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Flight Suit Pocket... and Becker

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c10darren

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Hey folks,

I was wondering if ya'll might have any ideas to solve my problem. A standard USAF flight suit has a small pouch running down the inside of the left thy with a button closure at the top. What I really want is a small leather pouch/sheath that I can slip in there (and probably hold it in place somehow with the lanyard grommet). I could probably use the built-in snap for knife retention. My goal is to fit either a Remora or Buck 110 in there snuggly. Neither has a clip, which makes the sheath neccessary.

This isn't a very well formed question, but I am sitting here drawing ideas/brainstorming on a pad of paper and I was wondering what ya'll thought. Any ideas that might ease my experimentation? what about on using a Remora or Buck?

The pocket is about 8-9 inches long and 2-2.5 inches wide. You can see the snap at the top. That grommet is for tying a really long lanyard to your knife so if you drop it, you don't lose it. You can see, my knife is kinda just clipped on the top of the pocket.


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There are lots of knives as good or better than a Buck 110 with a clip. Just do that. Why make it hard? I carry a folder in my pocket and fixed blade lashed to my calf with compression straps, or in a survival vest when flying over hostile terrain.
 
I keep my flight-suit knife (flat ground Spyderco Endura) clipped on the right thigh pocket of my flight suit as shown below. It's alot more comfortable to me that way.
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If you want to though, just lash some 550 cord through the lanyard hole on the bk13's sheath, or through the belt loop on the 110 pouch. Maybe have a quicker access knife somewhere else too.
 
Make a leather sheath that has a female snap end on one side and a male end on the other to match up to the snaps on your pocket. So something leather or kydex with the same shape as your pocket there and a little flap that comes up and has what I mentioned before, snaps to match up to the ones already on your pocket.
 
A flat sheath with an 11 or 14 would fit in there fine. 14 would work better, with the loop you would have something easier to grab onto. Anything else I would do would require minor suit mods.
 
It's been a few years, I can't remember ever putting anything in that pocket that felt comfortable enough to leave it there. I only used the chest pockets and the lower leg pockets. I also second the Endura, or one of the other lightweight Spydercos.
 
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