Airborne All The Way Forever!

Hey folks,

Last year around this time I decided to book a tandem jump, good thing is I picked the right company. Bill is the owner of skydive louisiana really solid company with a great staff and good if not great instructors. Bill has thousands of jumps under his belt and he does not or will not short change you.

Here is a link to last years tandem and my experience Dream become reality, that first tandem at 10,000 feet was breathtaking and talk about getting a really nice kick of endorphins. I have completed my last tandem and now qualify to go through AFF Accelerated Free Fall course to become licensed.

How did this jump come about well we have a had a good close friend of Scotts visting us from Australia for the last three weeks, Brent Tasca is a former 3RAR Para veteran last wedsday I asked if he would like to go skydiving and of course the answer was "Of course Mate" Also the day prior was US National Airborne day....we also gave ourselves "Mohawks" ha ha to honor those bad asses that jumped into Normandy on D-day.

We both have had many jumps from different types of aircraft bot fixed and rotary wing. But its very structured the point of military airborne operations is to get you to the ground as fast as possible so you can engage the enemy. You have all this fricken gear strapped to your body and it can be a long day of pain. The civilian side is very nice and painless if you follow instructions.




So we made the 3.5 hour drive up and after a fifteen minute brief Brent was walking out with Bill to make his jump. Brent choose to do a flip out of the aircraft.....ha ha



The aircraft is a Cessna 182, and the pilot is a young kid with 750 hours of flying and despite the high winds he provided a smooth flight up to altitude...once again good guys.



Brent coming in from his jump.




Nice and smooth



Stand up landing with nice flare



My jump was a bit different as I had to perform some task to ensure I was ready to start AFF and ready to jump on my own. Bill briefed me and while Brent was off doing his jump I rehearsed on the ground to ensure I performed to the best of my ability. When the door opens and its time to go years of mindset and training take over....confidence in yourself your equipment and your instructor. You really get focused on the task at hand and nothing else enters your mind.....but I was at peace when we exited.

Coming in once the canopy is open this is where the real skill is at..."Landing Safely" Bill was awesome and talked me the whole way in....like I said he knows I am coming back and is prepping me for the next time I go it alone. These rigs run very fast, highly maneuverable and if done the wrong way can spell a bad day. 






Walking of the DZ and still learning.....loving the Mohawk:)

Last shot is Brent Tasca, myself and Scott Chamberlain, we jumped with our Beret's in our pocket.

Airborne brothers to the end.........Death from above!



We also spoke with Bill and Scott is cleared to jump so we will get the "Squid" in the air".......I will be singing "Anchors away".......ha ha


Last thing is thanks to Bill and Skydive Louisiana for a great day look forward to the next few weeks

Thanks
AATW!
RLTW!
SAR

Whats availble at the store and in the chute!

Folks,

Hope your summer is going well, if ou are hitting the woods consider buying some SAR Eclipse Signal Systems of maybe a moon glow micro.

On the edged Tool side of the house we have a few OddJobs that  are in stock till they last.bThey have been a great selling knife with many happy customers.

Been working on four Hornet Recurves and a completely one off Hornet XL great selection of high end handle material, Iron wood, G10, red liners and Carbon fiber. So they are gonning to be nice.

The Hornet XL is In a bowie blade style...grey g10, red liners and lighting strike CF. It sould be pretty hot.

So please check www.sarglobaltool.com we re flush with the SAR Pocket comb and Ace pocket comb, plus all signal devices are always in stock.

SAR Global Tool OddJob can be found at http://sarglobaltool.com/

 Hornet Recurves in progress just before rough grinding the handles in for first fit.

 Handles shaped to blades from left to right grey G10, red liners and fine textured carbon fiber, next is some awesome desert iron wood, the tanto styleRanger green, Red liner and fine textured CF. The one off Hornet XL bowie has grey g10, red liners and Lighting Strike carbon Fiber should look really good. The Hatchet is for a good friend is sporting textured Ranger green g10

 Finished ODDJob's with reflective with reflective imsert

Thanks
Spencer Alan Reiter
SAR Global Tool

Any questions please email me at sarglobaltool @gmail.co

Going the extra Mile!

Folks,

I had a good friend and fellow Veteran build a box for the Run Ranger Run knife. It came out pretty nice. This morning my good friend Jason Ebeyer came over with his camera equipment and took really great shots of the whole kit.

I cannot share those photos as we hope to get a article published on the event and knife with one of the knife magazines.

The box is made from wood I reclaimed from a old garage I tore down this last summer, it is virgin pine from the early 1900's. It has been rubbed down with boiled linseed oil, really did come out nice and completes the package.

Wood burner in action the box says "28 RRR 565" Then stenciled SAR, and I.B.2014

Anyways thanks to Lyle Peters and Jason Ebeyer for your help.

Incredible support

Folks,

I talked with Cory Smith from Run Ranger Run and he gave me the tally. They promoted the knife from the beginning and took $50.00 dollars per person to enter for the drawing. The grand total was pretty awesome, all said and done the Run Ranger Run knife raised $22,061.00 dollars.

