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Hello I need your help.
Which are the ways to tie a shemag?
Pics, tutorials??? :twisted:
Enjoy
giancarlo
06-02-2004, 23:39
here you go mate:
http://www.actiongear.com/agcatalog/shemagh.html
Cheers :)
Carlo
2 diffrent ways to do it =)
http://www.khs-pro.de/tacticalsource/shemag/shemag_anleitung.html
http://www.khs-pro.de/tacticalsource/shemag/cheque_anleitung.html
I tie mine like this:
http://www.militarymorons.com/gear/img/howtotie1.jpg
Pass: MM
raz, can't get into the Military Morons site. i have seen their stuff before, pretty cool actually. but now it asks for a user name and password.
i reckon shemaghs are pretty pants compared to a cheche, (pronounced shesh) the second of those german tutorials gives you an idea of how to tie a cheche. great piece of kit.
cheers, and.
giancarlo
07-02-2004, 20:20
I got the same error.
If you go to the site it explains why, and gives you the username and password:
http://www.militarymorons.com/equipment/equipment.1.html
Cheers
Carlo
a-ha! cheers GC, note to self, must read small print...
that looks pretty much the same as the german page, but inverted left to right.
cheers, and.
There are far better ways than that to prevent hot-linking!
I got the same error.
If you go to the site it explains why, and gives you the username and password:
http://www.militarymorons.com/equipment/equipment.1.html
Cheers
Carlo
There are far better ways than that to prevent hot-linking!
I agree, that's ridiculous. I make good use of an htacces file for britishblades, that way, I can specify which sites can use images stored on britishblades.com. Basically, everywhere is stopped from using them if they're not on my list of OK websites (of which there are very few), such as BUK.
Those who have met me know that i always have at least one shamgh with me, there are hundreds of different ways of wearing them, and thats just the ones on your head
they can also be used for shelters, bags, slings, towels, the list goes on and on and on
ditchfield
09-02-2004, 13:22
Shelters? :-D
A proper shamagh opens up to over 1m square, they make good shelters for shade in the desert
Just received a shemag by mail from a friend who's in Iraq at the moment: a traditional red & white one with little thingies on the edges for decoration. :super:
It's a massive 1.5 meter (aprx) square when completely open.
Also tried it on, in the way as is shown on Military Morons: I really looked like an Arab with that thing on my head. :yikes:
Really good fun aswell, because I scared my little sis :o): :wink:
Pretty sure it well also do very lovely as a table cloth whilst bushcrafting (isn't it all about improvisation?) :biggthump
mine sheamgh is just 1.10 by1.10, a bit to small to wear it the way pictures from the link above. I wear it on a diffrent way,...
bambodoggy
20-01-2005, 17:02
here you go mate:
http://www.actiongear.com/agcatalog/shemagh.html
Cheers :)
Carlo
Is the model in this the guy from the Fast Show? The "I'll get me coat" chap? ? ? "You ain't seen me.......right?". lol :rolmao:
I wear mine in many ways and use it instead of a towel....also makes a great pillow, as Stuart said; there's heaps of uses for them.
The dangly bits aren't just for decoration....they are supposed to help keep flies away too :o):
Always keep one with me in the woods.
If wearing it aound your head or neck, fold in a triangle and point corner to one side, not to your back. Not a rule, but I find it more useful.
Sling over your shoulder as a forraging bag, can be useful poacher's pocket, tie to a stick Dick Whittington style. Wrap your kit in it and sling around your back. Even tie around your waist as a hernia belt? Soooo useful.
I even wash mine in Nikwax. Don't know if it really makes a difference, but I figure why not? Probably not the best thing to do if you want to use it as a towel or water filter.
Best thing to do is keep it with you and play with it.
This is my own little pic tutorial i made, sorry it's not great
Shemagh (http://www.cherokee57.freeserve.co.uk/Shemagh.htm)
Basically place it on your head with the tails at equal length
pull the right hand tail around and tuck it into itself
The Left hand tail can be left hanging or pulled accross your face
Stinger
Nice Tutorial, but tell me when did you win the pools? :rolmao: :lol: :nana:
Cheers
if all you guys got together in your shemagh's it would look like a berber raiding party, I can just see it now -- dozens of nervous coppers--- loads of flashing lights --- and viking strolling forward saying " not to worry ---- just here for a bit of pillage"
bambodoggy
21-01-2005, 11:44
Probably best to be a little careful when and where you wear your Shemag at the moment.....the police and other agencies seem to frown on them, especially if they are covering your face! :yikes:
Would anyone be interested in a shemag made of coolmax material or similar ?
Buckshot
21-01-2005, 13:35
:?: What's coolmax?
Probably best to be a little careful when and where you wear your Shemag at the moment.....the police and other agencies seem to frown on them, especially if they are covering your face! :yikes:
Interesting that?? I was on my bike the other day and went to fill up at Tesco's. When I entered the shop to pay, the woman behind the counter shouted at me to take my helmet off, yet 2 people in front of me was a woman with one of those black arab head to toe affairs with just her eyes showing :?: WTF??
bambodoggy
21-01-2005, 13:45
Yer...same thing in banks...Jobsworths I guess!
I have a fulface helmet so just open that up :o):
MartiniDave
21-01-2005, 14:29
MD,
You know its not your day when she yells at you to put it back on again! :o):
giancarlo
21-01-2005, 15:18
with the helmet thing, its probably more of an issue that if you start causing trouble, no-one can brain you on the head and knock you out ;)
bambodoggy
21-01-2005, 15:20
with the helmet thing, its probably more of an issue that if you start causing trouble, no-one can brain you on the head and knock you out ;)
Lol....too true but if anyone hit my helmet they'd be bringing a whole heap of trouble on themselves.....it cost a small fortune and would be useless once hit!!! :o):
Thanks for those instructional posts, folks. I recently recieves several via Afganastan, one Military issue color ,my favourite, is a handy piece of kit.