Most of us go through life quite content to walk into a store and buy a shirt or pair of pants off the rack and as long as it fits acceptably well, we do not raise too much fuss.  We do the same with shoes, and even furniture hoping for Read more…

In the epic film ‘The Princess Bride’ the Man in Black was confronted with kind but misguided Fezzik as played by the late great Andre the Giant.  The choice was to be killed instantly with a large bolder hurled by Mr. The Giant or to fight him hand to hand Read more…

Let us face reality, the vast majority of straps fall into three main categories.  Steel bracelets which are akin to the armor plating of a noble knight of the 15thcentury.  It is tough, and take more abuse than the fragile human skin beneath it. It makes words like robust seem lacking Read more…

Imagine you are a right side waist gunner in a B-17 on February 3rd,1945 at 25000 feet over the English Channel. You are part of the largest aerial assault in the history of the world.  Along with 1000 of your countrymen in similar flying fortresses and escorted by some 600 Read more…