Pocket Carry vs Weight Loss

[230RN]

Oddly enough, I found my J-frame is less identifiable in my pants pocket than an auto of the same size.  It seems the cylinder breaks up the outline enough that it doesn't shout "gun."  It looks more like I've just got some junk in my pocket.  (This, with both guns naked, no "pocket holster.")
 
For coat pocket carry in cold weather, I carry the J-frame in my right pocket, but I had the same problem with it turning upside down that someone else mentioned.

So I made a prototype sleeve for it out of cardboard, as shown, and that worked like a charm.  I was going to cut the same thing out of leather, but stupid as it looks, after the first one wore out, I just made another one out of cardboard.  The second one is still going strong, and if I should have to fire from my pocket (G-d forbid), I won't be ruining a carefully hand-crafted leather sleeve, just the coat itself. 

So guess I'll just keep making "prototypes" out of cardboard.  Hell, they last at least a season's worth of cold weather before needing replacement, and it takes all of 15 minutes and a foot of duct tape, so....

Terry, 230RN

[BryanP]

Where do you find jeans with that big of a watch pocket? I can barely fit my Spyderco Native in mine, and it's a hell of a lot smaller than just about any pistol.

My original jeans with the gigantic pockets have a suitably gigantic watch pocket too.  After holding one, I'm pretty sure I could put an LCP in those pants watch pocket without any of it sticking out. 

[vaskidmark]

Huskey in what brand?

The huskey section, where clothes for the "big" boys were sold.  Apparently once you bump up the cutting pattern beyond a certain point all the ancillary parts (pockets, zippers, etc.) needed to be enlarged as well.

Why are you asking me?  I thought Jamis was our fashionista in this area.  Or is it Irwin?  One of those two.

stay safe.

[zxcvbob]

If you're tall AND fat, good luck finding *anything* that fits.  But if you do, they generally have generous (but not reinforced) pockets.

I have some 44x36 and 46x36 khakis, same brand. (I think I put those numbers in the right order) It's amazingly difficult to find anything beyond 44x34, the length being the real limiter above about a 38 waist. 

My weight fluctuates between those sizes (trending down. Yay)  There's a big difference in the pockets and the cut of the "rise".

[230RN]

"I have some 44x36 and 46x36 khakis, same brand. (I think I put those numbers in the right order) "

Yeah, that's right.  The other way around, you couldn't even cast a shadow... at least not one which weighed very much.

[Scout26]

Just get some tailor made like LBJ!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3GT9UN7nDo

[mtnbkr]

"I have some 44x36 and 46x36 khakis, same brand. (I think I put those numbers in the right order) "

Yeah, that's right.  The other way around, you couldn't even cast a shadow... at least not one which weighed very much.

My B-I-L is 32x36.  He was 30x36 at one point.  Dude's 6'6" and 140lbs (I think).  Eats whatever he wants and stays rail thin.  We thought the wife, then the baby would put some weight on him, but it didn't. 

Chris

[Tallpine]

I wear 32x34 at 60 years old 

[Matthew Carberry]

My B-I-L is 32x36.  He was 30x36 at one point.  Dude's 6'6" and 140lbs (I think).  Eats whatever he wants and stays rail thin.  We thought the wife, then the baby would put some weight on him, but it didn't. 

Chris

Maybe he could try eating them? 

[mtnbkr]

Maybe he could try eating them? 

[230RN]

I wear 32x34 at 60 years old 

Uhhhh, so that's what, 1088 at 60 years old?

[coppertales]

Get a pair of Carhart suspenders.  Most of the other brands are junk.  Been wearing them for years....chris3

[vaskidmark]

Or Duluth Trading's Sidewinders - look like you are wearing a shoulder holster even if you are not.

But for absolute hold-upness I lurvs Perry suspenders that hook under your belt instead of making ragged holes in the pants fabric.

stay safe.

[Chuck Dye]

I have stopped buying Cabela's Huntsman Chinos since they more than halved the width of the front pockets.  The replacements, Cabela's Aged Khakis, have pockets that are almost too big:  more than enough room for either my full sized or compact 1911, 'though they print furiously when I sit.

My weight loss woe in the CCW department is the droopy drawers effect as my butt plays less and less a part in supporting the weight of the (IWB) gun.  The question of the moment is whether to punch yet another hole in the old belt or break down and buy a new one.

[vaskidmark]

Punch.  You can always trim the free end when it starts going too far around.  Then edge dressing.

stay safe.