British Blades :: Custom Knives

Three knives for the Apocalypse - a tabletop review.

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:37:00 +0000

The knives: A Chris Reeve Pacific, Strider MT Mod10 and a Fallkniven A1.

I thought it might be interesting to do a round-up of these 3 classic knives. I haven't got the time with them to do a field review yet. I've had the A1 for ages and pounded pretty hard on it, but the strider hasn't been with me long and the Chris Reeve Pacific hasn't left the house yet. But that shouldn't detract from the benefits of a closer look at them on the table.

All 3 of these knives represent some of the best in the industry, classic military designs from

Nitecore "Tiny Monster" TM11 2000 lumen torch review

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:54:00 +0000

This review torch was very generously donated for a charity raffle at the LSECCA pub meet by Antony at www.flashaholics.co.uk with a request that I do a review of it here first. A huge thank you to Antony for his generosity; if you want to purchase one (or any other torches and ancillary items) I can strongly recommend his services. (I have no relationship or links with Antony, I am just a longstanding very happy customer).

Update 28-10-2011: I was so impressed with this torch I purchased one for myself after failing to win this one in the charity raffle. It now takes pride of place in my torch collection, and I will be supplementing

Rofis "Transformers Jazz" JR20 review

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Rofis "Transformers Jazz" JR20

Apart from it's silly name, this is rather unusual as 18650 torches go in that it has a rotatable head to allow it to function as both a normal torch, and as a right-angle headed torch.

Torch in box...

I�ve been very remiss in getting this review written, but the last week has been manic at work and I've not been up to doing much upon getting home from work other than sleeping. So, many apologies for keeping you all waiting, and I hope that this

Visit to the Spyderco factory store: Golden, Colorado, USA, Earth.

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000

This must be the place...

They've got a rather nice view from the front porch.

... and a nicely appointed lobby.

After a nice meet-and-greet, our Spydie rep opens with a look at the Ballotton, kind of a non-sequitur