choubbi
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Hi,
I think I found a new way to carry a MercHarness (Disclaimer: this is not a real MercHarness in the pics, just a homemade rip-off) :
having it hanging from your waist.
some pics being worth a lot of talk :
- here's what it looks like worn over a T-shirt (you can tuck it in your waistband to keep it from moving around):
- and now under the shirt (you still can see the black paracord through the T-shirt :
- being used under the shirt, hammer grip :
- same, but reverse grip (the Spyderco Swick almost looks like a karambit in this grip) :
- once removed, it simply looks like that :
- to put it in place, you just have to pass the sheath through the free loop and block the loop between the sheath and the paracord :
I'm thinking about adjustment system for people who would want that, but all I can think of add bulk to the system. tying a knot to the end of the loop sounds like the best I have found yet, though it requires to size the paracord a bit longer than needed, for having a knot in fully deployed position.
Some good points :
- very discreet though easy to access
- quick and easy to go from over the shirt carry to under the shirt carry, or vice-versa. I use this a lot in winter, when I carry a sweater a lot but sometimes have to remove it.
- quick to put on
- you choose where you want to carry it, only at the waist height
Some bad points :
- for short blades only (I tried this with a 5" bladed spyderco/perrin fixed blade, it's just an invitation to questions like : "is that your knife or are you happy to see me?")
- for thin or athletic people only. If you're 5', 300 lbs and the pounds don't come from weightlifting, I'm not sure it will fit you
- compresses a bit the abdomen when breathing (I think better fitting would induce looseness too).
- you choose where you want to carry it only at the waist height
- awkward to adjust
Please tell me what you think of it, I'm open to criticism.
(and please tell me if I'm not the 1st one to think of that system)
I think I found a new way to carry a MercHarness (Disclaimer: this is not a real MercHarness in the pics, just a homemade rip-off) :
having it hanging from your waist.
some pics being worth a lot of talk :
- here's what it looks like worn over a T-shirt (you can tuck it in your waistband to keep it from moving around):
- and now under the shirt (you still can see the black paracord through the T-shirt :
- being used under the shirt, hammer grip :
- same, but reverse grip (the Spyderco Swick almost looks like a karambit in this grip) :
- once removed, it simply looks like that :
- to put it in place, you just have to pass the sheath through the free loop and block the loop between the sheath and the paracord :
I'm thinking about adjustment system for people who would want that, but all I can think of add bulk to the system. tying a knot to the end of the loop sounds like the best I have found yet, though it requires to size the paracord a bit longer than needed, for having a knot in fully deployed position.
Some good points :
- very discreet though easy to access
- quick and easy to go from over the shirt carry to under the shirt carry, or vice-versa. I use this a lot in winter, when I carry a sweater a lot but sometimes have to remove it.
- quick to put on
- you choose where you want to carry it, only at the waist height
Some bad points :
- for short blades only (I tried this with a 5" bladed spyderco/perrin fixed blade, it's just an invitation to questions like : "is that your knife or are you happy to see me?")
- for thin or athletic people only. If you're 5', 300 lbs and the pounds don't come from weightlifting, I'm not sure it will fit you
- compresses a bit the abdomen when breathing (I think better fitting would induce looseness too).
- you choose where you want to carry it only at the waist height
- awkward to adjust
Please tell me what you think of it, I'm open to criticism.
(and please tell me if I'm not the 1st one to think of that system)
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