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need your help to choose my bagstrap and buckle

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Hi everybody,

I plan to buy at TAG a new bagstrap and Tod buckle to replace the originale bagstrap of my MK6.

But i don't know which is the most appropriate : with or without border grooves ? And what about the size ? 65" or 72" ? I'm not tall : 1,76 m :roll:

I want it to be more screen accurate. I will be glad to read your opinion ! :wink:
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I´d say : No groves, and pick the 65" - You´ll stumple in a longer strap.

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Post by Indiana_Tom »

Bastoon, it depends on what style you prefer. If you're a Raiders guy, take the border grooves and the Raiders buckle (highly recommended; I own one).
If you're a Temple/Crusade-Fan, go without border grooves and take the Temple buckle.

But you can also combine the offered styles. Anyway, you'll be pleased with Richard's products.

BTW, take the 65" strap.

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thank you very much for your advise.

To be or not to be Raider or Tod ? That is the question !!!!

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Do you have any pic of that poor lovely web strap? :cry:
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this is my fault :cry:

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i hate space travel :x
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What a shame, dont throw it away anyway, it's the only strap i have ever seen with the date on it :wink:
bastoon wrote: i hate space travel :x
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Post by Neolithic »

Definately go with the 65 strap- I'm about the same height as you and have both lengths- the 65 is a lot better on me. :tup:
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Post by VP »

Is there a length that if you're over it you should get a 72" and if you're under it you should get a 65"?
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Post by Swindiana »

I'd say get a 72" and then cut it to fit exactly where you want it to hang and the buckle to be placed. They are the same price, right?

I know for sure that a 72" would be to short for me, even though recommended for a certain hight and above.

Just what I would do. ;)

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Post by bastoon »

Hi everybody,

Before i place my order to TAG i would like to know one thing : I'm not a "manual guy" you know... so : Is the buckle already attached to the strap ? or i will have to attach all things ? I just watched the tuto and it look like the buckle is attached to the strap... :?

By the way, am i an heretic if i choose raider strap and temple buckle ? :wink:
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Post by Erri »

I'm not a manual guy aswell but i menaged to put the buckle on! Anyway i think there is a tutorial somewhere, i think it's on indygear.com in the Bag session
bastoon wrote:
By the way, am i an heretic if i choose raider strap and temple buckle ? :wink:
Not at all!!! Expecially if you have a wonderful ToD bag :wink:
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:-k Mmm I'm in the same place as Bastoon...I think this thread has solved what buckle "Raiders" and strap "with grooves" for my MK VII.
I'm 1.89cm... is the 65' still the best if you want the buckle in the middle of your chest? :oops: Yeah I know...but I had to ask :D

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Post by Erri »

Quite tall arent you taz? I didnt know you use the metrical system in Australia.
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:D Tall? I suppose. They make us big down here :lol: Yeah we did use the imperial sytem at one stage but now we are metric. Well...ever since I've been around anyway. Did the AB dry out ok?

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IndyTaz wrote::D Tall? I suppose. They make us big down here :lol: Yeah we did use the imperial sytem at one stage but now we are metric. Well...ever since I've been around anyway. Did the AB dry out ok?

TAZ
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Good for you now you have the metrical system.
I'll post about my hat right now :wink: in the proper topic ;)
Sorry if i cant help you two with the lenght of the bag strap... i have one but it was a gift so... i didn't order anything peculiar nor i asked for anything peculiar, i just needed a strap! :lol:
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Post by Swindiana »

Taz;
I'm 192.5cm myself, and the 65 version is way to short on me, and the 72 aswell. Both my straps are custom ordered from a leather shop actually.
I'd go for the 72, for sure.

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IndyTaz wrote:I'm 1.89cm
:shock: That's about ¾ inches.
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Post by Dre »

Swindiana: how much did it cost you to get a strap made by a leather shop?

i'd like to get a leather strap...but i havent found an alternative to buying it from tpg or wpg or whatever they are. the cost of the straps + postage are just too much to me for a leather strap
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Swindiana: Cheers mate :D

VP: :lol: 1 metre and 89cm ok? You?


