Gear Guide for Tactical Posers, Head to Toe

[BerettaNut92]

Headgear, winter: www.smartwool.com
Headgear, summer: www.royalrobbins.com (their boonie hat is excellent)
Eyes: www.oakley.com ...duhhh
Ears: www.peltor.com www.proears.com
T-shirt: Your choice of anything with skulls (see Emerson, Oakley), gun logos and stuff. Coolmax for added tacticality.
Concealment vest: www.511tactical.com
LBVs, Chest Rigs, Thigh Holsters: www.eagleindustries.com www.soegear.com
Kydex: www.blade-tech.com www.sidearmor.com
Leather: www.miltsparks.com
Belt, leather: www.raftersgunleather.com
Belt, nylon: www.thewilderness.com
Slings: www.thewilderness.com
Watches: www.luminox.com
Undergarments: www.exofficio.com (rinse, dunk and hang, one pair for a week of gun skul, yo!)
Knives: www.striderknives.com www.emersonknives.com
Sleeping bags: www.wiggys.com
Pants: www.511tactical.com
Lights: www.surefire.com
Fire: www.zippo.com
Water: www.camelbak.com
Socks, winter: www.smartwool.com
Socks, summer: www.exofficio.com
Gloves, winter: www.smartwool.com
Gloves, summer: www.oakley.com www.hatch-corp.com
Boots: www.danner.com www.oakley.com
Gun cases, gear bags: www.eagleindustries.com
AR15 doodads: www.gggaz.com
Tactical poser catchall (balaclavas, belts, gear bags, tacvests, LBVs, chest rigs, gloves, hydration, protective pads, holsters, etc): www.blackhawkindustries.com

Did I miss anything?

 

[mattk]

When did Smartwool get tactical?

 

[Schuey2002]

I'll just add these..

Watches:
www.timefactors.com (Military timepieces; such as CWC, Hamilton, Glycine, Precista, and Marathon.. They also have Nato/G10, Rhino, Waterborne, and Hirsch "Carbon Sport" straps/bands among many, many others..)

www.higuchi-inc.com (Tactically- Seiko Prospex and Citizen Promaster dive watches.) [Click on "English Customers"]

Leather:
www.donhume.com
www.kramerleather.com
www.mitchrosen.com

 

[stevelyn]

For the ultimate in time keeping tacticality, a visit to these guys is in order.

http://www.chase-durer.com

No tactical poser would be complete without a black steel banded Special Forces Pro 1000 diver/direction/finding/demo-countdown/howmuchairdoIhaveleft?Ihopethefusedosen'tburntoofast, watch. Or the which time zone am I in Special Forces Air Combat team watch with similar features.
I won't even start on those of you with pilots licenses or MS FlightSimulator wanabe certificates.

 

[sm]

When did Smartwool get tactical?

I'm sitting here xxx miles from home getting ready to go to court. I'm thinking about the Sterling, Brass, and Stainless Zippos I've used for -well-as long as I can recall, my first personal one bought in '65.Course still have a 30+ y/o magnesium firestarter, and brass water-resistant match container. My Danner Boots are 25 (?) years old, My watch on my wrist is new (8yrs) my others are '67 and '73 vintage. Been using silk and wool socks since I was old enough to wear socks, had a pair of smartwool given to me-sometime back(being tactical I guess I'll leave in package or give away now).Bushnell shooting specs, Prosomethingorother, Ray-Ban aviator shooting glasses--new fangles high dollar ones don't work with shotguns.My sleeping bag has been to Canada and heavens knows where else, Coleman, its 38 yrs old.Maglights in various sizes work, I still think my '55 coleman lantern single mantle and other vintage lanterns work best...still have the Kerosene too.

How will I ever survive the real world? Obviously I'm out of step, with my 1911, K Frame,bolt actions, shuckers, wax cotton and wool too. Time to pack it in at 48 and donate myself to a museum I guess.

 

[jthuang]

Skunk:

T-shirt: Under Armour Heat Gear (http://www.underarmour.com).

Winter headgear: Outdoor Research (http://www.outdoorresearch.com/) has some suprisingly tactical stuff. They offer baclavas and other headgear out of black Gore WindStopper fleece material, which combines the warm loft and compressability of fleece with wind resistance (a thin layer of Teflon).

Summer headgear: Columbia makes a black military boonie-style hat that features Omni-Tech waterproof/breathable material (http://www.columbia.com/products/pr_detail.cfm?product_id=212). Much more tactical than standard water-resistant cloth offerings.

 

[Schuey2002]

Two more watches..

www.traser.com-uk.com ( All that is good and right about a Luminox, minus the tactical poser 'Navy Seals' logo on the dial. )

www.khs-watch.com ( more H3 goodness.. )