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With a price of only $20 at the time of this writing at the Dozier Knives website, the KA-BAR Dozier KA4065 Folding Knife is the best value for an everyday carry (EDC) knife that I know about today. The knife has a three-inch hollow ground blade made of AUS 8A stainless steel that is 0.11 inches thick. The blade can be deployed with one hand ambidextrously by using a thumb notch. A lockback latches the open blade securely in place. The unlined Zytel handle provides an excellent grip surface. It is light and thin and easy to carry. The knife…
Tom Christianson sent this important update: Smithsonian posted this report: Sun Launches Its Strongest Solar Flare of the Year So Far, Causing Radio Blackouts Around the World. (The May 18, 2025 photo above is courtesy of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. NASA / SDO.) — On May 19th, 1515, George, Duke of Saxony sold Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to Charles of Habsburg, Duke of Burgundy. He was later named Emperor Charles V. — On May 19, 1796, the first game law was approved in the United States. The law created penalties for hunting or destroying game within Indian Territory. It…
Nearly all gun and related gear inventories at retailers dropped in the last 12 months. So have most prices paid at the counter, according to the year-over-year comparison detailed in the latest RetailBI report. Seven categories were tracked in the study, which harnessed data compiled from the more than 800 stores that voluntarily share sales information—including 400 on their inventory levels—with GearFire, a service used by some 2,500 retailers nationwide. The only inventory increase was in the volume of ammunition on retailer shelves. It swelled by slightly more than five percent. Prices paid for cartridges, on average, dropped nearly one…
(Continued from Part 5. This concludes the article.) Field Phone Line Circuits: The Platoon Hot Loop This method can to be used if the layout of LP/OPs is favorable. This method of connecting phones is referred to as the Platoon Hot Loop, yet the connection can be made to string the phones together, not in a circle but all along a singe line be it straight or in a circular shape that resembles a perimeter. The ‘loop’ is actually the electrical path created the connections made in a series in the same way Christmas tree lights were once supplied with…
May 18, 1291: After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre (now known as Akko, Israel) was reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil. — May 18th, 1825 was the birthday of Daniel Baird Wesson, of Smith and Wesson fame. — On May 18th, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people. Ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as Minnesota. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 118 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round…
The trend of ever-shrinking .380 ACP handguns has reversed as of late, with more manufacturers acknowledging that “mid-size” .380s are low-recoil and just plain easier to shoot. Taurus is joining that trend by re-introducing for 2025 its Model 58 and by doing so, jumping back into the .380 semi-auto handgun market. With the 58, Taurus re-introduces a classic, mid-size .380 for concealed carry. The Taurus 58 brings both shootability and capacity to the .380 world. Not a sub-compact firearm, the new 58 is slightly larger than the original PT58. Approximately the size of popular carry pistols, like the Glock 19,…
(Continued from Part 4.) The Swedish M37 field telephone is an example of a good middle-of-the-road approach that is relatively lightweight, affordable, adequately durable, and mostly found to be in good operational condition. These are not as sophisticated and suitable for silent operation as either the TA-312 or the TA-1, yet they can be fitted with a 12 VDC grain of wheat sized red LED that pulses when an incoming call is made to the phone or a peizo buzzer that softly chirps and closely duplicates the TA-312 reduced volume ‘ringer’ merely by connect either to the terminals. Disconnect the…
On May 17, 1756, Britain declared war on France. This was later known as the Seven Years’ War or the French & Indian War. — On this day in 1769, George Washington launched a legislative salvo at Great Britain’s fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its control over the American colonies. He brought a package of non-importation resolutions, drafted by George Mason, before the Virginia House of Burgesses. This initiated a chain of events that led to Britain’s House of Lords demanding that men involved in the extra-legal Massachusetts convention of towns be tried in England. Britain’s plan backfired and…
Armed Citizen® Today A 35-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged after being shot by an armed citizen in Cary, N.C. after what police are calling an “unprovoked attack.” Authorities told reporters that, just after 6 a.m. on January 30, the suspect approached a man at an Exxon gas station and allegedly poured gasoline over the man before hitting the victim with his car. The suspect was armed and shot the 35-year-old in the chest once in what police described as “an act of self-defense.” The suspect was hospitalized for several days to treat the gunshot wound before being arrested.…