These are the latest News about mercop.

		Learn about the Professional Carry Option
The reasoning behind taking your time in the selection your EDC tools is so that you don’t end up wasting time and money on things that you will not carry. Once you have chosen a fixed blade to carry the next logical step is to figure out how to carry it no matter the environment you find yourself in. My solution to this is what I call the Professional Carry Option or hereafter refereed to as the PCO.

		MCS' Demo at the New York Knife Show
Pictures of the Modern combative Systems' Demo at the New York Custom Knife Show on 18-20 NOV 2007.

		Evolution of mercop and a big "thank you!"
Mercop.com will not longer serve as my personal site but instead the home of my company Modern Combative Systems.

		Mercharness and interview with mercop in the August 2007 issue of Blade Magazine
Please check out the article on Cool Carry Options by Dave Rhea on page 134. The story includes a review on the mercharness and select comments by mercop on its evolution. Please visit www.blademag.com.

		CRKT to feature mercop
George Matheis' small biography presented on CRKT's website.

		VA November Seminars
www.mercop.com would like to thank Gary Mah from the Ramada Inn in Virginia Beach for making VA Beach the permanent home of Mercop's Southern Seminar which will be held every November.

		Mercharness featured in Thust Magazines
The Mercharness was recently featured in Thust Magazine. www.mercop.com would like to thank Noah Walt for his consideration and kind words.

		CRKT to produce the Mercharness
Just prior to the Blade Show '06 a deal was sealed between mercop and Columbia River Knife and Tool giving CRKT the exclusive rights to produce the Mercharness. Look for it to appear in CRKT's next catalog. Custom mercharnesses will continue to be available at shows and seminars.

		Mark Terrell Martial Intent (MI) Knife
Once again mercop has joined forces with with Mark Terrell Knives to produce the Martial Intent Knife or MI. The MI to be released in DEC '06 was developed to be a fixed blade specifically designed to be carried by individuals who place themselves in harms way and are limited to carrying a blade for Close Quarter Combat. The MI will come with two sheaths, one for attaching a Tactical Tether for IWB carry and one for a mercharness. More details to be revealed soon.

		Mercharness featured in Concealed Carry Magazine
The Mercharness was recently featured in the JUL '06 issue of Concealed Carry Magazine along with Tom Krein's TK8 in an article on page 12 by Charles Ellis reviewing James Keating's Drawpoint Method Video Review. www.mercop.com would like to thank Charles Ellis for his consideration and kind words.