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VP wrote:
IndyTaz wrote:I'm 1.89cm
:shock: That's about ¾ inches.
I thought in Finland you used the metrical system dont you?
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Dre wrote:Swindiana: how much did it cost you to get a strap made by a leather shop?
I think the strap itself was around $12 or so, plus shipping in my case. It was made locally in Sweden and I just asked for it to be 1 inch wide, as dark brown as possible and long enough for my needs. If you have a saddle maker near by, or a leather shop you can think of that may be able to help you out you can get it pretty cheap if the shipping costs are cut out. I'd try the yellow pages. ;)

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Post by Dre »

ah k...thanks for the advice swindiana =)
if i can find a strap here that's as cheap as that it should be alright...maybe ill look now for some saddle makers n email around
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Post by bastoon »

swindiana write :
the strap itself was around $12 or so, plus shipping in my case.
i think i'm gonna search once more for a local alternative :-k
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erri_wan wrote:I thought in Finland you used the metrical system dont you?
Indeed we do. I'm 188 cm.
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VP wrote:
IndyTaz wrote:I'm 1.89cm
:shock: That's about ¾ inches.
Thanks VP. We don't use the metric system here in the US, but at least I thought that I knew how it works. That one confused me and I was about to run and get a metric measuring tape to try and figure out how tall he was. :ducttape: #-o
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Bufflehead Jones wrote:
VP wrote:
IndyTaz wrote:I'm 1.89cm
:shock: That's about ¾ inches.
Thanks VP. We don't use the metric system here in the US, but at least I thought that I knew how it works. That one confused me and I was about to run and get a metric measuring tape to try and figure out how tall he was. :ducttape: #-o
This IndyTaz is actual size :arrow: :junior:
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Jerry, that's what I thought. Now, I can see how one would get lost in the outback. :shock:
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Heck, even that measuring tape would look like the big boulder...

:ducttape: :arrow: :junior:

...look out, IndyTaz!!! :shock:
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VP wrote:
erri_wan wrote:I thought in Finland you used the metrical system dont you?
Indeed we do. I'm 188 cm.
I prefer to measure everything in Standard Popsicle Sticks. So VP, you are 16.4 Popsicle Sticks tall, and IndyTaz, apparently you are only .16 Popsicle Sticks tall. Note that that is the not the Imperial Popsicle Stick, which is quite different. Only the British still insist on using the Imperial Popsicle Stick.

I, myself, am fully 17.1 Popsicle Sticks tall.
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This IndyTaz is actual size
maybe the 65mm strap would work better for him
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Mojave Jack wrote:
VP wrote:
erri_wan wrote:I thought in Finland you used the metrical system dont you?
Indeed we do. I'm 188 cm.
I prefer to measure everything in Standard Popsicle Sticks. So VP, you are 16.4 Popsicle Sticks tall, and IndyTaz, apparently you are only .16 Popsicle Sticks tall. Note that that is the not the Imperial Popsicle Stick, which is quite different. Only the British still insist on using the Imperial Popsicle Stick.

I, myself, am fully 17.1 Popsicle Sticks tall.
:lol: :lol: :lol: i wonder how many stones you are then
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erri_wan wrote:
Mojave Jack wrote:
VP wrote:
erri_wan wrote:I thought in Finland you used the metrical system dont you?
Indeed we do. I'm 188 cm.
I prefer to measure everything in Standard Popsicle Sticks. So VP, you are 16.4 Popsicle Sticks tall, and IndyTaz, apparently you are only .16 Popsicle Sticks tall. Note that that is the not the Imperial Popsicle Stick, which is quite different. Only the British still insist on using the Imperial Popsicle Stick.

I, myself, am fully 17.1 Popsicle Sticks tall.
:lol: :lol: :lol: i wonder how many stones you are then
Well, in these parts we measure everything using the Kidney Stone. :wink: I weigh in at a healthy 19,134.285714285714285714285714286 Kidney Stones, but I just round that off to 19,134 Kidney Stones. Using that old archaic British measurement, the plain old regular Stone, I come in at 13.21 Stones. :D
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And so, how many swallows would it take to carry you aloft? :-k :lol:

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Michaelson wrote:And so, how many swallows would it take to carry you aloft? :-k :lol:

Regards! Michaelson
Do you mean African or European? :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Not a very common type of post by me, but I just had to. ;)

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Gee folks...thanks for the laughs...I didn't think mentioning my height would bring me under such scrutiny :oops: I enjoyed the laughs at my expense :)

VP- Obviously you are full of envy as I am a full 1cm bigger than you :)


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Well I'm probably a bit younger than you.
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:lol: :lol: Yes... I bet you are VP...I turn 32 on Oct the 3rd...yippee and still kicking :wink: Life just gets better and better :shock:


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i 've try to search for a TAG alternative near where i live : us stock army, shoe manufacture, bag for women shop, etc...

Nobody had be able to help me... So i definitly order to TAG... :roll:
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OUCH...if you didn't already order it, Bastoon, I hate to be the one to break this to you...go check it out yourself.
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