Suspenders

[gramps]

There I said it. :shock: Except for my fire gear I have not used them, till today. I wore an 24 oz revolver OWB with a vest, and kept having to hike my pants up! Grrr! :evil:
Since I was at WW, I picked up two pair of suspenders. Ok, I have a pair on, they are comfortable, but no instructions came with them. What is the optimum length vs stretch? Thank you in advance.
gramps

 

[Big Old Boy]

Try tractor supply or co-op for good suspenders.

 

[JFB]

I am contemplating wearing them....

My gut has exceeded my butt...

so no amount of belt tighten seems to work any more

 

[roashooter]

Duluth...has several styles of suspenders......https://www.duluthtrading.com

 

[pete44ru]

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I've long used braces on my wool hunting pants - which get extremely heavy if they get wet (like after accidentally slipping into a water puddle).

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[gunzo]

Duluth sells Perry at Duluth prices. Perry can be shopped elsewhere to save yourself 20-40%.

Dickies makes a Perry copy that can usually be found at Wal Mart. Not quite the quality, not quite the price. These two styles are hooked to the belt, after some practice they are quick on & off.

The adjustments will vary according the the load. If you're packing a big wad of money & a Redhawk, You might have to tighten them up. If carrying a realy big wad & 2 Super Redhawks, I'd pass on the Dickies.

 

[bogus bill]

I am the grand punjab of suspenders. Especially Perrys. I was born fat with a flat azz. I was armed uniformed guard for 35 years. After about X amount of years on the job and getting even fatter and flatter I had to go to suspenders. By that time I had more time OTJ than the chief, captains and my betters. They probably didn't like it but left me alone. I had a "in" my GF managed mens Big, Tall and Fat store and fitted me up with color coded Perry suspenders to match my uniform shirts. Now retired, I still wear them and have to, all the time. I used to have to tighten my gun belt that I couldn't breath.
Perrys has plastic hooks for your belt that wont tear up your truck seat or recliner. Plus they have the biggest selection of colors and types. I bet I have about a dozen.
https://www.perrysuspenders.com/

 

[olcop]

Just don't get 'em so tight that your feet don't touch the ground.

 

[yooper1]

I too recommend the Perry type. Seems like I tried every other type of fastener, short of the button on your belt line type, but they all failed. The Perrys just seem to hold out longer and a lot easier to refasten, if and when any of the attachments let loose.

 

[kodiakken]

The suspender store dot com.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I haven't worn suspenders either. I'm not sure my build works with suspenders. I do have a shape that people have that wear suspenders have. My main issue is that I carry OWB holster and gun, with my shirt worn outside to cover my gun, SOooo, I would have to wear my suspenders under my shirt which I think looks weird. Instead I wear a fairly heavy leather belt pulled as tight as I can. Which is a problem in itself. It leans toward cutting me in half. I have a couple of wash cloths that I wear over my belt to keep it from rubbing me. Apparently I haven't arrived at a position yet.

 

[Fox Mike]

I have been using suspenders for a couple years now. I like a belt but have a sciatic nerve problem and a belt presses on the nerve and shoots pain down my left leg. I also have no hips so a belt has to be TIGHT to hold up the pants and that just makes the problem worse. No idea what brand. All I know is they work as advertised.

 

[bogus bill]

If you wear your shirt untucked so you can holster carry and cover it the bad part is things can get messy if you have to hit the john RIGHT NOW! You have to unbutton and take off your shirt first!

 

[gramps]

So wear the shirt as a jacket with a t-shirt as a shirt. Thanks for all the responses. I do have the suspenders snug, in other words, I ain’t walk-in on water yet! :mrgreen: so much I don’t know about these accouterments. I knew I could count on the gang to make my life easier! I have been trying to not look or act old-IT AINT WORKING!
gramps

 

[Goldstar225]

Gramps I resemble your problem. My waist circumference has exceeded my hip bones and I find myself having to "hitch up" my belt frequently. I've been contemplating suspenders to help out, guess I'll take the plunge. Maybe some of those Perry's that Bogus Bill linked.

 

[gunzo]

"My waist circumference has exceeded my hip bones" Sounds like an engineer.

"My gut has exceeded my butt" is the common term. :lol:

 

[Fox Mike]

If you wear your shirt untucked so you can holster carry and cover it the bad part is things can get messy if you have to hit the john RIGHT NOW! You have to unbutton and take off your shirt first!

OR you disconnect the front straps and go from there. :shock: :D

 

[bogus bill]

When you do that in a hurry often the straps swing in the toilet. I have experience at this. I usually was in a hurry.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

If you wear your shirt untucked so you can holster carry and cover it the bad part is things can get messy if you have to hit the john RIGHT NOW! You have to unbutton and take off your shirt first!

And there in lies the problem. That's why I don't wear suspenders. I prefer an untucked shirt and a tight belt. I have to many close calls in the course of life.

 

[Mobuck]

If your voice gets squeaky while wearing suspenders, you have them too tight.

 

[Mega Twin]

Over alls have built in suspension :D

 

[Acorn]

I recommend the Perry type but I only have the Dickies brand. I like the because the clamp on type with the metal teeth chew up the fabric on my pants after a while.

 

[gramps]

If your voice gets squeaky while wearing suspenders, you have them too tight.

OMG! That is why I have gone from a tenor to soprano? :shock: :oops:
gramps

 

[bogus bill]

OR you disconnect the front straps and go from there.
FM, It doesn't work like that. Try it! The shirt still holds the suspenders in place and the back of your pants wont come down. Even if you do get it to work somehow, you STILL have to take the shirt off to get things right.

 

[Fox Mike]

OR you disconnect the front straps and go from there.
FM, It doesn't work like that. Try it! The shirt still holds the suspenders in place and the back of your pants wont come down. Even if you do get it to work somehow, you STILL have to take the shirt off to get things right.

I have used that method a couple times. Never had a problem. Once the 'hurried event' was over I removed the shirt and reattached the front to my pants.

 

[bogus bill]

Something better needs to be invented. Maybe I should work on it. Years ago I went to a casino. Left my suspenders at home. Sat down to a BJ table and lost a number of hands. Got up fast in disgust and my pants fell to my ankles! Bet they saved the tape!
I see Perrys also advertise`s some snap on holsters for their suspenders but I havent tried them.
https://www.perrysuspenders.com/online-store/Harnesses-and-Holsters-c25484164

 

[Rick Courtright]

Got up fast in disgust and my pants fell to my ankles! Bet they saved the tape!

Hi,

If it's any consolation, you're not alone, Bill!

Years ago I was visiting an Aunt and Uncle over the weekend, and my uncle had to catch a flight for work Sunday morning. We took him to the airport and were all going thru the metal detectors (this was pre-9/11.)

I set off the buzzer, and the little Asian lady in charge of that lane (read: relatively freshly imported from the old country, "No speaka da English too good" and not so well trained in how to do anything more than one way) insisted I take off my belt. I tried to tell her it was NOT my belt buckle as I went thru those detectors frequently back then, always wearing the same belt. I asked her to get her wand.

"You take off belt" she kept telling me. I told her "No, my pants will fall down if I do."

"You take off belt" was the reply. Ok...

I turned to the people behind me (fortunately, Sunday morning didn't have much of a crowd) and told them "I apologize for what you're about to see" as I removed my belt. Handed her the belt just as my pants went down to about knee high. There was a roar of laughter from the folks, and somebody from the next lane came over to see what the commotion was all about. "I'm sorry, Sir," he told me just before telling her in a voice the entire airport could hear, "Use the da(r)ned wand!" Turns out "the problem" was a little credit card sized calculator in my shirt pocket. Told ya, Lady!

So somewhere in the archives, there's probably a video of me dropping my pants for the folks in the airport to go along with Bill's casino footage... and with any luck, that little Asian lady is NOT now the Western Regional head of TSA or anything like that. ;)

Rick C

 

[bogus bill]

Made my day! I flew home to a favorite uncles funeral. I inherited some of his personal stuff. I took a metal box full of some of his war brink backs. Among them was a homemade knife with notches in the handle that he took off a german in world war II when he was in the 82nd. The security called me over to open up the metal box. They seen the knife, called over a old man guard. They wanted me to take it over a ways to the baggage section. I told the old guard you better carry the knife. He ordered me to carry it. At the time I was a long time security guard myself for Lockheed Aircraft Co., but wasn't going to tell him how he ought to do his job. I thought this is going to be fun and it was! Peoples mouths were open with me walking through the crowd with the pig sticker in my hand with the old guard following me!