18" steel spring baton/folds-in to an 8" round black steel tube, a Gerber ® Pro Scout 600 multi-tool in black nylon belt-carry case, a 3.25" folder knife, in-pocket clip-on, a
Sony micro-casette recorder, a
Nikon Cool-pix L15 movie/stills (<30 mins on
San-Disk 1GB memory card, or 4K 640 lo-res stills) 1" thin digital camera & 2 AA back-up batteries, a
Nokia cell-phone,
pepper/
CS spray cannister 4", 1 set of thumb-cuffs, 24" black 50lb break-tested zip-lock ties (20) in back-flap of '
Camp-co' © desert tan load bearing/15 pocket mesh top/cotton lower, zippered, Velcro-ed & popper closures multi-purpose waist-coat/hunting/fishing/shooting or
general sports top. A note-pad, BP pen, mini tooth-brush + paste, pack of gum, box of
Certs,
Visine, 2 hi-protien
Glanola bars, an
EMS window-punch, my garage door opener, 1 universal handcuff key sewn into a place my hands
could reach if I ever had cuffs put on by
Jo-Kidnapper,
some folded
fast-cash in
$5's for
pan-handlers :icon_drunk: or drive-thru
junk food, 1-day supply of
VA meds in a
fancy metal pill-box w/folded
VA Rx sheet as proof of
current meds, 2 sets of graduated bi-focals:
photovoltaic reading clear in hard case, same brand sun glasses in soft case, 1"
bright orange emergency whistle, medical pen-light, current disabled parking plackards for out of my car into another's rear-view mirror hanger (WA & CA), 10 business-cards, toothpicks, lighter, x-tra pack of
smokes, sm. pkt
Kleenex tissues,
Casio data-bank watch with 100 phone #'s & personal data; pass-code locked & calculator,
not on my wrist. Total weight 12-15lbs.
Overkill? Not really, had to use
almost all of what's in there over last 5 years of
casual-dressing/living in an area where
many folks wear gear just like this. I still have room for two
CC pistols, 3-mags per. Ups it to 20-25lbs
tops.
Plenty of space so
no bulging or 'give-away'
lumps. Or a
nice cool few cans of
Moutain Dew! The
huge back cargo pocket folds out to carry a larger/
heavy load if I want, keeping both hands free & hump
heavier loads.
I normally carry a tubular aluminum '
walking cane', for a
FUBAR L-knee; specs for
that nice piece of orthopedic kit/
sword-stick I covered in a post to '
Knives' a few weeks ago
My
LBE in the
Army carried 1/4 of this gear and looked pure
GI-Joe, this looks like a
regular out-door/multi-purpose
waist-coat.
Warm in winter, air
flows thru in summer. Got 1 in
tan and 1 in
black, I added some patriotic/old
Army unit pins,
flags and 2
patches on the exterior and I look like your normal (
?)
'poster-boy' Vet I see around town,
almost standard wear for
any VA trip,
many of my fellow Vets look like
Patton on a
LRRP and I don't
even want to know what's under them '
Nam-era
OD-green field jackets they
always wear,
hot or
cold! But when @ the
VA or other no-weapons carry places the weapons part of my kit
can not go so they
stay in my wheels
or @ home. All the rest check out good/
legal to carry per local/State
RCW's and
show 'n tell to local
LEO's prior to desinging my
out & about functioning look. Added a
JPG to this post.
Meets all my needs & says who I am without yelling it too LOUD! U B the judge,
Canis-Lupus :mp230603214546Murde