Bullets altered into hip opportunities by Bomb Techs
Eric Spalding and Cole Evans arrived back from the Naval military service as Explosive Ordinance Device specialists in 2010, they announce they had little idea where they’d go then. Sitting around in Cole’s flat 1 day, the 2 say their idea came when a decommissioned bullet dropped out of Cole’s bullet-proof vest, and on the table. Evans took a picture, uploaded it to Facebook-and the rest is history.
Both launched an accessories brand labeled as Bullets 2 Bandages, which includes polished bullets dangling from ball chains like dog tags, bullet cufflinks, collars for dogs crafted from leather and studded with bullets, .50 caliber money clips, women’s t-shirts and tanks, six shooter shaving brushes, and the leading seller, a .50 caliber bottle opener.
Essentially “bullet accessories” are made from brass casings from 9mm or 5.56mm ammunition, using reloaded bullet tips, sans explosives, lastly refined in the finishing procedure.
BULLET BOTTLE OPENERS FOR CHARITY
Since the beginning of the company’s start, Evans and Spalding have combined with the Travis Manion Foundation donating between 15% -20% of revenue toward assisting the non-profit. It’s a foundation near to hearts of the 2 guys, but Spalding’s notably. Manion had been his classmate and best friend at the Naval Academy, and was murdered by enemy sniper fire while fighting in Iraq.
As Bullets 2 Bandages has expanded, so have their joint ventures. Nowadays they also associate with the Connected Warrior Foundation, Operation Ward 57, Red Circle Foundation, Marsoc Foundation, and Wounded Wear.
Often likened to the guys featuring in movie, “The Hurt Locker,” Spalding describes that the motion picture was purely that-a film. “In truth,” Spalding says, “virtually all bombs at this time are dealt with by bots.”
During an interview with Huffington Post, Spalding states, “A 3rd of most homeless folks are veterans. Many are sleeping on the streets tonight and therefore just does not sit right with me. There’s all these unique worries of adjusting into civilian lifestyle, and we all would like to assist along that process and be a leader for that in the business world.”
Apart from offering the accessories and bottle openers via wholesale to the numerous veterans’ businesses, Bullets 2 Bandages also make use of previous military servicemen to polish, cut, and engrave the bullets, and has an internship program to recent previous military guys through the Travis Manion Foundation. “We need to help individuals move out of the military, that gives all the things a soldier needs, into the private sector. We provide the education, and the rest is up to them,” Spalding says.
“Our accessories were created via the idea of turning something that is capable of doing damage, for instance a bullet, in to a indication of hope and healing,” Evans says.
If you can have any item transformed into cufflinks what would it be?
