Titanium Q-Rings - two different versions shown
Bottom Q-Ring has glow-powder epoxy instead of tritium
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EDCKnives.com
Nice little place on the web that sells some pretty cool items, including Steel Flame jewelry pieces.
One of the neat things they’ve designed and produced are called “Q-rings”…they are separable keyrings [...]
Rick Hinderer (www.RickHindererKnives.com)
Rick Hinderer makes the most awesome folding knives I’ve ever seen. I used to have a Strider SnG and sold it after receiving my Hinderer XM-18 — it is that good. The lockup is solid and centered well…it “locks up like a bank vault”, which is what I’d read about it before ordering it. I [...]
Peter Atwood (AtwoodKnives.blogspot.com)
Peter Atwood makes great little tools out of premium cutlery steel and Titanium. I have been fortunate to obtain a small handful of his wares. I think my favorite is the “Prybaby”…I have one that was made quite a few years ago that has a spanner cut into it to adjust Strider folding knife pivots. [...]
Amsler Knives (http://www.AmslerKnives.com)
I just received a really neat, little (and I mean LITTLE!) Titanium neck knife from “photorob” on www.cpfmarketplace.com. He’s a great fellow to deal with and I am very happy with the transaction and especially with his workmanship on this knife! His website is http://www.amslerknives.com. You can see a lot of his work there. I’ve [...]
Miniature versions of your military medal ribbons… (http://www.MiniatureMilitaryRibbons.net/)
This guy makes really nice miniature replicas of your military medal ribbons: http://www.miniaturemilitaryribbons.net/ He’s sometimes a little hard to deal with, but the end result is worth it. The mini ribbons look great and are really well-made. I also had some mini ribbons done at another place, but they were horrible to deal with. The [...]
Colonel Littleton (www.colonellittleton.com)
I received one of their refillable “No. 9” leather journals as a gift to take on my deployment to Iraq. It really is a beautiful journal. It’s made of very nice leather and has a wonderful aroma to it. I received the standard unlined journal (I don’t care for lines in my journals so I [...]
Saddleback Leather (www.saddlebackleather.com)
Saddleback Leather "Large Bifold Wallet"
Tom Anderson Titanium Gadgets (www.ArtistryInTitanium.com)
I hope Mr. Anderson isn’t offended that I call his items “gadgets”…he makes so many really cool, VERY useful little items out of solid Grade 5 Titanium, the term “gadget” fits. I am fortunate to own several of Tom’s creations. He makes them all BY HAND (i.e. NO CNC) in his shop in the basement [...]
TADGear (www.tadgear.com)
Well…what to say about TAD. Hmmm…I’ve been a TADGear customer for a LONG time. I think I’ve been buying items from them almost from the time they opened. I have several of their items, including a couple of jackets, many of their pouches (S1, S2, OS, etc.), several of their “survival capsules”, a solid Titanium [...]
Flyye Nylon Products
This company appears to specialize in copying and selling very popular items sold by American dealers. One of the dealers they have copied extensively is TADGear (TripleAughtDesign Gear). Flyye sells their items primarily on eBay. There’s one dealer that ships from Hong Kong and another that ships from Japan. I’m not sure where the bags [...]