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   Gunner | Oct 16, 2003 12:41am | #1

   I've been looking for the same thing. The problem I have is they only seem to mount the tape holder on the same side as the tool pouch. I'm a righty like you and I also like the tape to be on the left side. But I don't want the tool pouch on the left. It's more natural picking them out with my right hand. And I've always had my nail bag on the left because that's the logical place.

   Who Dares Wins.

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   DougU | Oct 16, 2003 02:45am | #2

   Gunner

   Now you know how it is for us lefties, we have  to put up with everything on the wrong side.

   Suck it up and live with it!   :)

   Doug

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   Gunner | Oct 16, 2003 04:31am | #5

   It must suck being built wrong.        View ImageWho Dares Wins.

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   SledBC | Oct 16, 2003 02:48am | #3

   I just picked up a nice Task brand pouch (3 pockets on each side of this pouch) that is quite similar to the occidental framers, the tape pouch is on the left, its nice and large , unlike the occidental's ive seen which won't hold a man-sized tape measure and often end up getting used for a chalk line or something other than they were intended for. I'm used to having my tape on the right, but it makes sense to have it on the left, im having a hard time getting used to it.

   I shoul take a picture of my pouch and post it...i cant find it online anywhere, since its Canadian made.

   
   

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   Edited 10/15/2003 7:49:27 PM ET by SledBC

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   SledBC | Oct 16, 2003 03:39am | #4

   OK I took a picture :)

   It has a nice cellphone holder built on the left side with a velcro flap as well as some knife and pencil pockets inside the large right pocket.

   hmm...it says "Sorry, SLEDBC, you've exceeded your personal document space allocation." even though i havent uploaded previously.

   Here's a link to a picture:

   http://www.wwwebproduction.com/work/pouch.jpg

   Anyone know the code to show an image in a post?

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   caseyr | Oct 16, 2003 04:44am | #6

   An image that exists on another URL is included in a post with the IMG tag.  An example might be something like:

   <img src="http://www.myisp.com/myfolder/pix.gif">

   There are some other attributes that you can include, such as the placement, a message if the picture isn't found, and the size, but the above tag is all you really need if you know the location of the picture and it is of a reasonable size to include inline. 

   If you were writing a Web page from scratch, you would need to establish the page with at least some BODY tags, but Prospero provides that for you, so all you need is the IMG tag in a post on Breaktime (or at least I think, I haven't done it for a while...)

   edit:  whoops the tag is <img src...> not <img source...>,  sometimes my fingers do too much thinking on their own...

   Edited 10/15/2003 9:48:42 PM ET by CaseyR

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   SledBC | Oct 16, 2003 04:46am | #7

   ok, so html :) I'm used to using forum software that has built in image tags, eg [img]http://www.urlofimage.com[/img]

   Thanks!

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   vanderpooch | Oct 16, 2003 06:04am | #10

   Occidental does make some nice belts with the tape holder on the left. Here are links to a couple. I thought seriously about both of these sets when I bought a belt recently.

   http://www.bestbelt.com/sets/8595.html

   http://www.bestbelt.com/sets/9500.html

   They also make their most popular sets in "left" and "right" hand models. I would think you could mix and match to get what you want...

   Have fun shopping,

   -Kit

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   CAGIV | Oct 16, 2003 04:50am | #8

   Can't speak as a lefty, but the occi belts are great, I have the pro-framer bags and love them.

   I didn't get the sheepskin belt based on something someone said here, they didn't like it, didn't see any great benefit. 

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   skids | Oct 16, 2003 05:54am | #9

   i have an old set of McRose leather nail bags that are very much like occidental's but they have the tape holder on the left side. left side tape holder is only way to go for a righty, you pull tape out with left hand and pencil out with right ready to layout/mark. McRose are made in Santa Cruz, California. I think they are no longer in business as it is years since I have seen their products. You can always have customizations made at shoe/boot repair shops. have the occidental's modified.

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   vanderpooch | Oct 16, 2003 06:15am | #11

   hey skids,

   http://www.mcroseleathers.com/

   als checked them out when I was shopping...

   -Kit

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   Gunner | Oct 16, 2003 12:31pm | #12

   Those look more like it.Who Dares Wins.

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   ikor | Oct 16, 2003 02:53pm | #13

   Skids;

   McRose is definitely still in business! Website here:

   http://www.mcroseleathers.com

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Oct 17, 2003 02:03am | #15

   I didn't get the sheepskin belt based on something someone said here

   LOL!!! Didn't realize all those sheepish Kansas romance comments had such a profound impact on you CAG. Gunner and IMERC are gonna be so proud of themselves when they read that. :-)>Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   CAGIV | Oct 17, 2003 02:05am | #16

   ugh...

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   mkbug | Oct 17, 2003 03:30am | #17

   4Lorn1 is correct I took mine to a shoe repair guy and had him change my cats paw sleeve to the "correct" side. Did that before I learn that Occidental makes left hand models.  I like my tape to sit in a small pouch instead of that leather tape holder "box". Damn thing is too tight for the tape.

   MartinHeads I win, tails you lose.

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   IMERC | Oct 17, 2003 04:59am | #18

   Did you know that us left handers are in our right minds and right handers are out in left fied??? 

   Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Oct 17, 2003 06:04am | #19

   ugh...

   He, he, he... was that the sound of a low blow hitting it's mark? :-)>Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   Gunner | Oct 18, 2003 05:43pm | #20

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   Edited 10/18/2003 10:48:46 AM ET by Gunner

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   exchef | Oct 24, 2003 06:10am | #21

   thanks for the feed back but i couldnt break the habit of the tape on the right so i ordered the occidental framers

   noah

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   4Lorn2 | Oct 17, 2003 12:37am | #14

   Many years ago I had the pleasure of working around a talented, and left-handed, lead carpenter. He had something like a half dozen tool belts in his trailer. Each was equipped and configured for a different job. One day another carpenter, a right hander, showed up without a tool belt. He borrowed one from the lead. He had a devil of a time because all the pouches and holders were reversed.

   When he asked where the lead had gotten them the lead man told him that he bought high quality commercial models and took them to an area cobbler to have the pouches repositioned.

   Not sure this helps but it could be an option. A talented cobbler, or other worker in leather, can do wonders.