Post by whitebear620 on Jan 9, 2017 22:54:16 GMT -5
Lately I've been attempting to dabble in Kydex, mostly to make a holster for my battle belt and a knife sheath or two. I've noticed that in a lot of the DIY Kydex community there's not really much of a concern for hard real world emergency use, namely in that many holsters and mag pouches (carriers?) do not protect the item from debris getting in at all. For example, this mag pouch someone made:
Seems fine, pretty low bulk and decent retention. But then we look at the bottom of the pouch and see this.
The entire bottom of the pouch is open, letting debris get right into the feed lip area if someone was out in the elements and not just standing around on a range all day.
How much of a concern do you guys think this would cause with gear? I could see the argument that debris will drain out through the bottom and to not worry, but then I think about low crawling to observe something without presenting myself or sitting on the ground against a tree with gear on. I think this is a major influence from the 3 gun guys who do not worry about their gear getting exposed to the elements because they wouldn't be wearing it for days at a time, but obviously most of us have a different idea of what our gear is for and how it would be used. I understand a few things here and there being made for 3 gun, but it seemed to be the majority of the DIY kydex groups.
Seems fine, pretty low bulk and decent retention. But then we look at the bottom of the pouch and see this.
The entire bottom of the pouch is open, letting debris get right into the feed lip area if someone was out in the elements and not just standing around on a range all day.
How much of a concern do you guys think this would cause with gear? I could see the argument that debris will drain out through the bottom and to not worry, but then I think about low crawling to observe something without presenting myself or sitting on the ground against a tree with gear on. I think this is a major influence from the 3 gun guys who do not worry about their gear getting exposed to the elements because they wouldn't be wearing it for days at a time, but obviously most of us have a different idea of what our gear is for and how it would be used. I understand a few things here and there being made for 3 gun, but it seemed to be the majority of the DIY kydex groups.
