Monday, February 21, 2011
Snowplow Drivers...
I'm starting to think the city ones around here must be part of a union and are all down in Madison. I have seriously been down smoother tank trails than the roads around here are right now, not to mention how close I've come to getting the car stuck in the few hours I've been working tonight.
Firefly Returning
Well, the original series, but in HD, and in the right order at least.
The Science Channel has acquired the rights to the cult-hit and will air the series in its short-lived entirety, plus some new extras. Science Channel will wrap each episode with interstitial segments starring renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, who will discuss the theoretical science behind the show’s sci-fi concepts.Plus an interview with Nathan Fillion, the actor who played Mal. He says he'd play him again in a heartbeat.
Cold Steel Trench Hawk
My Tomahawk showed up a couple days ago, and here's some photos and initial impressions of the beast.
I managed to snag a Cold Steel Trench Hawk
the other day from an Amazon seller. This particular tomahawk tends to sell out quickly, and it's pretty understandable. First off, it's relatively inexpensive. I paid less than $40, and got free shipping to boot. Compared to the hundreds of dollars some modern "combat" tomahawks are going for, it's a steal. Secondly, it is a good looking piece.
The head is the shape I've been looking for, with enough of a beard to hook things and a good hefty spike on the back. I look at a tomahawk as more of a breaching tool and extreme last line of defense (ie., my rifle's out, I dropped my pistol, and the zombies are still coming...)
The steel is a quarter inch thick, and wedged into the handle and held in place with two hex bolts.
It's not too heavy either, and has a fairly decent balance point (at least to my untrained hands.) The blade is sharp enough out of the box for basic choppy business, but I'll probably put a decent polish on it just because I like my axes sharp.
The handle is textured, but it could be a little grabbier. This could be easily fixed by some judicious use of a soldering iron or grip tape, but I'll probably go for a clean 550 chord wrap. I may hit it with some tan krylon as well, not so much for the tacticool thing, but to keep it cool in the sun.
Cold Steel does have replacement handles listed on their website for about $7 a piece, a nice thing to keep in mind, and a great thing to have on hand if you're in a hot dusty place on the other side of the world (if I take it on my next deployment I'm sure I'll have at least two stashed in a footlocker at least.
The sheath is rather ingenious in how it securely stays in place covering the blade and the spike, and simply hinges away after undoing a single snap. The downside is it's simply a blade cover, and has no mounting points or loops to attach it to any gear. There is, however, enough clearance between the center section and the blade that you could potentially thread some webbing through there and rig something up, and I'm contemplating hard mounting some sort of Molle friendly system in that spot (plenty of room for some Chicago screws.)
Overall, so far I'm more than pleased with the purchase. If you're looking for a basic entry level "combat" tomahawk, the Cold Steel Trench Hawk is a great place to start.
I managed to snag a Cold Steel Trench Hawk
the other day from an Amazon seller. This particular tomahawk tends to sell out quickly, and it's pretty understandable. First off, it's relatively inexpensive. I paid less than $40, and got free shipping to boot. Compared to the hundreds of dollars some modern "combat" tomahawks are going for, it's a steal. Secondly, it is a good looking piece.
The head is the shape I've been looking for, with enough of a beard to hook things and a good hefty spike on the back. I look at a tomahawk as more of a breaching tool and extreme last line of defense (ie., my rifle's out, I dropped my pistol, and the zombies are still coming...)
The steel is a quarter inch thick, and wedged into the handle and held in place with two hex bolts.
It's not too heavy either, and has a fairly decent balance point (at least to my untrained hands.) The blade is sharp enough out of the box for basic choppy business, but I'll probably put a decent polish on it just because I like my axes sharp.
The handle is textured, but it could be a little grabbier. This could be easily fixed by some judicious use of a soldering iron or grip tape, but I'll probably go for a clean 550 chord wrap. I may hit it with some tan krylon as well, not so much for the tacticool thing, but to keep it cool in the sun.
Cold Steel does have replacement handles listed on their website for about $7 a piece, a nice thing to keep in mind, and a great thing to have on hand if you're in a hot dusty place on the other side of the world (if I take it on my next deployment I'm sure I'll have at least two stashed in a footlocker at least.
The sheath is rather ingenious in how it securely stays in place covering the blade and the spike, and simply hinges away after undoing a single snap. The downside is it's simply a blade cover, and has no mounting points or loops to attach it to any gear. There is, however, enough clearance between the center section and the blade that you could potentially thread some webbing through there and rig something up, and I'm contemplating hard mounting some sort of Molle friendly system in that spot (plenty of room for some Chicago screws.)
Overall, so far I'm more than pleased with the purchase. If you're looking for a basic entry level "combat" tomahawk, the Cold Steel Trench Hawk
is a great place to start.
SCAR-17 Review
At Gunblog.com. I was definitely more excited about the SCAR-Heavy than the Light, and I'd love to get my hands on one some day.
At the range, the SCAR 17s is much like a Ferrari - everyone knows or expects it to be great, everyone knows you paid a significant amount of money for it, and everyone is watching you with it.Lots of good stuff, plenty of pictures, and a video.
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