Custom made combo pouch

[DieselDave]

I had this pouch made here locally. It is not going to win any awards for beauty but it is exactly what I wanted. Took them 4 weeks to make it but I am pleased with the results. I bought two of them, the last pic is of the second one. It has a slightly smaller tool pouch and I didn't notch the torch pouch. Notching was a mistake. I wanted the outside natural so I could dye it to my liking which I have started doing onthe first one. It has the two buttons so you can carry something from the size of the E2E to the size of a Scorpion. It could be a little taller than the Scorpion but not any thicker. Cost is $60 plus tax.

Any suggestions to improve it?

The pouch will EDC my: E2E, ARC-AAA and Victorinox Swiss Tool.

 

[KC2IXE]

RE - Your sig - Ah, the Intruder - what a plane. I know a few of the designers. Man the Bethpage Iron Works really did build tough birds

 

[DieselDave]

KC2IXE,
Here's a quick story about the tough and mighty A-6.

Another crew in my squadron was out flying a night low level over the desert. They went lower than they should have been flying and struck a guide wire from a radio tower. All I can say is they were VERY low when this happened. The plane lurched down but they were able to only lose about 120'. They came very close to the ground with that loss of altitude. Here's where it get interesting. They didn't know they had struck a guide wire. They thought they had hit a bird. They had some controllability problems but not severe and they had various cockpit warning lights. The most serious being an engine-fire light, which can be consistent with ingesting a vulture, duck, or other large bird. They had no secondary indications of a fire. It was dark so they couldn't see anything wrong looking out the canopy. They declared an emergency and returned to base. Upon landing and taxiing into the light they were horrified to discover over 4 feet of the right wing missing, the right side engine intake was sheered off and there was other serious damage to the fuselage and wing. The right-seater could not find the strength to exit the aircraft after seeing how close they had come to death. The plane was flying again 10 days later. The crew didn't fair so well, in fact one of them never flew again. The flight data recorder know as the VTR that usually only worked about 50% of the time and normally was left off unless you were doing radar work or bombing had been turned on and was working. The VTR recorded the whole thing and showed the crew just how low they really were. (Very, very ugly) As stupid and nearly fatal as this stunt was it was a testament to the strength of the mighty Intruder.

I think my story may be more interesting than my pouch /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Bucky]

The pouch is nice. It is kind of the same idea that I had when ordering my Mission Wallet from bladeart.com. My Mission Wallet holds my small Sebenza, Arc AAA, and Fisher Bullet pen all in one compact place. They are all held upright in my right front pocket and they don't bounce around against each other, and they are much less likely to slip out of my pants. I like the idea of having one pouch that carries all or almost all EDC items, whether in your pocket or on your belt. Then everything is organized and in one place.

http://www.bladeart.com/mission-tac/mission_wallet/mission_wallet.htm

Bucky

 

[Josh]

Cool story Dave! and I like your pouch /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif.