It’s easy enough to find pockets for my essentials if I’m wearing 5.11 or Helikon Urbans, but recently it’s been cold and my old Kiwi Craghoppers and Ridgeline Explorers have hopeless pockets. It’s also a great time of year to lose anything clipped due to a woolly jumper hooking it out.
I always carry a knife, torch, pencil or pen, small pad or some paper, wallet, loose change. Loose change is in front left pocket. Knife, torch and card wallet in front right. Been looking for a simple slip and it’s been a pain. Even with this simple Viperade the UKPK is a tight fit, but it’s kind of solved the problem. I also bought an Etsy pouch with pockets for camping or when I don’t mind showing I have a knife with me.
The usual stuff that goes in. It was the grey anodising and copper bezel of the little Emisar D3AA torch that prompted this quest, it’s just too nice to get scratched up.
3 Viperade, I kept only the slip. It’s exactly the same size as the orange and grey Maratac card wallets and both sit together in a pocket without being too bulky.
Perfect fit for these two and a pencil, but the knife is a locker so it’s not always welcome.
Typical combos. See how wide the UKPK is? I’m not understanding why the pockets aren’t made a little wider, seeing as it’s the clip that holds them in. And nobody but nobody is using elastic except Maxpedition on the inside of their organiser pouches. All the pouches I looked at had pockets that wouldn’t take an AA torch unless it’s maybe a real slim one like a Maratac.
Pouch on the right is a Cipher Wilderness from Etsy, nice thing. On the other side is a central zip for easy access.
Cramming the UKPK in.
I always carry a knife, torch, pencil or pen, small pad or some paper, wallet, loose change. Loose change is in front left pocket. Knife, torch and card wallet in front right. Been looking for a simple slip and it’s been a pain. Even with this simple Viperade the UKPK is a tight fit, but it’s kind of solved the problem. I also bought an Etsy pouch with pockets for camping or when I don’t mind showing I have a knife with me.
The usual stuff that goes in. It was the grey anodising and copper bezel of the little Emisar D3AA torch that prompted this quest, it’s just too nice to get scratched up.
3 Viperade, I kept only the slip. It’s exactly the same size as the orange and grey Maratac card wallets and both sit together in a pocket without being too bulky.
Perfect fit for these two and a pencil, but the knife is a locker so it’s not always welcome.
Typical combos. See how wide the UKPK is? I’m not understanding why the pockets aren’t made a little wider, seeing as it’s the clip that holds them in. And nobody but nobody is using elastic except Maxpedition on the inside of their organiser pouches. All the pouches I looked at had pockets that wouldn’t take an AA torch unless it’s maybe a real slim one like a Maratac.
Pouch on the right is a Cipher Wilderness from Etsy, nice thing. On the other side is a central zip for easy access.
Cramming the UKPK in.
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The UKPK should fit in one slot, though it may be snug.
If the UKPK’s pocket clip is attached, it might be a tight squeeze. You may need to remove the clip for a smoother fit.
How Leif Ericson ever got to Greenland without his smartphone and satnav is beyond me.
