Writings of Steel1Actual

Mar 31

Mar 31 Gerber Mini Covert F.A.S.T. - 17/20 Try it out!

The Mini Covert bears two names on the blade, along with the new Gerber logo. The first being Rex Applegate (Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, retired), and the second being W. E. Fairbairn (Lieutenant Colonel, British Royal Marines/Army, retired). Both men have major contributions in close combat history. Rex Applegate worked with the fabled O.S.S in WWII[5], authored the book “Kill or Get Killed” on hand to hand combat, and is one of the fathers of ‘point shooting’ philosophy. W. E. Fairburn[6] was fabled for his police duties in Shanghai and his service after conscription into the British Secret Service in training Commandos and U.S. Army Ranger candidates[7]; he designed the commando knife used by British Special Forces.

Mar 23

Mar 23 CRKT Minimalist Bowie - 16/20 – Try it out!

Matthew Henderson

Knives, Every Day Carry

Columbia River Knife and Tool (CRKT) has been in action since 1994. My first experience with this company came from the reenlistment NCO at 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was handing out small spear-point locking pocketknives that had the SF logo laser etched onto them (that particular knife was the M16-01KS and it was awesome).

Mar 11

Mar 11 Opinel N*08 - 15/20 - It might work for you.

Matthew Henderson

Knives, Every Day Carry

Made in France and created by Joseph Opinel, the oldest son of a peddler turned blacksmith – the Opinel[1] brand of pocketknives has been in existence since 1897. Made of only five pieces, the original design started out as a riveted free moving blade attached to a wooden handle. The introduction of the “virobloc” in 1955 helped to ensure a safe locking mechanism for the blade – and this seems to be the only real change made to the design in 121 years.