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Posted: 5/1/2014 12:54:21 PM EDT
Looking at pics from Nevada, training pics, etc, and then seeing two guys at an indoor range wearing these things, I have come to the conclusion that I am not badass, tacticool, tier anything and destined to be dusted first in any engagement.
I just ain't got the right stuff to wear, man. |
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they work well,I've been wearing them in the desert since before they were tacticool and just way to keep from cooking your melon and sand out of your face.
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I've got one I'll sell you for $87.
I think it's made by KAC. Tier 1, bro. EDIT- When I was in the sand, they were a big no no. Apparently if they caught on fire you were fooked. So we were issued fire resistant baclavas, which absolutely nobody wore. |
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They are handy to pack around...Good as a scarf, hankerchief, headwrap, bindle in case you decide to become a hobo... Toilet paper also if you're a hobo who has had all his stuff stolen and can't find leaves because he's in the artic...
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I have one, but have never worn it. I don't think I ever will.
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muj scarfs or what all the hipsters wear around DuPont circle in DC
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Unless you are in the ME you look like a tool wearing one. JMHO
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They are a great tool for keeping brass off your neck when shooting in high power matches.
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Unless you are in the ME you look like a tool wearing one. JMHO View Quote I saw several guys sporting them at the last Boy Scout district camp-out I attend. Middle aged guys with shemaghs, with boyscout pants bloused into their sand-colored Converse boots. I figured they probably have some sweet airsoft replicas too... |
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I'll pick you up some ginuwine ones when I get back to work in a couple of weeks. Only 50.00 each, shipped !! PayPal only !
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I got a few in my BOB. They are as useful as a boyscout scarf.
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Quoted: they work well,I've been wearing them in the desert since before they were tacticool. View Quote ETA: I did take it off and stuff it in my back pack once I was out of the storm. ETA2: If anyone knows of a source of neon/hunters orange shemaghs, let me know. |
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I've worn them overseas (usually in dust storms), but I haven't seen mine since I returned. Now I'm wondering where it is....
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I wear mine in the winter because it's warm, and since it's legit (got it from a dead hajji) it pisses off all the Arabic immigrants when I go downtown.
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they've become so ridiculously poser, it could be a proven fact that wearing one doubles your chance to survive, and I'll go without it.
I think unless you were actually IN delta force or the seals, the Middle East, or were, and are actually either IN a sandstorm, or IN Iraq or Afghanistan at that very moment, it's poser. I only saw one person wearing one at a gun range that wasn't poser. It was a ridiculously hot chick shooting a 10/22 while wearing a shemeagh but it matched her outfit and I bet a hundred dollars if I asked her where she got her tactical shemaagh, she'd have said "this old scarf thing?" |
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I have a gaitor that I wear at work or outside when it's really cold. Few different ways to wear. Looks tacticool without going full blown Afghan special forces
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I know people like to talk up how unbelievably useful a piece of cloth can be (god only knows how the human race made it this far without all of the manly men using them), but lets face it, they are a fashion accessory. If you want to wear one, that's fine. I personally think they look silly and screams "I wanna look like a warfighter!," but it's a free country and that shouldn't matter to anybody.
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I've got one I'll sell you for $87. I think it's made by KAC. Tier 1, bro. EDIT- When I was in the sand, they were a big no no. Apparently if they caught on fire you were fooked. So we were issued fire resistant baclavas, which absolutely nobody wore. View Quote Got no use for a shemaganoggin but tell me more about these fire resistant baclavas........ |
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I wrap one around my head when I'm hunting in full camo - works to keep warm/keep out mosquitoes, for the most part. Don't know why you'd wear one to an indoor range though.
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In the old days we took a od green Cravat out of the first aid kits and wore them in similar ways. we called them "Go to hell rags"
you kids call our M-16's Muskets |
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I have one from Iraq. Thought about wearing to work to see what Nuclear Security thinks about it.
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If their plan is to wear one if they are involved in a combat situation then they should train in one.
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I thought this was cool:
http://www.amazon.com/Rothco-Crossed-Rifles-Shemagh-Tactical/dp/B0096QMPW0 I always keep a shemagh or a big bandana in my pack. They come in handy quite often, usually for keeping the sun off my kneck or the sand out of my nose. |
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I used one once in NTC so I wouldn't get sunburn on the back of my neck.
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LT said "lay hands on one, they are very useful for ________", but I haven't used it.
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I have a couple. They are pretty useful I think. I use them when I'm riding ATV to keep the dust out, while on the boat on a cold morning running across the lake, at work (yes at work) when the dust storms move in to keep from being sand blasted, and I soak it and wrap it around my neck on the super hot days.
I'd use a bandanna, but then I'd have to wear a tie dye one to keep from getting shot by the thugs yo! |
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I thought tattoos were good for self identification until those became popular. Makes my life much easier.
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Quoted: Quoted: I wear mine in the winter because it's warm, and since it's legit (got it from a dead hajji) it pisses off all the Arabic immigrants when I go downtown. Does it still smell of Thursdays? |
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In the old days we took a od green Cravat out of the first aid kits and wore them in similar ways. we called them "Go to hell rags" you kids call our M-16's Muskets View Quote OD cravat is the way to go. Never wore a CVC without one under it. Kept the dust off my face during thunder runs. Love those things. Medics were always made because we'd steal them constantly. |
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I spent more time in the middle east than I care to remember and even in 2003 we still clowned on people still wearing shemaghs and pakool hats in theater that was sooo 2001 and only the real deal wore that shit to try to blend in while running around some mountainside in Afganistan. Now all these years later I see tons of goofballs wearing those softshell jackets with gay ass morale patches all over them and a fucking shemagh. NONE of them served in the military and they have more shit on them than any SF guy I ever saw. If they wanted to emulate real "Operators" they would wear normal looking shit, not Condor garbage which barely stands up to a few washings.
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I spent more time in the middle east than I care to remember and even in 2003 we still clowned on people still wearing shemaghs and pakool hats in theater that was sooo 2001 and only the real deal wore that shit to try to blend in while running around some mountainside in Afganistan. Now all these years later I see tons of goofballs wearing those softshell jackets with gay ass morale patches all over them and a fucking shemagh. NONE of them served in the military and they have more shit on them than any SF guy I ever saw. If they wanted to emulate real "Operators" they would wear normal looking shit, not Condor garbage which barely stands up to a few washings. View Quote Normal stuff doesn't look cool. |
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I was just thinking about getting a white one to wear when I'm fishing. I could get burned fishing under a full moon in a thunder storm.
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