Review: Helikon-Tex – Greyman Jacket Introduction The Helikon-Tex Greyman Jacket is one of the company’s low profile urban line-up garments. The moment I saw the jacket being introduced, I was highly interested because of its casual and edgy design. Needless to say, I also wanted to take a closer look at it and give you […]
Camouflage test: Phantomleaf – WASP I Z3a in the field Introduction One of the bigger surprises in 2023 was the introduction of the cooperation between Phantomleaf and Mil-Tec, resulting in the release of the WASP I pattern family, which is exclusive to Mil-Tec. For those of you, who have not read the backgrounder to this […]
Review: ANV Knives – M311 Comp Introduction The introduction of the M311 Comp was surely one of this year’s highlights for the knife community during Shot Show 2023. The interesting thing is that Ondřej, the chief designer of Acta Non Verba Knives, decided to go back to the roots of the original M311 design, which […]
Review: Direct Action – Halifax Small Backpack Thanks to @KodiakderBaer, I can present you this review on the Direct Action Halifax Small backpack! Enjoy! Introduction The Direct Action Halifax Small backpack was first teased during IWA in 2018 alongside its bigger brother the Halifax Medium. With the latter taking 3 lengthy years from tease to […]
Review: Tasmanian Tiger – TT Mesh Bag VL M Introduction In this article I want to take a quick look at the Tasmanian Tiger TT Mesh Bag VL M – a backpack accessory that is available since 2022. Often enough, these neat little helpers are overlooked and I thought it would be a good ide […]
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Camouflage: Landcamo ABD Mammut Introduction Landcamo ABD Mammut is one of those hard to get camouflage patterns that was widely discussed several years back during the “camouflage wars”, sparked by the US Army Camouflage Improvement Effort. A while back Pitchfork Systems bought the remaining stock of ABD Mammut fabric and had several uniforms made. This […]
Field Test: Desert Camouflage – Finnish M04 Camouflage Introduction Finnish M04 Desert Camo… Desert camouflage is a topic of it’s own, deserving a dedicated series. Those of you, who follow the blog will already know that I have taken a closer look at several desert camouflage patterns in a winter environment, as their arid coloring […]
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Video: Tasmanian Tiger – TT Modular Tac Pack 28 One of the new items for 2023 by Tasmanian Tiger – the TT Modular Tac Pack 28. This one is even bigger than the TT Modular Daypack and brings more options to the market. I am using it during my daily commtes at the moment and […]
