My friend in the Boise Police Department, on his struggle to be able to have an easy reach of the keys for his patrol car, and the handcuff keys asked me to make a 10-12 inch long lanyard. some of the features he specifically needed were to be attach the lanyard to his belt, and also be able to have an easy release buckle.
After years of scouting, having to camp, hike, climb, and all sorts of activities, the need to have a flashlight was always there. with the years, I tested several to the limit, some will break, some will burn, or just get lost. one of the flashlights that I love to death is my small MAGLITE LED because of its size, also because of how long the batteries last, and well this thing can take almost everything.
The one thing it always happened though was that the nylon holster did not have a clip to secure it, and something that happen to me several times on obstacle courses or coming up side down on a ropes course was that my flash light would always fall off my belt.
That's when the idea of trying to come up with a design for flashlight holster came to me. I started brainstorming and making different models, putting in to tough what I needed and what I could actually do with the materials I had. Later I came up with this very simple design, very light weight, and super secure. One of the features I love from this holster is that you can even change the batteries of your MAGLITE with only one hand while the flash light is on the holster. And yes, it goes very well on my Black Hawk Tactical Belt
Afters several years giving my G-Shock a really hard time, the watchband finally decided to die on my. as i was on the look out for replacement, I found out that an original replacement for the watchband would cost me about $40. This being an outrageous price for a simple piece of plastic, I decided to come up with a solution, and as I started making bracelets for the Boise Police department, I made my self a new watchband. Of course you can see that the ends of it at a little uneven, and it doesn't have a clean finish, and all of this is because this is probably my 4th creating over all, and by then i was still trying to figure out how to make them.
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