Commando Bond Christmas Gift Guide 2022 This year, I’ve been blessed. I’ve connected with some incredible people throughout a variety of industries and backgrounds, and I’ve been fortunate to test drive some of those pieces. I’ve also been blessed with a beautiful wife who indulges this project and my passions, and who has...
In the film Casino Royale, the line “former SAS types” is uttered by Vesper Lynd when describing Bond – and she’s almost right. Based on a few indicators, it is clear that at least one iteration of James Bond was actually a member of the Special Boat Service, or SBS. While the SBS has...
In No Time to Die’s Jamaican sequences, we see a retired Commander James Bond with a Browning Hi-Power, and while it is not the PPK, it is undoubtedly a Bondian handgun due to its storied history. The Browning Hi-Power is a double-stack, hammer-fired, and single-action 9mm handgun, which was originally designed by John Moses...
The Walther PPK is one of the most iconic handguns in cinema history thanks to its connection to 007. While the PPK appears in most Bond adventures—it doesn’t mean it’s the same exact model or manufacturer in each film. Throughout the course of Walther’s history, due to wars and import bans, a variety of...
The words “thank you” seem so insignificant in light of why I say them today. Thanks to the generosity of David, of The Bond Experience, I was blessed with the opportunity to see No Time to Die at a private showing which coincided with the UK Priemere. It was a day filled with...
I’m writing this first bit before ever even watching it. But here I am, looking at the screen, with a burning sense of urgency to transcribe my thoughts and feelings. It’s 11:00pm, and I am waiting for my wife to finish getting ready for bed, so that we may view “Being James Bond: The...
M: “Q Branch has put together a smart-looking piece of luggage. We’re issuing this to all double-0 personnel.” Q: “An ordinary black leather case. Inside the case, you’ll find an AR folding sniper’s rifle, .25 calibre, with an infrared telescopic sight…” 007: “That’s a nasty little Christmas present. But I shouldn’t think I’ll need...
The CRKT Sting is one of my favorite EDC items, and it appears in a blink and you’ll definitely miss it moment in one of my favorite Bond films, Quantum of Solace. In this blog, I will share exactly how I modified the sheath in order to carry it just like Bond. For the...
“He opened a drawer and took out a light chamois leather holster and slipped it over his left shoulder so that it hung about three inches below his armpit. He then took from under his shirts in another drawer a very flat .25 Beretta automatic with a skeleton grip, extracted the clip and the...
When I stop and think about it, it’s really crazy how much influence 2015’s SPECTRE has on my daily life. I frequently wear a Bulova Marine Star with an homage NATO strap, I carry a Gerber 06 Auto every single day, and for the past year, I have used a Vega Holster, as seen...
