is there same way to carry pounches on you belt if you got a big piece of waist strap from a backpack covering that area ? i prefer to carry things like mine swisstool on me and not in the backpack.

two approaches I am aware of:
1) carry items on the pack waist belt

2) use web gear and attach the pack to the web harness - items are then on the belt of the web gear and pack can be detached from harness.

3) wear stuff on your belt and adjust your pack so that the waist belt rides lower or higher than your pants waist (this is usually an uncomfortable option.

well the problem is you can't attach pounches on mine waist strap, the webbing they use is sewn fixed to the padding so is impossible to attach other things. and i dont have webgear.
grr.... got to use the uncomfortable method than <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

How about attaching a commercially made pouch to the shoulder strap of your pack?

Perhaps, with a little delicate work with knife you could "liberate" the strap from the padding for a short distance and then either use alice clips or velcro straps to attach pouches to the liberated portion of the strap. A neat bit of tailoring should get you there.

If the pouches are fairly flat and firm you could try and just wear the strap over the pouches. I carry my multitool, my cellphone and a folder that way all the time. Sometimes I have a low riding sheat knife as well. I placed the items where the strap doesn´t add too much pressure. Instead of soft bulky pouches I use a vest or bdu pants.

For years UK special forces have used 'low-riding' pouches that hang below bergan / rucksack waist belts. You can always modify your own pouches to be like this or buy one from this source:

http://www.sass-kit.fsbusiness.co.uk/

Look at the page on 'Webbing and Pouches' and follow links to see the features of SASS own pouches.

A cheaper alternative is to track down British '44 pattern water bottle covers. These had the same low-riding atachment and were so popular in later years that it is rare to find '44 webbing sets being sold with the water bottle carrier. Before the PLCE webbing came out, my webbing consisted of two ammo pouches, two '58 pattern water bottle covers with a modified opener(for my water bottles) and three '44 pattern water bottle covers for the rest of my belt order. They were excellent. Don't know if this will help, but at least you can check out the SASS website and get some ideas.

Cheers, Scott

Try a side ways belt pouch.It goes on the belt length wise for a low profile.I carry a Leatherman Super Tool in a black nylon sheath.I don't even notice it under my military Alice pack waist belt.Or you could try a neck sheath.
Boatman
John

there are a variety of pouches you could get that'll fit over the webbing and padding of your waist belt, i've carried water in this way in the past and it works very well. or maybe you could modify the straps of whatever pouches you've already got to fit over it. the other option that springs to mind straight away is to use the low-carry british military pouches that someone else already suggested, i've used these too but don't personally like them because they hang too far down my legs for my comfort but that's just a personal thing, i know it works fine for other people. other suggestions would be to put things in pockets or around your neck, this is what works for me but obvioulsy it's limited by the size of things you want to carry.
hope you find something that works for you.

take it easy,
stuart.

thanks for the replies.
i can't really afford new pounches, so i will try to get the pounches i already got on me somehow. i also got an idea using cable ties...