Are the Molle Locks an ESEE exclusive?

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I can never find anyone else using or selling them.
Are they soon to be replaced? A part only manufacturers can buy?
They are so great, don't stop using them on your RC6 sheaths!
I love them for scout mounting the blade!
 
Ohhhhh.
Totally overlooked those.
Wish I'd known they were available there before.
Would have had my BK9's sheath folded to be compatible with them.
 
They are in fact made by Blade Tech in Washington State. The use is really limited to webbing and thin straps though. A belt deforms the lock enough so it can fail so for that reason we do not recommend using the MOLLE locks for belt carry. We also carry the TEK Lock by Blade Tech which does work for belt carry and the MOLLE backs which work well for various carry positions including belt.
 
MikePerrin said:
They are in fact made by Blade Tech in Washington State. The use is really limited to webbing and thin straps though. A belt deforms the lock enough so it can fail so for that reason we do not recommend using the MOLLE locks for belt carry. We also carry the TEK Lock by Blade Tech which does work for belt carry and the MOLLE backs which work well for various carry positions including belt.
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True story. i'm gonna have to buy a tek lock for that very reason
 
Also, I have found that they don't work great with heavy items like a full canteen in a canteen pouch.

I only had one malice clip left and wanted to attach my canteen to my hunting pack, so I stole one of my molle-locks to use, knowing it wasn't ideal. While I was out hunting, every time I bumped the canteen, the molle-lok would pop open. Fortunately, the malice clips work well for this purpose.

For lashing a knife to webbing, I think the molle-loks would be fine, but I might attempt to add some sort of secondary retention, like a zip-tie, paracord or something.
 
I have one or two of them that don't lock well at all. But most of the rest i've had no problem with. Additionally, I regularly carried a canteen, cup, canteen cup stove/stand, in a canteen pouch on the side of my hunting pack, held by two of the MOLLE locks that locked well, and never had any issue. Especially if you set them up so they are loaded right, even if they both come open, the pouch will stay attached as long as everything is loaded in it. It will flop, but it will stay. Unless it gets pushed up, then it might let go. But I never had a problem, like I said. The key was, the MOLLE locks I had locked well.

However, all that being said, I've since bought some Maxpedition MOLLE straps to attach the canteen pouches and such to the MOLLE webbing. For that type of use, I don't think the Maxpedition straps can get beat. I prefer them even to Blade-Tek's MALICE straps, although I've loaded those up really heavy (overloaded, even) and they held. But when woven through the webbing, the Maxpedition straps tend to hold gear more firmly to the pack or vest or whatever.
 
_DZ_ said:
Good to know, thanks. Are you referring to the maxiped tac-ties?
http://goinggear.com/index.php?main...d=1505&zenid=9362bab486eb2ea0cbbb6c2f0e89056d
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That is exactly what I'm talking about.
Now, reading back through what I wrote, I want to be clear. Due to the stiffness of the MALICE clips, I have a tendency to just loop them around, and not actually weave them. In that manner, woven Maxp Tac-Ties hold gear more firmly than looped MALICE clips. However, if you actually WOVE MALICE clips into the gear, i can only guess they would hold even MORE firmly. But, weaving them would be a lot harder.

Anyway, your link is to the Maxp "straps" that I was talking about. I keep spares of both 3" and 5". AND for extra security, you can go completely through the buckle on the Tac-Ties, not just through one side. If you go completely through, you can be pretty much guaranteed that they will never let go accidentally.
 
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