Ace of Blades SAR Hornet Collabaration T-shirt

Its on folks,

A collaboration shirt with SAR Global Tool to show off your love of the Hornet Knife and the SARclops. Spence Alan Reiter is a staple in the knife making world, providing top notch quality knives! The SAR Hornet shirt is available for pre-order through 7/31/2015!

Link to order shirt.

http://aceofbladesapparel.com/collections/knifemaker-shirts/products/sar-hornet-pre-order

The SAR Hornet XL and the logo designed has been my best selling blade of all times. It was featured many times in Tactical Knives, Blade Magizine and other international publications.

                                                           SAR Hornet Recurve

http://aceofbladesapparel.com/collections/knifemaker-shirts/products/sar-hornet-pre-order

                                                                         SARclops

The SARclops has also been a great selling blade know for it's ease of carry and excellent retention and very small platform. It also was featured in Blade Magazine and several self defense videos by top end Martial artist.When I designed the logo I wanted something special than just the SAR oval arrow logo. The backstory on the SARclops was named because the ring or "Single Eye". I did some research on the mythical Greek Cyclops and found a interesting story about who the where and what the did. They were blacksmiths that forged all the cool tools for the goods. The Trident for Neptune, and the lighting bolts for Zeus and other tools. The The three Lighting bolts above the single eye represent the three brother, the single lighting bolt in the eye represents the reflection of them watching Zeus throw a bolt a lighting fast strike just like the SARclops can deliver out of no where.

http://aceofbladesapparel.com/collections/knifemaker-shirts/products/sar-hornet-pre-order

-SAR

Ace of Blades Apperal/SAR Global Tool shirt collaboration.

Hey folks,

Kinda a cool thing going on. I was approach by one of the owners of Ace of Blades Apparel co. Came to and asked if they could use the SAR Hornet logo (Back of shirt) and the SARclops logo (Front of Shirt). I have known the owner, since 2006 and he is a standup guy. Him and is partner are running a high quality shirt company. This is the first time they have went with a outside custom knife maker and its a honor to be working with them. I happen to have a few from his first run, they are very nice.

The SAR Hornet XL and the logo designed has been my best selling blade of all times. It was featured many times in Tactical Knives, Blade Magizine and other international publications.
In 2008 a deal was struck with Dietmar Pohl of POHL Force knives and it is with this knife design that he founded his company on. POHL Force has went to many different design and is considered one of the top knife companies in Europe.

The Hornet logo was drawn by a guy named David Brown in trade for a Hornet. Its been a awesome logo. Last time I did a run of shirts was in 2008.

The SARclops has also been a great selling blade know for it's ease of carry and excellent retention and very small platform. It also was featured in Blade Magazine and several self defense videos by top end Martial artist.

When I designed the logo I wanted something special then just the SAR oval arrow logo. The backstory on the SARclops was named because the ring or "Single Eye". I did some research on the mythical Greek Cyclops and found a interesting story about who the where and what the did. They were blacksmiths that forged all the cool tools for the goods. The Trident for Neptune, and the lighting bolts for Zeus and other tools. The The three Lighting bolts above the single eye represent the three brother, the single lighting bolt in the eye represents the reflection of them watching Zeus throw a bolt a lighting fast strike just like the SARclops can deliver out of no where.

This shirt is limited to a 10 day run so get it why you can. Below is the link to Ace Of Blades to make your order.

Ace of Blades SAR Hornet Shirt

Thanks
SAR



 

Top Shelf Photos of the 2015 Run Ranger Run knife

Friends,

Last Friday during a filming of building a Inglorious Basterd my good friend Jason took some time to capture some great shots of the 2015 Run Ranger Run knife. I take pretty good photos but Jason blows me away and his equipment is top notch, I did no editing only framed them in the Black and Yellow.

I tried once again to get one of the knife mags to run a story, but to no avail so I will just post this up and look forward to next year.

The knife raised $37,404.00 dollars in 10 days, that's pretty incredible and I would personally like to thank all that supported RRR and the Inglorious Basterd project. Last year we raised $22,061.00 so that's quite a huge improvement in funds raised.

