OK people! I have officially fallen off of the planet, I know! I am sorry about the lack of blogging lately. I have been in the depths of wedding season. As you may or may not know my day job is Thornton Photography, a wedding and portrait photo studio I run with my wife Mindy. I have been covered up lately with business but have talked to a few friends about this blog and we might combine powers to keep it updated. So check back soon for some new reviews and content. Sorry to keep you waiting and thanks again for the great response so far.
This post is a little different from our previous reviews. Mainly because it was written by our first “guest blogger”. It is also on an item many of you will not consider “survival oriented”.
About a week ago I asked my Dad to think about some things to review for my new blog. He checked out the blog and said he would get back to me. There are a few reasons I figured Dad would be a good resource to tap. First of all he lives on a lot of land in the middle of nowhere, and second, he and his wife survived Katrina (they live in southern Mississippi). So I invited him to review something that he thought was a great “survival” item to have around in cases of emergency. The review that they sent back was actually quite surprising. OK, enough back story, here is the review. (One last note: I just received word that my Dad actually pawned this whole project off onto my step-mom, Jakki. She actually told me she did all the work while he played Call of Duty, HA! This would also explain the high quality of the writing, my step mom is an English teacher.)
photos and review by Jakki Thornton
I originally chose this clock so I could get a decent night’s sleep when my husband was in town. He spends most of the time working in Alaska-so when he’s home he doesn’t want to be bothered by an alarm clock on his side of the bed-but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t need to use one occasionally waking up at the crack of dawn to fish or hunt. I’m not Read the rest of this entry »
Here is our first attempt at a video review. It was definitely a learning experience for me. I wasn’t really happy with what I ended up with but decided to post it anyway. Next time I will make some changes for the better. Let me know what you guys think. If the video quality is too low or slow loading let me know about that also I will try to tweak that on the next go round. Details and knife specs on the full article. Read the rest of this entry »
The SureFire E1E Executive Flashlight is a high powered flashlight that fits easily in the palm of your hand. I love this little thing. It provides 15 lumens for 1.5 hours according to the specs but our testing has proven to exceed that runtime. The rugged Mil-Spec Type III hard anodized aluminum Read the rest of this entry »
There she is. My newest daily carry knife. The Benchmade Mini-Griptilian. I chose the black on black tanto model with serration (model 557SBK). If you have never had the pleasure of checking out a Benchmade let me urge you to do so. These are some of the best production knives you can find. Benchmade has 4 Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks for checking us out! I am just now finishing up the tech details of putting together this blog but I couldn’t wait to tell you about some of our upcoming reviews. I just got a few great products in I have been waiting to try out. Here is a short teaser list of things coming up soon.
Benchmade Mini-Griptilian Knife (557SBK)
SureFire E1E Executive Elite Flashlight
Victorinox Swiss Army Renegade Watch
SOG Seal Pup Elite Combat/Survival Knife (Tiger Stripe Finish)
Walther P99 9mm Semi-Auto Handgun
Chem Light Roundup! Video Review
Much Much More!
I look forward to putting these products through their paces and we have many more on our list. If there is something you would like to see reviewed just drop us a comment or email. We’d love to try before you buy.
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A few years ago, right out of USAF Basic Training, I got hitched. I think it was then that I started to really considered my preparedness, after all, now I had someone counting on ME (thats a frightening thought). It started pretty slowly at first, but after a few late nights on the internet reading I realized the importance of Read the rest of this entry »
