Knife Review: Benchmade Balisong 42

Butterfly knives are as iconic as they are controversial. While there is an undeniable “cool” factor associated with operating a butterfly knife that is universal in fans ranging from 7th grade boys to knife aficionados, the utility and practicality of a butterfly knife cannot help but be questioned. In addition, the prickly legal intricacies of [...]

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Knife Review: Gerber E-Z Out Rescue

While a jack-of-all-trades utility knife has a place in anyone’s bug-out/personal gear, there are certain specialty blades that bear consideration by everyone from first responders to average citizens. The Gerber E-Z Out Rescue is a specialty knife that is worthy of consideration in anyone’s load out. At first glance, the E-Z Out Rescue may remind [...]

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Inside Special Ops with Oliver North

Thanks to the miracle of Hulu, I was able to view a great episode of War Stories with Oliver North that my Tivo missed.  This was the episode was about the Special Operations community. It aired right after the Navy SEALs beatdown of the Somali pirates, so there was a quick segment about that incident.  [...]

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Welcome To The Tactical Gear Blog

  In the next few days, we will begin to posting content to engage Military, Police, and Civilian consumers of tactical gear.  The web discussion of tactical gear products and reviews is currently splintered around a number of forums.  We want to organize all that discussion in one easy place for each of you to participate.  It [...]

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