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Thread: The New Graith Specialist belt - People are going nuts!

  1. #21
    Quote Originally Posted by JAD View Post
    Shucks, indeed.

    I’m not aware of the risk from a loud Velcro rip in a stall. What are we concerned about?
    Not sure if you are being sarcastic.

    I'll spell it out just in case you aren't.

    There you are being the Grey Man (™) at Chili's eating whatever it is they serve at Chili's, when you feel the rumble of nature's call. You know this is a difficult situation and you'll need 100% of your situational awareness to survive.

    Fortunately, eight years ago you read on arf.com about a poster's brother in law that was nearly assaulted in a Dairy Queen john, and since that day you've made it a practice to reconnoiter the bathroom of every public space as soon as you enter. Now that practice will pay off.

    You get up from your table (you are facing the door, naturally, and your significant other no longer rolls his eyes when you insist that he let you sit on the 'gunfighter's side'). You walk past the bar, giving the patrons an ocular patdown as you pass. No 5.11 or Kuhl pants and nary a untucked plaid shirt. You smirk silently at the sheeple.

    You make a stop at the server's station to tell the waitress you need a refill of iced tea. You don't want a refill, but used the pause to conduct counter surveillance and make sure you aren't being followed. You are clear.

    You enter the bathroom and no one is visible. You reach into your pocket, pull out your keys and purposely drop them on the floor. This gives reason to bend down, pick up your keys and and also look under the three stalls for the feet of any defecators. There are none. As you stand up, you subconsciously pat your waistline to reassure your self that the China Pick is still there. Alas the Ban Tang upgrade will have to wait until finances are better.

    You walk to the last stall, which you know from your recce is handicap accessible, enter and lock the door behind you. You want the extra room of the wheelchair stall, which would prevent prying eyes that enter in the neighboring stalls from seeing your clothing and what your new Graith belt carries.

    You open your belt with the loud rip of the hook and loop fasteners coming apart. You lower your trousers to the floor, keeping one hand one the grip of your Faux Roland Special and making sure it rests in your underwear and doesn't twist and dangle precariously outside your pants. (You made modifications to the modifications, so can't call it a Roland.)

    Unbeknownst to you, you've just sign your own death sentence. You see, that older distinguished gentlemen in the last booth before the bathroom, well, you quickly ascertained he wasn't a threat and barely glanced at him. If you had looked more closely, you would have seen that he was reading a biography of Rosa Luxemburg, which would have given you pause.

    You couldn't have known that as you passed by him, he was feeling that telltale pressure in the abdomen that indicates to to the brain that the bladder is full. He would stand and walk to the restroom, entering just after you closed the door to the stall.

    You see, that older is the last surviving member of the Baader-Meinhoff Gang. He didn't last this long in the game without learning a thing or two. When he heard the rip of the Graith belt unfastening, he knew you were his mortal enemy. He has the element of surprise, and now you are going to die sitting on the commode. Like Elvis.
    Last edited by BigD; 06-23-2018 at 10:25 PM.

  2. #22
    @BigD you should stop with the flowery prose and put your fingers to work writing for PENTHOUSE LETTERS, Good Sir!


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  3. #23
    My main issue with Velcro belts is that it wakes up my wife so I have to remember to undo my belt in a different room if she’s already asleep. That and the hook side can snag moisture-wicking polos.
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  4. #24
    The belt isn't necessarily revolutionary, but it's well made, reasonably priced, immediately available, and well suited to AIWB. Add in an endorsement from Craig Douglas, and you'd expect there to be a lot of interest from this community. I like mine.

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    What optional speakers are you guys running talking about this ear-splitting velcro sound? Sure, velcro is a little loud if you've been sitting for an hour in a movie theater and that hot spot needs about an eighth of an inch to go away, but short of sitting in a funeral, does the sound of slowly pulling the velcro apart make everyone around you stop in mid syllable to take notice? That must be some genetically enhanced velcro on steroids!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobLoblaw View Post
    My main issue with Velcro belts is that it wakes up my wife so I have to remember to undo my belt in a different room if she’s already asleep. That and the hook side can snag moisture-wicking polos.
    That's why I like the G-hook. The G is silent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyGBiv View Post
    That's why I like the G-hook. The G is silent.
    I'll say this only once, but this mocking of the velcro based Specialist is a dis-Graith.

    Fortunately, I have the equivalent of the Specialist with an AustriAlpin frame buckle which was the now extinct "Partition" model. No velcro, the buckle does all the work and is relatively low profile.

    All my other Mastermind belts, with either the low profile flat buckles or D-rings, feature velcro and yet, somewhat miraculously, I am still here and have somehow survived to type about it today...
    There's nothing civil about this war.

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  8. #28
    Quote Originally Posted by Enel View Post
    Well...thanks to that pic, I'm now using the buckle properly.

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    First, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has purchased a Graith Specialist, we appreciate the support very much.

    As others have noted the Specialist has a great blend of vertical rigidity and flexibility. This combination lends itself very well to AIWB but can be used for virtually any concealed carry need. The Specialist was initially designed as an AIWB belt, but it really is practical for most any EDC situation where a low-profile belt is desirable. We currently have Specialist belts being worn by the expected LE/MIL/CCW community but also by many that don’t use the Specialist as a gun belt at all, ranging from mechanics to archeologists.

    The Specialist utilizes a very low-profile buckle which works in tandem with a hook and loop closure. This two-part securing method allows for the use of a small buckle and for a quick and easy adjustment to get the fit just right for you. While the buckle does provide some mechanical retention, it needs the hook and loop closure to work as designed, and it really isn’t possible to make a belt with as small of a footprint as the Specialist without utilizing a hook and loop closure.

    Occasionally we have people say that they won’t wear a hook and loop belt because it will get them got when utilizing a public restroom. If you are forced to take a dump in a public restroom I do think there are likely more pressing concerns than the sound of the hook and loop getting you killed.

    Nevertheless, if you require a belt without a hook and loop closure we do have a new belt in the works that will launch sometime this fall.

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    Looking to replace my Wilderness with something less “operator-y”. This looks like a good alternative. Thanks for stopping by with info on your product.

    <Costa ON> “It’s not a belt. It’s a “pants support system!” <Costa OFF> ��
    Last edited by entropy; 06-26-2018 at 09:11 PM.

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