I have neuropathy and tremors, but we don’t know what’s causing it yet. When I know more, I’ll probably post it at some point.
Because of this, it’s incredibly painful to fold my hands to reach into my pockets and use fine manipulation. Pulling a lighter out of my pocket is literally impossible. Being unable to do simple tasks is frustrating.
Now, I figured out how to move everything to holsters, but when I fall down (which is getting more frequent), I end up either crushing what’s in the holsters, or really hurting myself where I landed on them.
Being annoyingly improvisational, I came up with this goofy pipe holster.
 I loaded up a pouch with my pipe stuff. The snap hook you see on the back allows the pouch to move away from my body when I fall. |
So here are the contents of my pipe holster. From left to right, top to bottom: pipe cleaners, backup disposable lighter, pipe (of course), pipe tool, fluid reservoir, lighter attached to belt snap, and the pouch itself. |
Windcap clipped to chain. I just unclip it when I want to use it. To make the loop through the top of the windcap, I just bent a paperclip into a loop. |
A pipe cleaner holder from Iwan Ries. |
Zippo fuel canister. The skull attached to the clip makes it easier for me to pull it out of the holster. |
Yep. Skull. |
Zippo model 275. It comes with an elastic lanyard attached. Makes it easily retrievable if I drop it (boing!), and if the lanyard ever breaks, it’s easy to replace with a chain or something. |
Pipe tool attached to key chain with a ball at the top. I can tuck the tool into the top of the holster, and the ball makes it easier to pull out. |
 I've got my eye on you… Why yes, that is an eyeball. Torn from a screaming… uh… insert your own enemy here. Eyeball keychain from Tech Optics. |
Again, eyeball keychain from Tech Optics. For cheap entertainment, put it in someone’s soup. |
