Rufus1949
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I see you have given great thought about the tonnage of your cargo pants. I have to look into those 5.11 pants Paul mentions.Sorry for the delayed response, Guardians; I'm trying to get my final exams graded before May begins.
I certainly don't have "knife collectors pants".I usually wear carpenter pants, with 2 back pockets (that usually don't hold knives because sitting on them bothers my back), a couple of tool pockets on the right leg (usually 2 or 3 knives, total, in there), the 2 front pockets, one of which has a watch pocket inside (usually 4 knives in LFP, 2 knives in RFP, and 1 knife in watch pocket). A couple of my carpenter pants also have a cell phone pocket on the left leg, which is nice, but doesn't get anywhere near Paul's 27 pockets. I need to research if there are any pouches/containers that can be hung from a hammer loop; that would be a welcome addition to my carrying capacity.
BUT, in March I bought this vest from Tractor Supply Company, in hopes that I could wear it at least 3 seasons of the year and shift some of my knife carry to the vest's capacious pockets. It has a pocket on either side of the zipper just under the collarbone. Those pockets have vertical zipped openings, and, although they're not very large, each could easily hold at least 4 folders. The big "patch pockets" with flaps that snap to close them have room for LOTS of stuff, and behind each one is a hand/glove pocket. No inside pockets, though.
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I don't want to have a bunch of knives just rattling around loose in a pocket, so I experimented with making a little "organizer". This one is made from a chest pocket I cut out of an old discarded denim work shirt. The front of the shirt pocket is actually the back of my organizer, and the front of the organizer is actually the inside of the shirt behind the pocket. Works pretty well, but I'd like to come up with a simple way to close it by folding the top down and fastening it somehow. (I can also "roll it up" for more convenient carry.)
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I haven't posted in this thread in ages, but I hope to change that starting next month. My current flock of lambs:
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That is a wonderful varied flock you have Gary.
I hope the end of the year chores go smoothly for you.
The first couple of Christmases that he and Mrs Tool Man were married, he was instructed to buy some fruit from the market. He gave one of the fruit stall holders £10, and they brought over a large box of fruit. Tool Man had absolutely no interest in it whatsoever. I think The Lovely Lorraine has given up on expecting him to eat fruit now, even occasionally. I used to sometimes offer him an apple, but his reaction was as if I'd p%&£ed under his Christmas tree (not that he has one)! I rang him last night, and he was having a nap after the market, so spoke to Lolly, who always makes me laugh. She is from 
)for my annual physical.
A fine attitude my friend, and a fine-looking Lamb 
