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How do I attach BK11 sheath upside down on pack strap?

Anyone else lament how scarce good balin' wire has gotten? Nobody uses it anymore... "Aint nuttin that can't be fixed with duct-tape n balin wire"
 
I still have a spool of the good stuff (bailing wire) from when my family had a farm (sold in the 80's).

Pastormarty: you can also use shock cord with a cord lock. The cord lock will work with 550 cord as well.
 
thrillbilly said:
Anyone else lament how scarce good balin' wire has gotten? Nobody uses it anymore... "Aint nuttin that can't be fixed with duct-tape n balin wire"
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Actually it's If it moves and it shouldn't - use duct tape, it doesn't move and should - use WD40.
On another note, what the hell is "balin' wire" ?
 
Look in the "Simple BK11 retention mod" thread at the pic in post 1. Mine is hanging upside down on the shoulder strap by clipping it to a cross strap with the TDI clip. If yours doesn't have a strap on that spot, of course it doesn't matter.
 
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LOL


what used to hold haybales together before hay twine became popular...even hay twine is gettin scarcer since most folks use large round bales now.
 
Arkanian said:
...what the hell is "balin' wire" ?
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I think it's that stuff that whales have instead of teeth. Back in the whalin days, folks would use every part of the whale and would take take the whale's "balin' " out to make hula hoops and knickerbockers.

Slightly more on topic: I get a lot of things well secured with some of those velcro bands with an integral buckle loop. I think someone else posted earlier a good method to secure a BK11 from accidentally leaving it's housing with a short 550 cord that's been knotted at one end and hooked into the bottle opener. Might help for an upside down carry...?
 
Arkanian said:
Actually it's If it moves and it shouldn't - use duct tape, it doesn't move and should - use WD40.
On another note, what the hell is "balin' wire" ?
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And if you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
 
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