These appeared on the Mil-Spec Monkey site over a couple of months, but Ckucke was putting a group order together and waiting for something to come back into stock, so I didn’t get my hands on one until now. A MOLLE-compatible trauma shear sheath is one of those things that a pile of people need and is painfully easy to design and build, but for some reason nobody had made up until this one came out. I was going to have Tactical Tailor make me a standalone shear sheath like the one that is built into the top of their First Responder Bag if I ever got around to emailing them a custom project, but since the Mil-Spec Monkey one came out, I don’t have to! Yay! On arrival, I saw a paper tag behind the MOLLE webbing, so I yanked it out. It was a Tactical Tailor build tag complete with TT part number – I really got what I had dreamed of.
The sheath body is simply constructed from 2” nylon webbing, with 1” webbing strips along the back for the MOLLE attachment via a supplied Malice clip. A looped section of 550 cord is stitched into the fold at the bottom of the sheath to provide an anchor point for a dummy cord. The width and depth of the sheath easily accommodated my 7” Acme shears. Retention is provided by a 1” webbing strap that can be passed through either of the shear finger holes. There is a 1 ½” by 3” patch of loop Velcro on the sheath body, and a 1” x 1 ½” piece of hook Velcro on the end of the strap. The end of the strap is folded over about an inch, and bartacked, with the raw end hidden under the retention Velcro. There is only about a quarter of an inch sticking out past the Velcro, so it isn’t easy to grab the end of the strap to undo it. It might have been nice to have at least an inch of free end to grab, especially when gloves are being worn. I ended up running a length of 550 cord through the fold and tying the ends like a zipper pull. The end is a lot easier to grab now.
Other than the strap end, the only other place where I think there is room for improvement is the throat of the pouch opening. The outer face should be offset down at least half-an-inch to make getting the shear tips started easier. Since the opening is even, it takes a directed effort to get the shears in the slot and not behind the sheath. Also, it would be nice if the outer face was folded outward with a 1” overlap and stitched to heck to make the throat more rigid. These two changes would make it easier to insert the shears one-handed without looking. Hey, maybe when I finally get around to that custom order…
This seriously beats jamming your shears in behind the MOLLE webbing!
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$8 USD plus shipping
Three-and-a-half grinning gear monkeys out of four
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