Posted by: brandtb
Keeping it where I want it - 01/01/05 03:21 PM
I carry an Al Mar S.E.R.E. knife whenever I go out. Like many others, the Al Mar comes with a pocket clip to keep it in place, but the disadvantage is that it's obvious to anyone you're carrying a big honkin' knife. The alternative is to put it in the pocket, but then it usually falls irritatingly flat to the bottom of the pocket.
My solution to this was to comandeer my wife's sewing machine one day last spring. For those of you (like me) who had never given it any thought before, the pocket on men's pants consists of a small envelope of material that is sewn into the pant material. I gathered up all my pants and sewed a vertical line up the right edge of the right pocket in each pair of pants. This line was made so there was about a 1.5 inch mini-pocket. For the Al Mar, this is just wide enough to hold it upright on the outside edge (that is, the edge by the hip, not by the zipper). I also sewed a horizontal line at a level just low enough to allow me to insert the knife completely into the pocket. This still gives me a functional pocket (somewhat narrower now) and my knife exactly where I want it (sans pocket clip) without it being obvious.
My wife fixed the sewing machine the several times I got it hopelessly balled up with thread and has since forgiven me. I didn't know they were so complicated. (Sewing machines that is. I did know how complicated wives were.)
My solution to this was to comandeer my wife's sewing machine one day last spring. For those of you (like me) who had never given it any thought before, the pocket on men's pants consists of a small envelope of material that is sewn into the pant material. I gathered up all my pants and sewed a vertical line up the right edge of the right pocket in each pair of pants. This line was made so there was about a 1.5 inch mini-pocket. For the Al Mar, this is just wide enough to hold it upright on the outside edge (that is, the edge by the hip, not by the zipper). I also sewed a horizontal line at a level just low enough to allow me to insert the knife completely into the pocket. This still gives me a functional pocket (somewhat narrower now) and my knife exactly where I want it (sans pocket clip) without it being obvious.
My wife fixed the sewing machine the several times I got it hopelessly balled up with thread and has since forgiven me. I didn't know they were so complicated. (Sewing machines that is. I did know how complicated wives were.)