Thank you for supporting The Martialist in 2004!

Since May of 2003 when we published our first issue, The Martialist has succeeded beyond even my most optimistic predictions. This publication has become widely known in a very short time. Respected manufacturers in the self-defense and tools industries recognize us as an influential and informative venue through which they can reach a broad audience. Subscribers send e-mail regularly thanking us for the content that appears on these pages. None of this would have been possible without our contributors and without our readers. You have made this magazine – your magazine – something truly special. I cannot thank you enough for that.

Once again I encourage anyone considering writing for us to go ahead and submit their work.  We'll seriously consider anything that is sent here, so if you're throwing around an article idea, please do feel free to send it along.  If we can't use it, we won't, but we like to look at everything.

Don't forget that half of the magazine is available for free, right here, every month.  Just so you can catch up, if you haven't read the free content for our issues so far this year, here are links to them:

Jan-Feb 2004  ♠December 2003  ♠  November 2003
October 2003  ♠  September 2003  ♠  August 2003
July 2003  ♠  June 2003  ♠  May 2003

In the column to the right you'll see a link to this month's free content repeated.  Below that is the listing of this issue's subscriber content.  Each issue contains such a list – so you can see what you're missing.  We hope that if you like what you see for free online, you'll be intrigued by the topics covered in our subscriber mailing.  To subscribe and receive these articles each month via e-mail, click here.

As promised, this is a dual issue, so there's twice as much great material from our usual contributors and a batch of new writers.  We think you'll agree that this was well-worth the wait, though we're also rolling on right into our March 2004 issue.

Our goal at The Martialist is to provide you with quality information, education, and entertainment – material that will help you make choices about realistic self-defense.    You may not like everything you see, but that's okay – because I don't agree with everything I publish from others, either.  (We encourage you to submit your own articles from different perspectives, too.)  As you will read many times in perusing our articles, the choice is yours. 

Make it wisely.

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New Features for 2004

• Meet the Staff of The Martialist
• Revised Store Section
• Expanded Reviews Section
• Expanded Archives Section

Click here For the free content

This issue's subscriber content:

A Major Problem with RBSD
By Dan Webre

Rival Food Sealer for Preparedness
By Alex Karelis

Remembering Bruce Tegner
By Tony Manifold

Looking Back on the Gerber EZ-Out
By Phil Elmore

In Praise of Expanding Batons
By Harvey Moul

Support Law Enforcement
By  Phil Elmore

Self-Defense: A Husband's Fight
By Travis Baillie

Thoughts on Whether Size Matters
By Phil Elmore

Knifemaking for the Apartment/ Condo Dweller, Part Two
By Tim Wieneke

The Beginners Guide to Not Getting Killed...
By Alex Karelis

Upgrading Your Ruger 10/22 Carbine
By Harvey Moul

If You Can't Convince 'Em, Fool 'Em
By Lawrence Keeney

Gun Counters: Analysis and Rebuttal
By Tony Manifold

A Second Look at the Spyderco Scorpius
By Lawrence Keeney

Six Essential Fighting Concepts
By Tony Manifold

The Superknife Folding Utility Razor
By Jim West

Slinging in the Southwest
By Chris Zaccara

A Knife Comparison
By Harvey Moul