V-J Day photo

On this day in history, August 14, 1945, one of the most iconic photos was taken in Times Square, NY:

Warms the heart, right?

The photograph, taken with a Leica IIIa, was published a week later in Life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the United States that were presented in a twelve-page section titled Victory. (Wikipedia)

However, the official US celebration is not on this date. V-J Day is instead celebrated on September 2, the date of the formal signing of the surrender.

Say hello to my new favorite bag...

The Mil-Spec Monkey and Tactical Tailor have done it again. They combined forces to make a new product that embodies everything I love about tactical nylon in the new MSM Adapt Pack design. This one has so many cool features - just watch the video:

We just got these babies in and we will have them at the show this weekend in Monroeville! Plus, we'll have a bunch of other new stuff from the Monkey, RangerUp, 7Point62Designs, and our usual array of fine tools and cutlery from CRKT and SOG.