[philmont] Plastic buckles for packs

Another thing on this, just keeping the unused buckles (or any buckles when not in use) buckled makes a BIG difference. First off, half as many 'parts' to be damaged and second, usually 1 of the buckle pieces has some more fragile parts exposed when apart but when the 2 pieces are assembled they are in general more stout and less suseptible to damage. One thing I have also noticed on occasion, on most buckles, there are 2 areas that lock together between the pieces, if both aren't engaged then the buckle will very likely break when pressure is applied. Kevin Mineart ----- Original Message ---- From: Terry Pogue <terrencepogue@yahoo.com> To: philmont List Member <philmont@troop47.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:11:01 PM Subject: [philmont] Plastic buckles for packs Putting the waist belt around the back of the pack and then connecting the buckle is the best way to prevent broken buckles. I've always made the guys carry a spare buckle, male and female. They are cheap, weigh nothing and somehow that prevents buckles from breaking - some sort of Murphy's Law. Terry Pogue Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting

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Received on Thu Sep 6 09:15:38 2007