http://ez061134.ezdriven.com Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:03:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en January has started in a flurry of activity.  We are shipping the last of the Kestrels from this production group and have started shipping Eagle Talons from the first group of 50.  We will be taking another 50 Eagle Talons to heat treat with a couple of weeks.  We just ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2010/01/january-6-update/ We will be at this year's SHOT SHOW January 19-22.  Our booth number is 6603 in the Law Enforcement and Tactical section of the show which is at the Sands Expo center.  We will have our new Kestrels and Talons on display as well as our Shrikes.  We also will ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2010/01/rmj-tactical-at-the-shot-show-in-las-vegas/ Beanies with our "Angry Steve" logo have been requested for the cold weather and we now have Challenge Coins available!.  Since our logo is kinda "pirate", Ryan designed our coins as a pure copper dubloon.  Heads is Angry Steve & 2009, tails is a crusader's cross, Psalms 144:1 and Made ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/10/beanies-and-challenge-coins-are-now-avaialbe/ The October 13 issue of Army Times Magazine (Military Times) has a nice article comparing four tomahawk offerings.  The SOG Fusion, American Tomahawk's Vtac, RMJ's Shrike and the Sayoc/Winkler R&D Hawk are compared by Rob Curtis.  You can view our recommended links on the sidebar to the right to jump ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/10/cutting-edge-tactical-tomahawk-roundup-in-the-army-times-magazine/ 9-4-09 A note from the sandbox, I have several guys here with shrikes as an all around breaching tool, much easier to carry than the entire kit and is just as effective. We have chopped through both wood and metal doors with it and even on occasion helped open a ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/09/from-rob-in-bagdad-via-the-usual-suspects-network/ When you ask people what tool they associate with police, they will say a gun. When you ask the same about a fireman, they will likely say an ax. Why is that? I believe it is a combination of tradition and misunderstanding. The truth is that law enforcement now more ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/09/law-enforcement-use-of-a-tomahawk-by-george-mathies-of-modern-combative-systems/ Over the Labor Day weekend, Ryan and Richard attended the first annual Gathering of the USN.  The Usual Suspect Network is an online forum of gun and knife aficionados and for the first time they held a conference of their own which was held in Las Vegas.  Great knife makers ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/09/rmj-goes-to-the-gathering-of-the-usual-suspect-network/ Two phone conversations that I have had over the past few weeks.  The first was from a father of a serviceman who was preparing to go back for his second tour in Iraq.  He said, "You may think you know how important what you do is, but you really don't ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/08/a-couple-of-phone-conversations-to-relate/ 8/10/09 During the first week in August, Ryan, Richard, and Richard's sons Jonathan and Reid, were invited by DARC to observe and participate in a week of urban warfare training.  A group from AFSOC and a two of the 82 Airborne were going through instruction during the day and then ... http://ez061134.ezdriven.com/news/2009/08/rmj-goes-to-darc-1/