Assault vest mesh

[Rabbitsmacker]

Hiya, I have a project in mind. I have a ribz vest that I love the pouches of, sadly the shoulder straps are pants. I wondered if I can get hold of the assualt vest mesh, make a gilet/waistcoat thing and attach the ribz pouches?
Any thoughts?
my concern is how to whip or finish the edges so it looks tidy and prevents any fraying?
And whether I'm going to have a failure on my hands.

I have thought of butchering a vest for the bits but don't know if the mesh comes down behind the cordura pouches. I've also looked at the molle vests but don't want it to look to tactical. Also, have looked at the old Bren gunners vest, there's one on eBay now for 275 quid that shows a good minimal gilet type layout, that could work as a design idea. Or a american survival vest if I could find one.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

Also looked at those old sas vests used to carry extra link, that's the sort of thing I'm after.

 

[Stringmaker]

What about looking for an old shotgun shooters mesh vest?

They have hooooooooge pockets for carrying cartridges too.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

What about looking for an old shotgun shooters mesh vest?

They have hooooooooge pockets for carrying cartridges too.

Yeah I already got a country covers shooting vest, is really good but quite long and does get used for shooting and its a bit heavy for using on the trail. Has padded shoulders which are quite weighty.
thats the sort of thing tho your quite right, just the ribz need to sit above the rucksack belt on chest.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Pointnorth will probably have suitable mesh and you could finish the edges with a folded length of, say, 25mm, grosgrain sewn on so the fold covers the raw edge.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

Pointnorth will probably have suitable mesh and you could finish the edges with a folded length of, say, 25mm, grosgrain sewn on so the fold covers the raw edge.

Ooooo you bad man, lots of cool stuff on there! Opens wallet.....