With the new year comes new gear, even if SHOT Show 2021 is all online and no one is drinking at the Circle Bar after hours. If you don’t have the time (or inclination) to endlessly scroll through social media channels (or search for #SHOTShow2021) you can stay here… SSD (Soldier Systems Daily) – the Daddy of […]
Category: Outdoors & Adventure Sports
Helikon-Tex BUSHCRAFT Coffee Brewing Set
Helikon-Tex continues to expand its BUSHCRAFT product line with a great range of products to cover all the basic requirements for a complete and comfortable outdoors experience. We like the innovative but fundamental and holistic approach the company is taking to this segment as well. Whether its the clothes you wear, the utensils you use, […]
Terrain 365 Introduces the DTK-AT Compact Folding Knife
Terrain 365™ has launched the DTK-AT mini-framelock folder – a compact knife the size of a standard US Issue “Dog Tag”. Featuring their rustproof and edge-holding Terravantium™ blade, this mini-framelock folder can be used as a backup, hide-away, in survival kits/tins, fits in any pocket or can be worn around the neck. The “AT” […]
Built for Winter Weather – The UF PRO Hunter Tactical Softshell Gen.2
Need to gear up for the wet, cold, windy weather of the winter months ahead? You might want to take a look at the UF PRO Hunter Tactical Softshell. Although UF PRO originally called this garment a sweater, it’s about as far away from your Grandad’s cardigan as you can get. Earlier this year UF […]
From The Archives: G&G Armament GK99 AEG Review
Several years ago, G&G Armament conducted a poll about what guns the airsoft community would want the company to make. They probably didn’t expect that so many Finnish airsofters would vote – or that they would vote so enthusiastically! But it seems that for as long as there has been airsoft in Finland, the Finnish […]
Helikon-Tex® Swagman Roll Basic®
Based on the success of their original Swagman Roll, Helikon-Tex have developed a simpler. more budget friendly version called the Swagman Roll Basic®. Made from the same tried-and-tested padded polyester material as the M-65 Field Jacket Liner, the SRB will keep you warm and cozy around camp during cold weather. It is designed to be […]
The Skill of Layering Clothing for Cold Weather Performance
One of the reasons for the poor performance of the Soviet Army in the Winter War with Finland in 1939/1940 was that, ironically, the Soviets were poorly trained and equipped for combat operations in an extremely cold, snow-covered environment. Nordic people on the other hand know how to survive and thrive in the extreme […]
‘SturmGFAL’ – Frankengewehr or Sexy Beast?
Those mad scientists at Dave’s Custom Airsoft in the UK have done it again. This time it was actually one of their apprentices – and he’s created a really unique and impressive work of art in our opinion. A German G3 combined with a dash of British SLR, and a touch of the original Sturmgewehr […]
Defiant – New Soft-Shell Jacket From PDW
Prometheus Design Werx introduces their fully seam taped, technical, soft-shell hoodie made with All-Weather, 4-way stretch Swiss Schoeller fabric. The purpose driven design of the Defiant is born from almost 2 decades of R&D experience in this class of outerwear. The development process included the input of real-world user feedback across all 7 continents from […]
Celebrate Polish Independence Day With Helikon-Tex
November 11 is not just Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day / Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth Countries, it is also a very special day for all Poles – it is their Independence Day! On 11 November 1918 the Second Polish Republic was established as an independent country free from the […]