Archive for January, 2012

January 13, 2012

KA-BAR TDI Last Ditch Knife: Initial Thoughts

I snagged the Last Ditch Knife from Amazon, it’s only $12:

Ooh, pointy!

It’s purpose is to be a weapon of last resort. It’s small, light and one of the sharpest out of the box knives I’ve handled. It’s a good knife to have for retention of a handgun as you can easily keep this knife on your weak side and grab it with your weak hand. The Pros:

  • It’s very small and light. You can literally keep in you wallet, the watch pocket on your pants, in your boot strings, or wear it as a necklace. Or keep it inside your belt.
  • Sharp and very pointy.
  • The design just says “stabby”. Designed to be a down stroke slashing and stabbing weapon, and it looks mean.
  • A few cons:

  • While it comes with a sheath and a neck lanyard, there is no clip to securely attach it to the inside of the belt or pants. So far, it rides inside the belt just fine and comes out of the sheath just fine. I’d rather it had a clip or a hooked edge to more securely attach it to a belt.
  • The blade is small, which may limit it’s use as a stabbing weapon, where penetration is key. However, it is damn sharp. So a down stroke slash would be enough to get someone to let go.
  • While it’s thinness makes it easy to carry and conceal, I imagine the blade wouldn’t stand up to much prying or use as a tool. Of course, it’s not made for that.
  • Faster and furiouser

    So, it seems ATF had another gun smuggling operation called White Gun. I don’t want to spoil the ending but it seems they lost guns again.

    2X4 Assault

    Stage at an Action Pistol Match where the shooter uses a 2X4 to stop the immediate threat because, well, they happen to have one. Interesting.

    Where thousands = fractions of thousands

    Does it matter if they lit one candle or 1,000? Their empty gesture did nothing to stop gun violence.

    Annoying the king’s men

    A restaurant in NYC is shut down because they dared videotape a shakedown err health inspection.

    Suppressed 9mm

    Beretta with AWC Titanium Abraxas

    Galco Summer Comfort for Lightguard-Equipped Guns

    Some smart cracker has a review, puts picture of butt on internet.

    M&P Forward Set Sear and Trigger Kit

    Robb is a fan.

    Why are anti-gun activists so violent?

    Mayors Against Illegal Guns member Adam Bradley assaults wife, then violates order of protection. No wonder he wants people disarmed.

    In NYC

    Charges downgraded to a fine against Tea Party founder caught with a gun in NYC.

    Working on a plea deal for the Tennessee woman who did the same.

    Prosecutors?

    Prosecutors are asking for unsealing of documents in Fast and Furious.

    More guns, less homicide

    Gun sales are at a record high. Homicide is at a 50 year low. Odd, since the anti-gunners say that guns cause crime.

    Obviously, compensating for the size of his penis

    82 year old man kills burglar. Is this one of those “executions” the Goddards go on about? And let’s light a candle for the victim of gun violence.

    M249 SAW replaced

    By an HK416 Variant.

    Because it’s right there in the Constitution

    It says the president can regulate college football somewhere, right?

    Nerf tooth extraction

    Bolt an AR to the wall

    Well, Ok, then.

    Civil right victory

    Miami Beach realizes that, yes, the law does apply to them.

    Armatac Quad-Mag

    60 round AR magazine.

    On Romney

    Ian:

    Been seeing a lot of stuff in my twitter feed and my RSS feed about how people want to “send a message” to the Republican Party, or that Romney is “just like Obama” or some other such nonsense to justify staying home on the second Tuesday in November, 2012.

    What are you all, out of your minds?!?!

    Gun Porn: SHOT Edition

    Shooting Illustrated’s 2012 SHOT coverage.

    SHOT show feed

    Sig 250 (yeah, not SHOT, what are you gonna do about it?

    All manner of new products for SHOT here.

    5 guns we can’t wait to shoot at SHOT

    January 12, 2012

    Farm Fresh Domesticated Rat

    Les Jones:

    Why I practice preparedness but am not into “survivalism”

    Besides, rabbits would be more efficient.

    Third Circuit Ruling on Housemates of Felons

    Not sure this bodes well.

    Hmm

    So, a new gun blog called CalmGun sent me an email about his site. Now, it’s disappeared and his email is bouncing. Anyone?

    Don’t take bad advice that can get you killed

    Truth: If someone on the other end of a telephone call tells you to not defend yourself with the best means possible, you can pretty much write off everything else they tell you as well.

    Where guns are banned

    Would be mass murderers use knives.

    Where X = “Not Romney”

    I hear this often enough. If X is the candidate, we lose. You’re not framing the debate right. Because, first, who is we? And lose what?

    I’m sticking to my theory. Anyone could beat Obama except this crop.

    And, yes, I’m quite aware I can be smug and self-righteous because I live in a state that will go overwhelmingly red anyway.

    Quote of the day

    Joe:

    She also says she is a pacifist. That makes her a freeloader.

    Never thought of it like that. That is simple, to the point, and explains a mindset.

    Communism isn’t cool

    Mercedes getting flak for their use of Che to promote car sharing. The C63 AMG now looks a lot less cool.

    Deal Alert

    Over 50% off Swiss+Tech 61010 Gift Box Set of Micro Mini Tools.

    Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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