Unreal and you can bet we will do it again next year! I love my job!

RLTW!
SAR

SGT presents the final product for Run Ranger Run 2014

Folks,

My life is pretty crazy and when I was approached by GallantFew Inc to support the Run Ranger Run 2014 event I was a little unsure if I could do it. Glad I accepted and was able to complete the knife, its been a honor and a pleasure helping this organization who helps our veterans who deserve anything and everything for the sacrifice made during there years of service to our country.

The completed knife is called a "Inglorious Basterd" because it is made from a Made in the USA "Bastard" mill file. This Basterd is the fourth one ever made!

Once again thanks for the opportunity to help

RLTW!
SAR

Specs:
Overall length is 12" with 7" of cutting edge
Handle is Black G10 yellow vulcanized spacer and topped with lighting strike carbon fiber
Sheath is O.D. Green front and black back
Blade is satin finished and acid etched.

SGT presents the final product for Run Ranger Run 2014

Folks,

My life is pretty crazy and when I was approach by GallantFew Inc to support the Run Ranger Run 2014 event I was a little unsure if I could do it. Glad I accepted and was able to complete the knife, its been a honor and a pleasure helping this organization who helps our veterans who deserve anything and everything for the sacrifice made during there years of service to our country.

The completed knife is called a "Inglorious Basterd" because it is made from a Made in the USA "Bastard" mill file. This Basterd is the fourth one ever made!

Once again thanks for the opportunity to help

RLTW!
SAR

Specs:
Overall length is 12" with 7" of cutting edge
Handle is Black G10 yellow vulcanized spacer and topped with lighting strike carbon fiber
Sheath is O.D. Green front and black back
Blade is satin finished and acid etched.

Hit the finish line early "Mission Complete"

Ladies and Gents,

Really knuckled down to reach the final objective on the 2014 Run Ranger Run knife. The sacrifice is worth it knowing this helps our veteran brothers and sisters who deserve nothing but our best. This is the final installment on the build, I have pretty much shown each significant step in the building process of a one of a kind knife made from a USA "Bastard" mill cut file.


As you can see in the earlier post I started 2 knives in case something went wrong. Well "Murphy" showed up and things went wrong. I learned this lesson a long time ago, always have a back up plan!

The handle material I selected is black G10, yellow spacer, and topped it off with material called "Lighting Strike Carbon Fiber. A 12"x12"x1/8" thick sheet cost $120.00 dollars, its got a copper wire filament that when finished has a very incredible look. On the off side its hard to work with and really nasty stuff in general. All the material is cut and then epoxied together.

Gluing up the handles, they get placed between plates and clamped up to cure.

Then the handles get matched up with the knife and the holes get spotted for drilling.

Once the holes are drilled the handles get rough cut on the band-saw then fitted to the knife for profiling on the grinder.

At this point the handles are fitted, rough profiled and ready for refinement, going up in higher sanding grits. 

They come on and off several times, in this case its to profile the fronts!

 

At this point the handles are completely shaped. I hand finish from this point by placing the knife in a special vise and begin sanding think shoe shine! I take it to 400 grit, then it goes to the buffer and polished

 

Once the handles are done, I do the same thing to the knife and begin to finalize the grinds. Once again I continue to higher and higher grits. I decided at this point to turn it into a re-curved profile, which in my opinion is one of the designs that really stays sharp!

Once the blade is finished out I add my makers mark. The process is called "Etching", the material is a small stencil, a ground is applied and a pad with chemical solution is applied and it burns the mark into the steel.

 

 Mark is complete

 

Before the final finish is applied I begin making the kydex sheath. I chose O.D. Green front with a black back. The kydex is heated up and then it all goes in a foam padded press. When you clamp it all down the kydex molds itself to the shape of the knife. At this point I am marking the holes for the eyelets that will hold it all together. Once marked they get drilled and and then the sheath is cut, ground and finished.

In the next installment I will showcase the finished knife.

RLTW!
SAR

The Run Ranger Run knife is now!

"Hard as woodpecker lips"

Okay we lost a few days last week do to some really cold days. But we got the two knives into heat treat today. From here its al about cleaning up the grinds, and getting ready to select the handle material.

The knives went into the oven for a "Normalizing" cycle which helps refine the grain structure of the steel.

Pre-heat treat

 First cycle of normalizing

 Once the normalizing cycle is done and the knives have completely cooled, they go back in the oven and heat up to 1500 degrees for approximately 7-8 minutes. One at a time they are removed very quickly and placed into a very good quench oil called Parks 50

 

At this point they are check to ensure they are straight, because they are very hard they are or can be brittle. But with a small hand press you can make small adjustments to get them nice and flat.

Press setup for getting them flat and straight

Tomorrow they will go through a temper cycle to get them at the proper hardness which will be between 58-59 Rockwell "C" scale. Then we get going on finishing them!

Thanks and stay tuned for the next installment.