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BEYOND BLUED STEEL AND WALNUT
I’ve always been impressed by the ingenuity and engineering of the people at Kel-Tec and the products they offer. They’ve always been pushing boundaries, testing limits and making firearms that are more than (or where desired, like weight, less than) other designs.
And the looks? If you’re into “modern industrial,” Kel-Tec is where you go. Now, I grew up in an era when “made in America” was a given, imports were rare, expensive and oftentimes an ergonomic hot mess, and blued steel and walnut were the baseline assumption of “looking good.”
As much as I still respond favorably to blued steel and walnut, there are times when a clearly industrial-look approach is just the ticket.
SWEDISH ROOTS, AMERICAN SOIL
Thus, we have Kel-Tec. Founded by George Kellgren (a Swede, but the U.S. has a…
