Since firearms enthusiasts are often into other gear as well… post your stuff!
I’ll start. Cold Steel Safe Maker II. Hey, it was on sale and I’d always wanted one. (Wish it were an early 90s model.) Rides in my backpack. Pairs well with Spike.
My dog, then a puppy, “personalized” it the day I got it. Still cool.
No, this is a Kizlyar knife, I bought myself this one in Dagestan years ago (don’t ask). Before the war they exported knives to the US as well, but one has to be careful with resellers because many Chinese knockoffs are sold under the Kizlyar-something multiple misleading brands in the West.
This is a Bucheimer Midget sap, carried by my father in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when he was a bouncer at the Stone Toad and Maitre’D of the bar area at Frenchy’s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was right before my mom straightened him out and brought me into the world a few years later.
Don’t sleep on a good leather sap, fellas. This one is at least 50 years old and still ready to help you commit certain deeds.
Police Model: Bought this one while working in a mall knife store back in college. Tip was broken off and reshaped.
Worker: Another old-school all-steel model, a gift from TC Luoma.
Lum Chinese, limited edition, aluminum handles: Dani and I visited Spyderco HQ here in Colorado. (Told you I was a knife knut). Saw this one there but didn’t buy it; picked up the one below instead. I had severe FOMO for not getting it, so Dani secretly called Spyderco and had them send it to me. She’s a keeper.
Dragonfly H1: Probably the handiest little knife I own.
Benchmade SOCP (Special Operations Combatives Program) folder, first production run (1194/1200) paired with a Fenix LD15R right-angle flashlight – rechargeable, magnetic, red light option… great little torch.
Sentimental value aside, it is a really well-made piece of leather and whatever material is underneath the leather to give the sap the heft required to achieve your goals. Bucheimer is still in the business of making quality leather products, but they got out of the sap, billy-club and holster-making business some time ago.
For the record, I didn’t come into possession of my father’s sap until I was done with bouncing as a side-job. The only weapon I carried consistently on-the-job was a flashlight. A good “tactical” flashlight, like my father’s sap, can be used as a very discrete striking weapon.
Here’s my review of my trusty bouncing companion, posted several years ago in the Tactical Life thread.
It’s prob not a new model anymore but I like my Fenix PD35. Super bright, easy toggle settings, and of course the strobe function. All in a real slim package.