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I don't know about you, but I like my t-shirts.  They're fun to wear, comfortable, and they are a way to spell out who your are to the world.  To help you in that effort, KA-BAR has introduced some great new shirts for 2010 that capture the essense of their products and their participating makers.  I'm sure you'll recognize some of the names.  If not, you might be able to recognize them on some of the shirt!

Just go to the next page to see some of the great new shirts coming out this year!

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Stop the presses!!  All work will be put on hold!  We wanted to let everyone know that we just received our sample RAT Cutlery RC-5 just a few minutes ago.  Because we've gotten so many inquiries about it and whether or not we were going to do a review, we thought everyone wanted to be updated when it arrived.  Also, we are going to set about to accomplish an unprecedented feat here at Woods Monkey.  Because of the anticipation of RAT Cutlery's new RC-5, we are locking ourselves into having a review online by tomorrow evening 9:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. 

That gives us less than thirty hours to put the knife to a test, write the article, take the pictures and get it on the web.  Because you always find things about a product the more you use it, we will also do an update in approximately one week once we've had a chance to get more in-depth with it.  The initial review, however, is for those anxiously awaiting RC-5 information and its release to dealers.  So, make sure to check back with us tomorrow for a full review of the new RC-5.  We may have it online before our self-induced deadline, but it will be here no later than 9:00 pm E.S.T.  See you then!!

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Author's note:  The pictures used for this article were taken as stills from the video produced by Hedgehog Leatherworks with their permission.

Well, Hedgehog Leatherworks is at it again.  Still feeling the shockwaves of success from their new sheath designs for the Fallkniven Northern Lights series of knives, they've already taken up the challenge of releasing a new offering that's a bit more mainstream.  In fact, this new sheath is for a knife that's been around for quite a long time.  Your Grand Pappy might have used one in WWII.  Hedgehog's new sheath design is for the KA-BAR line of fighting knives.  There's several unique twists and turns in the story of the development of this sheath, the first of which that I'd like to point out is that it's for a knife that's over sixty years old.  The KA-BAR has become so well-known in our society that even people unfamiliar with knives or weapons can tell you what a KA-BAR is.  That's true brand development.  But, that's not the only unusual aspect of this story.

Read more: The Hedgehog Is At It Again!!

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As a follow-up to our Aqua Survival Kit review, we contacted Ultimate Survival Technologies about some specific information about their WetFire Tinder cubes which we updated in the review.  We were also able to get some more specific information about their new BASE Kit which is due out this spring.  The BASE Kit is a scaled down survival kit that's lighter and even easier to pocket than the Aqua Survival Kit!  The main difference between it and the Aqua Survival Kit or the Deluxe Survival Kit is the lack of the SaberCut Saw which constituted the largest amount of bulk in those two kits.  While we like the quality of the Sabercut Saw and enjoyed using it in the field, it's not the most important piece of gear in the kit.  Another minor difference is that UST will be using their Sparkie fire starter for the kit rather than the larger BlastMatch.  The changes with the SaberCut Saw and the different fire starter allow UST to put together a much smaller kit that weighs only 2.8 ounces!  The contents of the BASE Kit are as follows:

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Science Daily has an interesting article that discusses a study conducted to determine the actual cause of most deaths of people climbing Mt. Everest.  It's interesting reading because the "usual suspects" don't actually turn out to be the main causes in a lot of the cases.  Check out the story.

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All it takes it just a moment's distraction or one mistake for the worst to happen.  Or, you can do everything right, but Mother Nature steps in.  This story is about two brothers climbing in New Zealand and one of them falling to what they presume is his death.  Here's the story.