Buzz

Having been a first responder, I tell folks I can count on one hand the violent crimes I’ve stopped in progress. I was, for lack of a better word, a historian.

When I think of Ka-Bar what immediately comes to mind is combat-ready knives at budget prices. In terms of value, i.e., best bang for your buck, it’s tough to find a better deal than a Ka-Bar knife.

The Chris Reeve Sebenza 21 is widely considered the perfect folding knife. But it’s more than two-decade reign at the head of the folding-knife pack may be over.

Sorry folks, it don’t work that way. Despite the bluster, when New York State decides you can only have a seven-round magazine, every other magazine you own becomes contraband…

“In college eight years ago, I was raped in a parking garage only feet from the campus police office.”

One new knife that caught my eye was the Druid 290 folder. What’s intriguing about the Druid 290 is its grip. It’s grip-tastic!

Microtech was showing off their eye-catching SBK. Designed by Sebastijan Berengi of Borka Blades and Anthony Marifone of Microtech, the SBK is one wicked-looking fighter.

When you’ve created the ultimate knife, how do you improve on perfection?

Sometimes for this column, I have to admit that I put things off that give me trouble. Such is the case for the Alladin Lamp. No, it’s not about the genie silly. If you have never looked into off grid living, probably you have never encountered what is considered the most elegant of kerosene lamps, but they are pretty nifty. You would think the Alladin is a pressure lamp, running on propane, but it is not. That white light comes from regular old kerosene, and it will likewise run just about any lamp oil, and even diesel fuel, with no appreciable loss, or that much of a smell in my experience.