Coming soon from ITW Military Products – GhillieTEX Skeletal System.
It features the strengths of metal combined with the signature management advantages of the GhillieTEX line. These pieces are overmolded. They’re isn’t any mamby pamby pieces snapped together that will fall apart during a mission. They’re still producing final tooling and they’ve told me that as soon as the buckles are ready for purchase, you’ll read about it here.
Lin of Fire introduced three new weapons accessories, the Flip Grip, Stubby VFG and an insert for the US PALM rail accessory cover at SHOT Show. All three feature LoF’s TEGS grip technology.
That odd grip angle is not a mistake. The Flip Grip can be configured as a standard palm swell or flipped backward to alleviate repetitive use injury from long-term carry at the ready as this position is more natural for the wrist.
See the entire LoF line up including 8 styles of gloves in booth #25513.
We ran into Velocity Systems and they showed us something they’ve been working on.
This isn’t an optical illusion or twisted webbing. It is actually woven that way and they are going to integrate it into a wide variety of applications.
To promote their new Hide/Dry MultiCam Gore-tex clothing, Arc’teryx LEAF presented gift packs to VIP visitors consisting of a T-shirt, sticker, mini product guide, embossed Moleskine notebook, and specially built tablet cover in the same Gore-tex fabric use don the garments.
Look for a special giveaway here on SSD after SHOT Show of one of these tablet covers.
See Hide/Dry at SHOT Show in booth #10526.
Duro Textiles is releasing two new fabrics at SHOT Show.
LAMBA NTS – This product is the ideal base layer fabric. Weighing 3.75oz/sy this micro-polyester spandex blend makes for a great long or short sleeve garment. With excellent wicking and anti-microbial properties, comfort will be optimal.
BEAVER – This great value nylon spandex soft-shell is ideal for an outerwear jacket. It is a 3-ply configuration that has a soft tricot lining layer, a water-proof breathable film and a durable stretch face fabric. This product weighs approximately 6.7oz/sy utilizes Schoeller’s Nanosphere technology on the face for the most durable stain and water repellency performance. Please note that you must be a Schoeller licensee in order to hang-tag and/or market the Nanosphere brand.
Stop by Crye Precision booth #8103/8107 to see them first hand. We’ll post some photos and our impressions once we get a chance to check them out ourselves.
The guys at FirstSpear have been hard at work in their design shop cooking up some pretty amazing leaps forward in tactical nylon. The newest additions to their line include two distinct yet complimentary improvements; 6/12 and Tubes.
ITW Nexus/ Military Products has announced that they have teamed up with AustriAlpin to introduce a new innovative joint venture at SHOT Show that aligns the best of both company’s capabilities.
ITW Nexus/Military Products Business Unit Manager Craig Ernst indicated that while they are letting us in on it early, the product is currently in its infancy stage with release industry wide later this year.
Keep an eye out for the upcoming pictures and an interview with ITW and AustriAlpin during the show.
ITW Military Products is exhibiting in booth #10479.
