I was thinking of the rope tying onto a cloth backing, rather than into a sheath -- a lot easier to get it off that way. It might make sense to have the tie downs be attached to leather strips -- gives it a little more structure and strength. Imagine a band of thin cloth, with a 1 cm or so strip of leather across it every 20 cm or so. To this would be attached a number of tie downs (or a single more elaborate tie down) so that many strands of roep could be attached, flat, in a ros to the surface.
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A cross section would be something like the above, where in ^^^^ would be the cloth, """"" the leather strap, and (@) the individual tie downs holding the rope. (I have kind of a specific idea for the tie downs, but I'm not patient enough to come up with a ASCII representation.)
My longest lasting vest was a denim vest to which a number of modifications were made (by me, by hand). I adored that thing... I haven't really tested the lasting power of the fishing vests of many pockets, but they always seemed like a good idea. Of course, my army surplus binocular bag recieved even more modifications, and had an adjustable strap which allowed me to wear it around my waist as well. It really is the direct lineal descendant to my current lumbar/hydration pack that I pretend is a purse. (See? Girls are supposed to carry purses. Any dorkiness is therefore hidden.) I only recently realized that the rope mesh bottle holders that I added to the binoc made it functionally almost identical...
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A cross section would be something like the above, where in ^^^^ would be the cloth, """"" the leather strap, and (@) the individual tie downs holding the rope. (I have kind of a specific idea for the tie downs, but I'm not patient enough to come up with a ASCII representation.)
My longest lasting vest was a denim vest to which a number of modifications were made (by me, by hand). I adored that thing... I haven't really tested the lasting power of the fishing vests of many pockets, but they always seemed like a good idea. Of course, my army surplus binocular bag recieved even more modifications, and had an adjustable strap which allowed me to wear it around my waist as well. It really is the direct lineal descendant to my current lumbar/hydration pack that I pretend is a purse. (See? Girls are supposed to carry purses. Any dorkiness is therefore hidden.) I only recently realized that the rope mesh bottle holders that I added to the binoc made it functionally almost identical...