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Subject: [Leica] OT - Domke "New Generation" bags
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:50:14 -0400
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The basic issue with the "quieter" systems is that they only quiet the
Velcro. The bag still needs to be opened and closed silently by its backup
system ... so the problem really isn't to quiet the Velcro, it's to quiet
the bag.

-Lew Schwartz


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The new Domke bags have what is being called the 'Velcro ?Quiet? system'.
> There is a brief video on it (showing it for flaps on pockets for weapons
> toters).
>
>
> http://soldiersystems.net/2012/04/23/velcro-introduces-new-pouch-closure-solutions/
>
> Nobody wants to make a loud Velcro sound when trying to quietly remove a
> gun or knife from its holster.  Apparently you pull down on the pocket
> closure, and it then makes less noise when pulling the Velcro apart.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jul 1, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That damned Velcro and metal hardware. I love Domke bags, but why can't
> >> they make one that opens and closes without sound?
> >
> >
> >
> > what's the problem with sound?
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> -Lew Schwartz
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I guess we're the old generation, and the generation to replace us
> likes
> >>> prettier bags.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.thephoblographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Domke-New-3-of-4.jpg
> >>>
> >>> I still prefer the more collapsible Domke Reporter's satchel. They were
> >>> very popular back when the United States had?reporters.
> >>>
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Replies: Reply from zoeica at mac.com (chris williams) ([Leica] OT - Domke "New Generation" bags)
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