SanDiegoMando[501st] Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hi! New TK (ANH STUNT) in the making. Currently piecing everything together. I was wondering what underbelt you guys are using for attaching the thigh armor? I've seen recommendations on white canvas belts, but I'm having trouble finding anything for the underbelt. Thank you in advance. Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Made my own from nylon, some use leather belts, they can be as simple or complicated as you want. Some use snaps to connect some use glue and some use velcro. Adding suspenders helps to keep the thighs from dropping, added a back brace, keeps my nice and upright, no slouching I do have a harness for some of my costumes to hold other armor pieces with adjusters Quote
revlimiter[Staff] Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 I have nothing to add but a humble +1 to Glen's post. A black nylon "tactical" belt is the way to go. Quote
Sn4k3 Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 I use a rubber diving led beltSent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk Quote
SanDiegoMando[501st] Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 8 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said: Made my own from nylon, some use leather belts, they can be as simple or complicated as you want. Some use snaps to connect some use glue and some use velcro. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6700504967_b554b03e81_b.jpg Adding suspenders helps to keep the thighs from dropping, added a back brace, keeps my nice and upright, no slouching I do have a harness for some of my costumes to hold other armor pieces with adjusters Dude, that belt is super clean! By any chance, you don't make/sell them do you? If so, I'd definitely be interested! Thank you for the info. Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 2 hours ago, SanDiegoMando said: Dude, that belt is super clean! By any chance, you don't make/sell them do you? If so, I'd definitely be interested! Thank you for the info. Sorry I do not sell them, shipping is ridiculous these days Quote
R2Chris[TK] Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hi Noah, For attaching the thighs, I use a very old, worn-out leather belt with suspenders. It was intended to be temporary when I put my TK kit together back in 2016, but it works and I never got around to getting a nicer one. The picture of Glen's nice belt reminds me that I should get a new one! The recommendations you refer to for white canvas belts might be for the visible belt on the exterior? Quote
themaninthesuitcase[Admin] Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 I use something very similar to what glen posted. They aren't too hard to make, and you can sew, use a tri-glide, or rivet as Glen has. I used 1" webbing as I had some to hand, looks like glen used around 1.25-1.5" which would be better. 1 Quote
SanDiegoMando[501st] Posted February 9 Author Report Posted February 9 On 2/7/2026 at 3:36 AM, gmrhodes13 said: Sorry I do not sell them, shipping is ridiculous these days Understood. Thank you! On 2/7/2026 at 2:40 PM, R2Chris said: Hi Noah, For attaching the thighs, I use a very old, worn-out leather belt with suspenders. It was intended to be temporary when I put my TK kit together back in 2016, but it works and I never got around to getting a nicer one. The picture of Glen's nice belt reminds me that I should get a new one! The recommendations you refer to for white canvas belts might be for the visible belt on the exterior? Ahh, interesting. And yeah, the white canvas belt recommendations are definitely for the visible exterior. Quote
Tzag[TK] Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 I do not use a belt, i just snap them with elastic straps to the belly-cod. One at each side. But i really like the idea of a belt!! I may copy that hahaha. The rest if the upper armor is snapped into two black thick elastic straps that goes from the back to the shoulders and then to the front and are held via velcro. Quote
TheRascalKing[TK] Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 I use these Duty Belts from Amazon and make my own drops with 1.5" nylon web, triglide buckles, and line 24 snaps with corresponding anchors E6000'ed into the thighs. It works well for me - easy to put on, comfortable, and the velcro on the belt helps keep the drops from drifting side to side. Hope that helps! Quote
revlimiter[Staff] Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 I'm a CQR tactical belt enjoyer. I'm actually wearing one as I type this with my normal pants. Very soft nylon, yet super resilient. No visible wear really over the past 2 years of daily wear. My trooping one looks very new. I've had very rigid tactical belts that ended up hurting my back after a few hours in kit just because of their rigidity. Quote
SanDiegoMando[501st] Posted February 24 Author Report Posted February 24 On 2/11/2026 at 10:20 AM, TheRascalKing said: I use these Duty Belts from Amazon and make my own drops with 1.5" nylon web, triglide buckles, and line 24 snaps with corresponding anchors E6000'ed into the thighs. It works well for me - easy to put on, comfortable, and the velcro on the belt helps keep the drops from drifting side to side. Hope that helps! Beautiful work! Super clean! On 2/11/2026 at 12:06 PM, revlimiter said: I'm a CQR tactical belt enjoyer. I'm actually wearing one as I type this with my normal pants. Very soft nylon, yet super resilient. No visible wear really over the past 2 years of daily wear. My trooping one looks very new. I've had very rigid tactical belts that ended up hurting my back after a few hours in kit just because of their rigidity. Thank you. I appreciate the info! Quote
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