Archive for November, 2009

Enter Your Video & Win 1 of 3 Great Prizes

Produce a short video that highlights how the Piranta works, plus blade removal and replacement. Load it to You Tube and send us the link along with your name, address, telephone number and email. Your video could be chosen to air on our website and in our booth at Shot Show 2010.

Videos must contain the following elements:
* Show the use of any style Piranta in the field, at camp or at home.
* Several close up views of the Piranta.
* Blade removal and replacement.

We cannot use videos that contain:
* Shaky camera work or difficult to watch angles.
* Footage of actual organ removal.
* Obscene language if you choose to narrate your video.

Audio is not necessary, but if verbal descriptions are entertaining, informative and creative, they may be included. Tell us why you love it. Comparisons to other skinning tools are also welcome.

The deadline to submit your video is December 15th, 2009.

By entering the contest, you’re allowing Havalon all rights to reproduce and use the submitted video as desired.

Prizes

First Prize: The Jim Bowie Commemorative Knife, designed by award-winning knifemaker, Dr. Fred Carter + Your choice of three Piranta knives (with holsters and additional blades) + one box of 100 #60XT blades + credit in our marketing materials.

Second Prize: Your choice of three Piranta knives (with holsters and additional blades) + One box of one hundred #60XT blades.

Third Prize: Your choice of two Piranta knives (with holsters and additional blades) + One box of one hundred #60XT blades.

How to Enter

1. Produce your video.
2. Upload your video to You Tube OR send us a DVD to the address below.
3. Send the You Tube link to your video to Amanda Page at apage@havels.com along with your name, address, telephone number and email address. DVD submissions should be mailed to Amanda Page at Havalon Knives 3726 Lonsdale Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45227.
* You must be 18 years of age to enter. Winners’ ages will be verified. If Havalon Knives discovers you are younger than 18, your video will be disqualified.

Winners will be notified by January 1st, 2010.

Questions? Email apage@havels.com.

We look forward to seeing your videos!

Deer hunting is increasing in popularity in and around Pearsall, Texas: home of Los Cazadores, an outfitter and hunting contest sponsor.  This year marks the 24th Annual Deer Hunting Contest hosted by Los Cazadores. 

To view the shop, click here.

To learn more about the contest, click here.

To read more about the store and the contest, click here.

Grand View Outdoors has launched a digital magazine dedicated to the AR platform. According to the editor, Ralph M. Lermayer, the objective is “…to act as your primary source of information on all things significant to the AR platform, both the AR-15 and AR-10, and to enhance, defend, and promote the AR’s natural and deserved move to the hunting community.”

To read the premiere issue, click here.

Finally, a social network that speaks specifically to outdoor sports fans.  Other sites are alright (MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) but they serve a very general audience.  CamoSpace.com is designed for “…those who enjoy the outdoors and everything that goes along with it.”  Here is a site that creates an instant community based on common interests.  Get information on new products, best places to hunt and fish, and maybe learn a new trick or two from others on the site.  Give it a try.  Get social on CamoSpace.

The Piranta-Edge was recently field-tested by North American Hunter magazine and received a score of 8.4. To read more about how products are scored and the review of the Piranta-Edge, click here.