Scottevest Hidden Cargo Pants

I thought Master Lewis would like to see these cool new pants!!!




Scottevest Hidden Cargo Pants: "

I often carry far too much stuff in my pockets, and these pants allow me to do so without showing it. They’re durable, and I have not been able to find any other pants that do what these do. I wear these and Scottevest’s Ultimate cargo pants almost exclusively, because after wearing each type a few times, standard pants with standard pockets feel awkward.

The Hidden Cargo Pants are more formal than the Ultimate Cargos, or 5.11 Tactical Pants. The Hidden Cargos feel more like dress pants. The main difference between the Ultimate and Hidden is that the Ultimate have a rougher fabric, cargo pockets, and zip-off lower legs. The main pocket suspension is the same.

Access to pockets is excellent in the Hidden Cargos. The main pockets on each side of the front consist of three pockets in one. There’s a magnetic clasp to access the outer pockets, which are very large (they come down almost to the knee) and are divided into front and back sections.

As long as you’re wearing a good belt it doesn’t really get too heavy. The design of the pockets means it is far less cumbersome than standard pants, but it can, of course, get cumbersome if you really stuff them full-- which would be a feat. Without a good belt, however, the pants can get a bit heavy and slide down if they are loaded with stuff.

What do I fill my pockets with? I always carry around a large wallet, pen, comb, Chapstick, rosary, large thumb drive, Leatherman, phone, palm tungsten T5 (in large metal case) and a handkerchief. I carry it all in the front pockets, as I feel uncomfortable sitting with stuff in my back pockets. These are enough large items to produce a noticeable bulge in standard pants; in the Hidden Cargo Pants, there’s no noticeable bulge most of the time.

-- TJ Wasik

Scottevest Hidden Cargo Pants

$60-$70

Available from Amazon

Manufactured by Scottevest/SeV

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Making darts

As you can see.. we have had some technical difficulties in making darts for this years test. Why, you might ask? Well, each year it seems that we must redesign darts do to the differences of the materials tolerances in manufacturing. Key to dart design is that they are safe. A dart can be made to really hurt and fly out there, but make one with good flight characteristics, with range, and be safe, is another task altogether. Here is what I'm seeing:

First the foam rod that the test team got is a slight bit smaller in diameter. Given everything else with the dart design being the same, what this meant was blow by in the tube, thus the force on the dart itself, was lessened. The result is a dart that didn't go far and also had some flight issues as the weigth to lifting body ratios had changed. So, I varied, or well Matiase and I did, the aft end of the foam body to try and stop the blow by, but that lead to a more unstable dart in flight. I added some more weight to the front in hopes of allowing the dart more mass, thus more flight time... this was marginal at best but did increase the striking power, which is the wrong way. So, we finally had to compromise and go back to a dart with less range but maintained the safety value. Here is a picture of the range of my darts...

That distance is about 150 feet.. the test teams darts are around 80 feet at best. Oh well.. darn, that means you will need to use stealth, cunning, and the natural aggressive nature of an anjing banfaist to overcome my ballistic advantage. Darn, huh?...

Darts under construction...

And finally our new knife throwing target:

And my blow gun is home at last! I will have an update on the tubes we are making and painting today for the test...

I am Master Peter Brusso, and I hope you enjoyed this update!