Weapon Bags for Kobudo: Attempt 1

This is my first attempt at making a case that would carry all my Kobudo weapons to class.

 

I realized that I rarely secured the weapons and preferred them to slide into pouches rather than be velcrowed in (The kama NEVER go put away in those straps, I always just ended up shoving them in somewhere). Each weapon didn't need it's own pouch, my weapons are cheap practice versions and I would rather they get stored as a pair to save time and space.

I did not like having to switch out bags between  Karate and Kobudo because, invariably, something I would want would be in the OTHER bag.

I did like that I was usually the first to be able to lay my hands on the correct weapons, the case was pretty good looking, and I could carry the weapons from place to place in a non-threatening manner.

Overall, I think that this was a good first attempt.

Some notes on construction: the stiff portions of this are a cheap blue camping cushion covered in cloth and stitched together at the bottom like pages in a book. The sai slide into a fleece sheaths and the cross ribbon are structural to hold the "blades" tightly in. The tonfa slide into a slick lined sheath and are actually my favorite part of this bag. It would work better structurally to install two shoulder straps (like a backpack) instead of the one cross strap with the buckle but I found that style to difficult to put on over my uniform top. I bought all the buckles in the camping section as "lashing straps" because it was cheaper than buying the same thing out of the sewing aisle as "buckles".