I use a Woolrich vest with plenty of pockets.

Your point is well-taken. I do this kind of thing as a practice run so I don't panic when I have to put on the dress suit and tie.

I want it both ways. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I want to have my cake and eat it, too.

I want to be equipped to survive AND look great at the same time.

James Bond does it all the time. Why can't I? <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I think it just takes extra thought, the kind of creative thinking outside the box you folks are so good at.

-- Craig

Cool. Thank you.

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Nice to know you wear the pants in the family, just too bad she picks them out! LOL!!
Hey just having fun with you I well know how it is. My EDC is mostly if not exclusively in my pockets. When I dress up I have lots more pockets to work with. That being said I am very rarely with out a belt usually a nice leather Dillon, Wilderness Frequent Flyer or Instructor Belt.
I usually have a bag around close to hand as well. Even dressed up you can carry many styles of bags and look quite normal. Quick quiz!! What?s in the camera bag?? I did not own a camera till about ten years after I got a camera bag if that will give you a clue.

Got news for you: I don't wear the pants. Our cat does. He wears the pants. He rules the roost and makes the rules. I don't even have any pants. My cat took them away from me. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

That little routine KILLS at Christmas parties. Try it sometime. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

No worries. It took me 27 years to find the right woman. Then I made a good thing better by marrying her. She is allowed to pick out my pants. Having a woman -- especially one's wife -- interested in one's pants, especially after nearly 14 years of marriage, is a GOOD thing. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> That's how I look at it. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

I got dropped on my head as a child. Fortunately the only thing that got bent up was my sense of humor. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

When beltless, I put my pants back on. I've seen too many instances where folks have lost their drawers in water rescues because they had no belt. That won't happen to me - I always have a belt...

M

nicely said ...... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I don't always wear a belt, so I routinely carry items in my pockets. (I admit that I carry much less than many folks here, though.)

When I lived in FL I used the "belly band" and similar devices to carry a small SIG .380. (It's tough to conceal anything larger under a T shirt and shorts.) It would definately work for your EDC, but it's not very comfortable (the word "girdle" comes to mind).

I should also add that I haven't had the "pants falling down" issue, but YMMV.

Another option is to carry less stuff. (Yeah, I hate that option, too.)