion of the sales of these three knives assist the Ranger Assistance Foundation.
Unlike many skeletonized flat blades, the Columbia River Knife & Tool Dogfish is graceful, gives a secure grip, and also has that dogfish face at the pommel which turns out to be—a lanyard hole and bottle opener. It incorporates a secure finger choil and friction grooves at the thumb spine and near the butt.
It’s E.D.M. wire cut from a single piece of high-carbon stainless steel and the CRKT bevel grinds the 2.25″ modified Wharncliffe blade, and finally, given a fine bead-blast finish and add a razor-sharp edge.
You also get a custom-fitted six-eyelet Kydex sheath that grips the knife securely for inverted carry with the neck chain included, or with the CRKT MercHarness. It’s a useful, friendly minimal knife that’s a great value.
This knife normally retails for $29.99 but for a limited time Extreme Outfitters is offering it for only $14.99.
I didn’t realize until The Blade Show that Master Bladesmith Daniel Winkler produced a fire starter set. Called the Folding Flint Striker Set, it’s based on the items carried by frontiersmen before the advent of the match. Winkler is well known for his fascination with early American history. In fact, he began making knives in order to outfit himself in the same equipment as an 18th century woodsman.
Set includes Knife, flint, char tin with char cloth, tinder with fat wood and a draw-string deer hide pouch. Additionally, he can provide a neck pouch for the knife at an additional charge. Just like all of Winkler’s other products knife pouches are hand built, to last.
Starting fires in a traditional manner is a skill that should be acquired and practiced. If I could only get one thing for my birthday, this would be it.
