And speaking of The Avengers, if you want a belt like what Agent Nick Fury wore in the movie (as seen on the right), speaking from experience, Endeavor Stitchworks makes ones that are pretty darned close. I have been wearing mine for over a year now, and have been quite satisfied indeed.
For those curious, the buckle on the belts is (or is meant to look like, in the movie’s case) a AustriAlpin Cobra Quick Release, which is basically a load-bearing (up to 21kN/4800lbs for some models), bad-ass, tough-as-nails version of the ubiquitous side release buckles
Interestingly, while I could not find any pictures of it online, it would appear as though Fury also uses Cobra buckles on the leg straps for his drop-leg holster rig. Might as well be consistent, I suppose.
One belt certainly will not make you as much of a bad-ass as Agent Fury is, but it does make a pretty good place to hang your holster.
(And, yes, I notice these kinds of things in movies. Sue me.)
(Obligatory "Screw You" to the FTC: Yes, Endeavor Stitchworks did provide me one of their 1.5" Cobra Gun Belts for review purposes a year ago; I wrote that review, and that was the end of our business relationship. This post is written solely because I like the product, and there was a convenient congruence with a recent movie.)
Badassness is in the individual, not the clothes.
Like I said, this will not get you there.
But I still like the belt.
Why do you comply with the FCC? I don’t think they have any means of detecting non-compliance.
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2010/04/no-blogger-fines-yet-but-ftc-has-its-eyes-out.html
In short, I would prefer not to be the test case. But it does give me another opportunity to thumb my nose at an intrusive, unnecessary overreach of governmental powers.
You won’t be the test case. No offense, but your blog isn’t nearly popular enough, I think they would target a mommy blog or something like the Ann Taylor thing, you know, blogs read by masses of idiots or even more likely any company that hands out the goods. Also, you are too likely to resist in the courtroom. And due to the general unpopularity of the provision I don’t think they are going to ever really enforce it.
I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but if I ever get any goodies for my super obscure blog I’m going to post “FTC Disclosure: F the FTC”…but I was going to spell out F.
I’m only complaining because I don’t think gun/liberty bloggers should comply with this. I personally oppose it because they define “endorsement” as “good received” – I recently read a review on a blog of a frozen fish item, the person said “Looks good…but this is absolutely awful”. What kind of endorsement is an extremely negative review?
I know you have to pick your own battles…but this is a pretty good one. Odds are heavily in your favor of them never ever noticing.
On the other hand, blogs like mine lack the financial clout to mount an effective – or even any – legal defense of themselves, which could make them “easy” targets to hold up as an example. Our police certainly seem to follow that general concept more often than not.
*shrug* It costs me nothing to comply, while simultaneously allows me to provide yet another Google result for the FTC being idiots. I can live with that.