I wanted a chest pack. But, like a vest, Richardsons seemed too much, in this case, not only too much to tote but too much to spend.
So ... off to design one.
It's a wooden frame stuffed inside a (and here's the tough part to obtain) a cassette tape carrying case (remember those?). Here's two drawings to assist in the event you've an old carrying case about.
Here's a peek inside with a lot of trays removed. You can see I added
a "holster" for my hemostats on the side; it's a length of belting
like used in mountain climbing.
On the left side I folded a piece of the same belting to make pen
retainers. That pen is really a knot/hook-eye picker.
That knot picker is really handy. It's a retractable ball point pen,
the kind available as hand-outs. Disassemble it, cut off the tip,
clean out the ink (messy), epoxy a quilting needle into cut end and
reassemble. I hadn't realized how rusty the barrel was until I took
these pictures.
