Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

New toys arrived the other day. Tritium safety markers.

These are glow-in-the-dark elements like what are used in night sights. Theyre used for marking safe passageways through darkened areas…like in stairwells and that sort of thing. No batteries, no maintenance and reliable for at least ten years. $13 ea. I wanted to get a bunch to mark off the bunker so that in the dark I’d be able to find the doorways easily.

The company makes the Betalight. A handheld tritium lightsource that, unfortunately, is difficult to get ahold of in this country. They also make some severely cool ‘tactical’ stuff as well.

Anyway, I called the US distributor and asked about these things. Apparently they are a little fussy about who they sell them to. I told them I needed it for marking egress in a powder bunker where a stray electrical spark would be bad news. The guy said that sounded like a ‘legitimate end use’ to him and took my order. Like Im gonna crack a couple thousand of these things open and make my own nuclear bomb or something….

They are quite bright and since they have a screwhole on either side for mounting to a surface, I can simply slip a split ring on one end and affix it to my medic bag to make it easy to find in the dark.

Nice product.

And, found a place locally selling Glock knives for $30, brand new. Picked up a new one to add to my stash. Just happened to be desert tan in color, so I now have one in black, one in olive and one in desert, which also works for snow camo as well.