IWI Tavor: Man do I want one

In 2010 I shot my first bull-pup style rifle.  It was one of the AUG clones made by MSAR.  It had a 4x ACOG scope on it. 

I loved the ACOG scope it was so clear and easy to use.  I really like how the bull-pup style rifle balanced so well.  Even though it had a 20 inch barrel it was so easy to handle.  I have seen pictures where a 20 inch AUG is shorter than a 10.5 inch AR with a supressor on it. 

I wan to sell one of my rifles so that I can buy the Tavor.  It seems like it is the best of the AR and bull-pup world. 

Watching these videos just make me want a Tavor even more.

KFU knives

Last week I obtained a KFU knife.  I had never heard of them before.  The little bit that I did know is that KFU stands for Knives For Users.  It is a beautiful knife, it reminded me of something that my grandfather would have carried while he was deer hunting. 

Since they are knives for users I took it out today along with my Esee Laser Strike and I beat on it.  I was batoning through very dry pine with almost no knots with the Esee with ease.  The KFU was more difficult and I had some other problems that I noticed when I got home. 

There were huge chips in the bade of the KFU.  I should have taken pictures but I didn't, unfortunately.  I did touch up the blade a bit on my sharpener and the chips smoothed out quickly but they are still there and pretty big still.  I will post some pictures later.

I still like the knife a lot and I am going to continue to use it and see what happens over time. 

A case for Spydero knives

On the topic of self defense Spyderco knives. I think that many Spyderco knives can fill a self defense role very well. This is mostly because of the thumb ramps on the blade and amazing traction offered by g-10, jimping and the bi-directional frn scales. The blade shape is great for cutting and the steel choices are fantastic as well.

The thumb hole is awesome. I have had to draw a Spyderco under duress and the thumb hole helped me open the knife and have it ready without even remembering doing it until it was all over. I have other knives that open different ways, Benchmade thumb studs and the flipper on my ZT but I still think the Spyderco thumb hole is the best. (Short of having an auto knife).

I look at Benchmade knives and other knives from ZT and SOG and I think, "those are great knives but its not a Spyderco." I always come back to Spyderco.

Addition- My carry knives today include a Spyderco Tasmin Salt with the serrated Hawkbill blade in my reaction side pocket and a PM2 in my right front pocket.

Beating the Esee Laser Strike (Picture Reveiw)