Look out because next year we are going to change it up a bit and I think you will be pleased as to what I have in mind to build......lets break the 40K mark.

Karl Monger, Candyss Bryant and Cory Smith as usual it was a pleasure to work with top notch professionals doing there best to help veterans.

If you are looking for a organization that is honest and true to the core then GallantFew, Inc is the place to go. For more information about Who, What , When, Where and Why then click this link and go have a look http://www.gallantfew.org/

Thanks
RLTW!
SAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for looking

SA Reiter

Final Post on the 2015 Run Ranger Run knife.

Run Ranger Run and you awesome supporters.

I will be honest when I wrote that "Failure was not a option", the very next day I find myself pretty sick and it got worse. That one remark stabbed me more than you can imagine, thankfully In between the bad days or hours where good times I could make the most of to finish the "2015 Run Ranger Run battle blade". It was finished on time and had to wait for the weather to clear for some decent shots and we still have a box (Ammo crate ) style to finish this week....easy issue.

2015 Inglorious Basterd Spec:

13 1/4" Overall length with a 7" re curved cutting edge.
Made a from a "Bastard Mill Cut file it is around HRc58-59
The top has been been false edged and the last 2" is slightly sharp.
The handle is a laminate of three materials Black G10, Yellow liner, and Lighting strike carbon fiber, only in person in the sunlight will you really understand how special this stuff is.

On a personal note I have enjoyed building the blades the last 8 days and look forward to building more. I have something pretty special in mind for next years event. So we have yet to reach the peak.

RUN RANGER RUN

Thank you its been a honor to serve.

RLTW
SAR

 

Last Year we raised $22,061.00 for the RRR knife and this year we raised $37,404.00 for the RRR Knife

NEVER QUIT.......EVER

SGT Run Ranger Run 2015 I.B. work in progress day 8

Run Ranger Runners and all you awesome supporters,

Knock on wood but we are pretty close to mission success here at SAR Global Tool, with the 2nd annual "SGT Inglorious Bastered knife". Hope somebody is feeling really lucky, the blade is exceptional. The hand selected material all has a bit a meaning to it and to the the blade and to the Ranger community, please understand that's from  my perspective only and of course opinions could vary.

The first set of handles for the back up Bastard just never felt right from the beginning to bulky,considering the thickness of the steel. So I dump them and decided on a tried and and true material called Green Canvas Micarta. It is as hard a wood pecker lips and impervious to anything, oils, solvents, enemy blood.........etc etc even sharks with Lasers......:)

 

Contouring the edges and getting them ready for hand sanding, you can see in the next picture how thin they are but trust me the knife feels the hand.

 

 Cutting kydex, same as last year O.D. Front blaclback

 

 Blue painters tape is place in three layers, two in one side and one on the other. The tape measures about .0003" and provides a little room so the kydex does not scratch of mar the finish of the blades

 

 Kydex is cooking at 350-375 for about 3-4 minutes comes out floppy and ready to mold. The black piece in placed down first and then the knife is put in position, green over that and then clamped down very tightly and left to set. It cools quickly and it taken out at the right time you can do little minor adjustments.

Lighting Strike Carbon Fiber

Almost ready

 

Stay tuned as we finish up this battle blades

RLTW

SAR

SGT Run Ranger Run 2015 I.B. work in progress day 7

Run Ranger Run folks and supporters,

 As usual "Murphy" showed on the second larger blade but have a back up plan that I should have went went with first go around.......that handles just not meet my expectation's and the over al thickness . Its not the first time stuff like this happens.

Here was the start point to today, all the edges needed to to be rounded, to include the blade. The only sharp edge should be the cutting edge........period.

 Using a small wheel I slowly radius the edge to set up for the hand sanding I will do out side

As stated all edges get broken , whih makes the hand sanding easier later.

 

The rough radius with 129 grit flex belt, before going to hand sanding.

 

Handsanding begins in a shoeshine motion starts at 220 grit and ends at 400 grit this buffed to a nice shine witch really brings out the best in Lighting Strike Carbon fiber.

