If you follow DRTV’s The Best Defense forum or Rob Pincus’ Facebook page, you are probably already aware that Rob Will be leaving The Best Defense and The Best Defense: Survival! to focus on other projects and opportunities. I first met Rob when he was the Director of Training at the Valhalla Training Center. We [...]
Black Belt magazine recently released its December 2010 issue announcing the inductees into its prestigious Hall of Fame. I was selected as the Black Belt Hall of Fame Weapons Instructor of the Year. I am truly honored by this award and would like to express my sincere thanks to Black Belt magazine and all the [...]
Bob Taylor, a Vietnam veteran with very close ties to the cutlery industry, is also extremely active in organizing support for our Nation’s veterans. In coordination with his local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter in Idaho, he is organizing the third annual Sandpoint Stand Down, an outreach event for homeless and disadvantaged veterans. In addition [...]
Recently The Best Defense: Survival! episode on earthquakes aired again on Outdoor Channel. One segment in this episode featured Michael Bane and I discussing the critical role that .22 rimfire firearms have in a well-planned survival battery. In addition to commenting on the utility of the .22 as a means of eliminating pests, hunting for [...]
U.S. Customs is trying to revoke several letters of exception that have allowed assisted-opening knives to be imported. In doing so, they are also trying to re-write the definition of a “switchblade” knife to be so broad and vague that it could be interpreted to apply to ALL one-handed-opening knives. Although Customs decisions apply specifically [...]
