Does anyone actually carry a knife (or other piece of gear) in said knife pocket?
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Knife pocket on flight suit
- Thread starter ArkhamAsylum
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"Knife" pocket??? Do you mean the shroud cutter pocket ???Does anyone actually carry a knife (or other piece of gear) in said knife pocket?
Does anyone actually carry a knife (or other piece of gear) in said knife pocket?
No. I've never even heard of such a thing. Pay it no mind.
Brett
Nope, he means the pocket on the inside left thigh of flight suits/g-suits. The shroud cutter on the old SV-82's was on top of the radio and is in the same location on the new airsafe vests.
And I have only seen a single person put something in there. When you put a g-suit over it, it's pretty pointless to have something in there. I could see putting a small mag light in the g-suit pocket, but really the only time I would use it would be a survival situation.
And what, pray tell, did you think I was talkin' about ... ???
Inside left leg of the flight suit IS the shroud cutter pocket. Unless, of course, if you have figured out some other name for it over the intervening years ... then knock yourself out.
If it's the shroud cutter pocket you're talkin' about (inside, left leg/thigh/whatever, flight suit) then you can't realistically carry ANYTHING in there if you wear a G-Suit over it .... otherwise .... just make sure you don't carry a candy bar in there ....
Sounds similar to the "dressy" , fitted, nomex flight suits we were issued in the Reserves @ 1980 in dark blue or khaki for C-12 VIP flights ..... FSN, in the system on a limited basis. Hard to get.
Probably not the same as your 16+ years later, but .... ???
Stubby
Ask the Chief
For a while in the mid 90's the Navy issued a flight suit without the pocket on each thigh. Instead, there was a zipper so you could get to the pockets in your pants being worn underneath (assuming anyone actually does this). I was told at the time that these flight suits were originally used by the Air Force.
If I remember right... they also had the pen holder on the pocket at the bottom of the leg instead of on the shoulder (or maybe in addition to... I can't remember....) That was the only thing I thought was arguably good about them... It's a pain to get to your pen if you are wearing a leather jacket!
To answer Carvone's question.... I use my thigh pockets for my wallet and flight gloves and went to great lengths not to be issued those pocketless flight suits.... and I carry a pocket knife or mag light in my shroud cutter pocket (tied in with the provided line, of course).
I always knew the pocket on your inner left thigh as the shroud cutter pocket. however, since i don't have any shrouds that need cutting, i don't use it for much. i have used it to hold an extra flashlight at night and i know some folks who put a knife in there, but that's about it. if you're lacking string to tie your pencil to your kneeboard with, the string that hides in that pocket is great for it.
@stubby: you still see a few of those crappy AF flightsuits around. I guess the stocks of them didn't dry up for the shorter sizes.
@stubby: you still see a few of those crappy AF flightsuits around. I guess the stocks of them didn't dry up for the shorter sizes.
I never put anything in the theigh pockets, not even the shroud-cutter pocket. I had a couple USAF-style ones in API. The main benefit was that you could rearrange your junk as required, but they just looked kinda strange.
There's a chick in my squadron who carries a knife in the shroud cutter pocket. The thing is huge, and we make fun of her all the time for it.
