Thread: Braces are great!

Trouser kind, not the teeth kind. Stop your rain pants falling down all the bloody time. I'm sold on them.

I have a couple of sets, they are great for us folk who haven't got a waist...
My nephew who often walks behind me appreciates it on the uphill sections too

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Yeah - and they're an absolute pain when your woollen ex army pants load up with water and stretch your braces until they're wrinkled along the edges and don't have much stretch left. But with modern pants they're okay - as long as you don't mind the seam crawling up your arse as you're stretching for the next handhold while climbing.

Braces and belt stops all that, but you end up looking a bit indecisive .............
"You're looking indecisive mate."
"F**k off."

Never worn rain pants ............

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

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There we go - that's what you call decent braces ....................

I have a set but find the back buckle lets go.... great for keeping shorts up in wet weather too so they dont ride on the thighs.... I do have a fat arse but my thunderous thighs bind on pants when belt band is still loose.... it actually gets worse after a few days on the hill..funny as hell trying to buy decent jeans to fit... Im better off with $20 jobs from warehouse and a belt....

When they really crap out two long bungee cords are just the ticket 😁

I've never worn jeans and I've had a couple of pair - just don't like how they feel ............ cold.

I don't quite know what I wear these days, whatever someone gives me (missus usually) - I have little pride.

Bumped into the kids up the road walking their dog the other day ..........
"Are you poor ?"
"What makes you think I'm poor ?"
"The way you dress."

It used to be my f****n car, and now it's the way I dress ........... no winning.

Ive made my own after finding commercial ones usually cant hack the pace .mix and match whatever elastic on hand or what i can recycle!they do the job keepin me strides up an Icouldnt give a airborne fornication what anyone thinks. got a set on me chainsaw chaps and me camo trou ,plus others on me chippies belts!

Originally Posted by SF90

I've never worn jeans and I've had a couple of pair - just don't like how they feel ............ cold.

I don't quite know what I wear these days, whatever someone gives me (missus usually) - I have little pride.

Bumped into the kids up the road walking their dog the other day ..........
"Are you poor ?"
"What makes you think I'm poor ?"
"The way you dress."

It used to be my f****n car, and now it's the way I dress ........... no winning.

I know a multi-millionaire who lives in a flash house on Oriental Parade who drives an old Sentra and gets around in paint-splattered jeans and shoes falling apart

Not only does he not give a shit about looking fancy but he also doesn't give a shit what people think

He's a good bloke

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

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Your's are all twisted up, mate.

Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Haven’t you old buggars heard of belts

It's a bit weird, but belts generally don't work too well for me. All my hunting trousers/shorts have a continuous belt loop (i.e. no gaps between belt loops) which helps a bit, but I'm forever pulling them up.

Yep, I'm in the 'no waist' group and find braces are great.
Not my best pair, but most often worn are the 'Minions' braces my grandies gave me for my birthday a couple of years ago.
Gotta love those Minion braces!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I have a set but find the back buckle lets go.... great for keeping shorts up in wet weather too so they dont ride on the thighs.... I do have a fat arse but my thunderous thighs bind on pants when belt band is still loose.... it actually gets worse after a few days on the hill..funny as hell trying to buy decent jeans to fit... Im better off with $20 jobs from warehouse and a belt....

Try JOHNNYBIGG(big) Riccarton mall,everything there fits us normal biggish guys.

Originally Posted by MB

Trouser kind, not the teeth kind. Stop your rain pants falling down all the bloody time. I'm sold on them.

Second that. After many moons hunched over shearing sheep with a back that hurts like a MF, an old guy talked me into trying braces whilst shearing......life changer for me, never looked back. I think a combination of a little bit of stretch pulling you upright and not having to have a tight belt was the go. Any shearers out there, give it a go.