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Recently, I've been getting more and more into good, solid economical field gear. It's been driving some new ideas here at ATC as well. After spending as much time as we have at military installations, we're learning that most Armed Services Personnel just DON'T have the personal resources to take expensive equipment to the field. And what they DO take is not much different than what I outline below.
Just for fun, I took my Sony Cam out to the local field archery course today with the following items...notice the pricing.
Vietnam Tomahawk, Field Grade: MSRP $129.95
Std. Ka-Bar: MSRP $61.87
Swiss Army Trailmaster: MSRP $37.00 (if bought separately)
Survival Sheath Systems Essential Survivor: includes SAK Trailmaster, WSI FireStarter, Photon lvl III Microlight...ALL in a custom chest rig: MSRP $99.95
Survival Sheath Systems Double Shoulder Harness: MSRP: $99
...now we all know there are pieces of equipment in this list that can be had even less expensively than the MSRP. I just list the full retail in support of the respective manufacturers.
There is nothing that cannot be done with this set-up in my opinion. There are custom knives and expensive pieces of gear out there that total three and four times as much as ALL this stuff...and I love some of them.
But, the reality lately for me has been value. Value in your gear...value in the performance.
Check out the cool album at ImageStation for some pics and remarks about taking this stuff to the field, as a regular guy, in my regular town.
<A HREF="http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291789023"><IMG SRC="http://www.imagestation.com/images/is/community/this_album_button.gif" BORDER="0"></A>
Enjoy!!!
Just for fun, I took my Sony Cam out to the local field archery course today with the following items...notice the pricing.
Vietnam Tomahawk, Field Grade: MSRP $129.95
Std. Ka-Bar: MSRP $61.87
Swiss Army Trailmaster: MSRP $37.00 (if bought separately)
Survival Sheath Systems Essential Survivor: includes SAK Trailmaster, WSI FireStarter, Photon lvl III Microlight...ALL in a custom chest rig: MSRP $99.95
Survival Sheath Systems Double Shoulder Harness: MSRP: $99
...now we all know there are pieces of equipment in this list that can be had even less expensively than the MSRP. I just list the full retail in support of the respective manufacturers.
There is nothing that cannot be done with this set-up in my opinion. There are custom knives and expensive pieces of gear out there that total three and four times as much as ALL this stuff...and I love some of them.
But, the reality lately for me has been value. Value in your gear...value in the performance.
Check out the cool album at ImageStation for some pics and remarks about taking this stuff to the field, as a regular guy, in my regular town.
<A HREF="http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291789023"><IMG SRC="http://www.imagestation.com/images/is/community/this_album_button.gif" BORDER="0"></A>
Enjoy!!!
