Israeli Bodyguard Jacket Review - Page 2

Captain Crunch · August 17th, 2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dr_cmg

Guys, if you want me to I can merge this thread with the older one in the holster forum. I can also leave a link that will redirect anyone who looks here for the thread to the new one. Thumper, others let me know it only takes a moment to do it.

Sounds like a plan, George!

Thumper · August 17th, 2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dr_cmg

Guys, if you want me to I can merge this thread with the older one in the holster forum. I can also leave a link that will redirect anyone who looks here for the thread to the new one. Thumper, others let me know it only takes a moment to do it.

Thanks George. I had a rectal cranial inversion I had to correct!

Feel free to delete my duplicate post if you want.

By the way, thanks for the link... I ordered one too!

dr_cmg · August 18th, 2006, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Thumper

Thanks George. I had a rectal cranial inversion I had to correct!

Feel free to delete my duplicate post if you want.

By the way, thanks for the link... I ordered one too!

I think I'll leave them all here. It keeps us humble.

You can look at the link below to see what keeps me humble.

http://www.combatcarry.com/vbulletin...ad.php?t=13199

Glad the link was a help.

swiftyjuan · August 18th, 2006, 12:54 AM

I got mine through www.israelmilitary.com. $34, and they had all the colors. Delivery in about 1 1/2 weeks, and they were in the middle of a war! Sorry Dr. CMG, you already posted the site! I'm getting old too, and the recto-cranial inversions are far too frequent!

saltysquid · August 18th, 2006, 02:25 PM

Thanks for the review, I may get one.

I'm a suspenders kind of guy also. Helps keep the pistola from going down around my ankles.:)

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Originally Posted by Captain Crunch

For starters, here is the original thread for reference: http://www.combatcarry.com/vbulletin...ghlight=Shabak

I ordered my jacket from http://www.zahal.org/shabak/index.htm. Price was $28.00, plus $7.00 shipping. Shipping time from Tel Aviv was 12 days.

As a couple of posters in the original thread mentioned, these jackets (actually shirt-jackets) are tailored snugly. I followed their advice and ordered a size XL, since I normally wear a size L, and it fits perfectly, since it is cut specifically to conceal a holstered pistol. The material is medium weight, 65/35 polyester/cotton. The jacket has 4 outside flap pockets, and an inside pen/pencil/credentials pocket, with a Velcro closure, on the left side.

The best way to describe this jacket is "dress casual". It can be worn buttoned or unbuttoned, over a T-shirt, polo shirt or short sleeve sport shirt, or over a short sleeve dress shirt and tie, for those more "formal" occasions.

The jacket is a good alternative to (but not a replacement for) the denim vest I usually wear as a concealment garment. What it does do is give me more options in my daily wear, a change of pace, as it were. I recommend it, but as always, YMMV.

p8riot · August 18th, 2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by swiftyjuan

Yes, I think it is cotton, but I don't read Israeli!

Actually according to the website it is "Polyester/Viscose Material"

AgentX · August 19th, 2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by '75scout

looks cool. Definatly different than the black suits our guys wear.

Shabak and Shin Bet wear suits plenty of the time...and 'our guys' of various agencies wear stuff like this more often than you might think...

paramedic70002 · August 20th, 2006, 01:02 PM

Captain Crunch,

Does the vest have a built in holster?

AgentX · August 20th, 2006, 01:10 PM

No, it's a cover garment only.

Captain Crunch · August 20th, 2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by paramedic70002

Captain Crunch,

Does the vest have a built in holster?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that in my review. No, the jacket does not have inside pistol pockets and/or built in holsters, just the inside ID/pen/pencil pocket.

Cougar7464 · September 5th, 2006, 03:40 PM

Just ordered mine (had to wait for a medium tan to come back in stock) so I should get it just in time for the weather to get cold and not need it.

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swiftyjuan VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Madera, CA Posts: 2,271	I got mine through www.israelmilitary.com. $34, and they had all the colors. Delivery in about 1 1/2 weeks, and they were in the middle of a war! Sorry Dr. CMG, you already posted the site! I'm getting old too, and the recto-cranial inversions are far too frequent! __________________ John Assault is a behavior, not a device. "Don't never take no shortcuts." Patty Reed, Donner Party Lifetime NRA member

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August 20th, 2006, 01:10 PM	#29
AgentX Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 476	No, it's a cover garment only.

September 5th, 2006, 03:40 PM	#31
Cougar7464 New Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 7	Just ordered mine (had to wait for a medium tan to come back in stock) so I should get it just in time for the weather to get cold and not need it.