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The Gerber Knife Sheath

By Robert Williams


Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 13:49:06 +0010
From: williamr@topaz.cqu.edu.au
To: thrower@dfw.net
Subject: Gerber harness

It is surprising that no one has mentioned the Gerber Guardian Harness. I bought mine 12 years ago, for my "boot knife " .

It consists of One Elastic band 35mm wide 135 cm long with 3 strips of 5cm velcro, 7 cm apart starting from the ends. This is worn around the shoulders like a pistol holster. You need a shirt with a collar, or it really itches.

A sheath with velcro on the back.

A 6cm by 15 cm piece of 2mm thick leather, with velcro on one side, at the 6cm ends are slits 3.5 cm long for theading a belt though. On the top third is 5cm slits for the elastic band to go though. Attach the sheath to the leather and it can go horizontal on your belt in the small of your back. With the elastic, it can stay under your arm.

The final part is the ankle holster, a length of velcro 24cm by 5 cm. 4cm from each end is folded backwards, the end of the fold is sewed down, so a loop is formed at each end. The ankle end has 25cm by 2cm length of elastic with velcroed ends, it goes around the ankle once. At the other end loop the elastic is 65cm by 2cm the usual velcro, this goes around the top of the calf muscle twice (it's a lot more comfortable wearing long socks, belive me! ). Around the middle goes a 35cm by 3.5cm elastic with velcro to keep the knife in place.

That's it, you can just about make your own now.


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