Altair[TK] Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 I have had a few people in my Garrison copy this idea so I thought I would post it here for FISD members too Do you have an issue with keeping TK shins in place? More specifically stopping the shin armor from moving up and above your boots? I know I did! When I had this problem I investigated a few different options, I first tried the hook velcro on boot & loop velcro on inner shin combo, whilst this did help I found that walking up and down stairs a couple of times was enough for it to come apart. So I've improved on this with a "stirrup" setup.. The following setup has been tested with many troops (and stairs!) and I have had no issues with riding or twisting Here is what I did...I made stirrups for each leg using a length of 1inch wide high density elastic, this was glued and stitched to a 50mm x 50mm square of hook velcro.Then I glued and stitched a 50mm x 50mm square of loop velcro to a piece of nylon strapping the same size. Then glued this into the front of each shin just above the top of the boot line.When attached it looks like thisThis way you can have a "stirrup" setup but you can also put your boots on first Then attach the velcro before closing your shins as normalThe elastic allows for plenty of movement and pulls the shin back into place if it rides up Hope this helps someone 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Similar to what I have but I use snaps instead of velco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly11[Admin] Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Great system John, thanks for posting this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dak[TK] Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 great idea, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTrooper[TK] Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yep, I've been doing that for the past couple years with my suit. Works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likens_mark Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thx that's going to help me Sent from my SM-T520 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likens_mark Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thx that's going to help me Sent from my SM-T520 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gromitsdad[TK] Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Woah! Nice. Definitely doing this! Thank you for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKZombie[TK] Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Awesome, building that this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slindsay808 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Love this. Thanks Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kman[TK] Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Nice trick! If I have any issues with shin piece movement, I'll definitely give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeman[TK] Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Thank you!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpup Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'm going to try this if what I did doesn't work out. I put a small eyelet in the tongue of the boot and an elastic strap with a hook at the end on the inside of the thigh armor to attach the boot to. I wanted to ensure the armor didn't go up and over the boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrates[TK] Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernGator Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Definitely doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Works like a charm! I store the loops in my stormie shoes, so I don't forget to put them on first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLH2515[TK] Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 And I just posted how to stop them from twisting and lifting. Great idea Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisco2k[TK] Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 This is just the issue I'm facing with my new armour, thanks for the share ☺ Sent from my SM-T555 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLeech77[TK] Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I was just trying to figure out a good way to prevent this and found this thread, thanks OP. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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