 

Once all this is done the knife is cleaned very well and place in "Ferric Chloride" if there is is any spotting on debris it will be left on the blade. I left this blade in for 20 minutes and the etch cme ou nice and dark. Once removed it is naturalized with Windex  and the spray WD-40

 Better pictures coming promise

 Had poor sun but this are looking good

SGT Run Ranger Run 2015 I.B. work in progress day 6

Run Ranger Ranger Run folks and supporter.

Sorry for the delay, I came down with he flu on Sunday that turned to bronchitis. I worked until I had to made a appointment at the VA and was told to stand down for at least 24 hours. So lets gets back up to speed I plan to make my deadline. as promised, so we will get back to day 6.

At this poin the handles are rough fitted, and I like to finish the blades up to a close to the finish point. For these we will go 60, 120, 220, 400 grit.

 

Scott let me borrow his helmet Ethan Mad Max made him for Christmas this year ha ha

 

Handles are now fitted to the profile of the blade, its pretty quick work with a 60 grit knuckle buster.

From here its really all about cleaning up your mess you made.

 

 Finish point for day 6

Standby for more build action hope you enjoy.

Spencer A Reiter

SGT Run Ranger Run 2015 I.B. work in progress day 5

Run Ranger Run folks,

You guys are out there kicking some major butt, and some of you are in some pretty adverse weather conditions. So keep up the good fight

 " Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission, though I be the lone survivor"


So here we are day five and things are looking good, most all yesterday was fitting the handles to the blades. This picture is our start point, the handles are laminated and ready to go.

 The handle material is firmly clamped down to the blade and a proper size pin it struck with a hammer which gives me my reference for drilling.

Once all the holes are spotted we move over to the drill press and drill all the holes. In this phase if you are not careful you can be a little off and the screws will not line up and you have to start over. So it it really pays to pay attention. Not shown but once all the holes are drilled the material is flipped over and the holes are counter board with a special tool to put the screws below the surface.

At this point its time to use the band saw to remove as much excess material as possible, you could just grind it away but it creates a lot of dusts. Carbon Fiber and G10 are very dangerous materials, once airborne they stay airborne and get into you lungs even when wearing a mask. I use a dust collection system to mitigate that factor as much as possible.

 

So here is are start point today.

                                                                Stay tuned and enjoy your day

SGT Run Ranger Run 2015 I.B. work in progress day 4

Good Morning all you Run Ranger Runners,

Yesterday was not all that exciting, I spent about 8-10 hours preparing the handle material for the Bastereds.

As you notice or not I always shoot a picture of the the start point for each day, hope it helps to show the progress. Yesterday I dressed it up a bit with "Old Glory" and she was looking fine. If you look at the blades they have a kinda "Straw brown color" which is a good indicator of a proper heat treat to the steel.

 

Next I add what is called a female stand-offs which are .250" or 1/4" in diameter. They are threaded for a 4-40 screw. There are many ways to attach handles this is just the way that I do it.

This next picture shows the handle material I choose to use. At the top is medium textured ""Ranger" green G10, and yes its really referred  to as such. The red is called liner material and it will get laminated between the RG and a thin piece of black G10. The material with the sticker is called lighting strike carbon fiber, it was used in last years Basterd, not show is the yellow liner material. It will also get laminated to a thin piece of black G10. The LSCF just for that piece which is 1/8"x12"x12" cost at the time $120.00.....yikes

 

Not pictured but I use a square abd ruler to measure each piece, then it gets cut on the bandsaw

All the handle pieces are laid out and ready to get glued up. You have to do this pretty fast and have everything you need in place, the epoxy sets very quickly.

 I use a small brush to apply the epxoy and ensure that every little bit is covered.

 

Next they are placed between to blocks and tightened down in one of my vices, and left to cure for 5-6 hours

At this point I can now spot the holes for the screws, scribe the outline to the blade. Cut away what I can and then grind the rest away

 This was the last shot of the day while I still had light and had down just a bit of grinding on the blades.

Stay tuned for more action

RLTW!