Pants deal-Official's Call on Ebay. Reviews?

[Delaware Blue]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

The only other thing with these is that they say the belt loops are 3/4", which doesn't say that they accomodate a 3/4" belt with ease.

I noticed that. All my belts are 1-3/4" so 3/4" wide belt loops wouldn't come close to working. I'm guessing they left off the "1" in 1-3/4"

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by Delaware Blue

I noticed that. All my belts are 1-3/4" so 3/4" wide belt loops wouldn't come close to working. I'm guessing they left off the "1" in 1-3/4"

I'm guessing that 3/4 is the width of the sewn fabric loop, not the capacity of the loop itself.

[Steven Tyler]

just send the seller a question. They would know more about the pants than anyone else. That way you will get what you're looking for from the horse's mouth.

[JimKirk]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I'm guessing that 3/4 is the width of the sewn fabric loop, not the capacity of the loop itself.

Correct. The 3/4 width - not the height of the loop - indicates that it's a wide-sturdy loop (vs. a thin loop) that is typical on umpire pants. If umpire pants don't have loops tall enough for a 1 3/4 belt to fit through, then you can't really call them umpire pants.

Jim Kirk
Owner
Umpire & Referee Equipment & Uniforms

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JimKirk

Correct. The 3/4 width - not the height of the loop - indicates that it's a wide-sturdy loop (vs. a thin loop) that is typical on umpire pants. If umpire pants don't have loops tall enough for a 1 3/4 belt to fit through, then you can't really call them umpire pants.

Jim Kirk
Owner
Umpire & Referee Equipment & Uniforms

Yeah, 3/4" did sound a bit small. I was thinking 1 3/4" but the 3/4" threw me.

[senorazul]

These are supposedly maufactured by Smitty.

[falsecut]

Met the guys that own the company at a clinic here. Bought some of their stuff, and it seems to be good quality. Didn't buy pants so can't speak directly to that. They didn't have part of what I wanted with them so shipped it separately, and it was done quickly enough.

I'm glad we aren't restricted to charcoal gray here yet because mine are still on backorder with Honigs.

[jkumpire]

I just happen to live not too far from the Officials' Call, and since I had a DH near by today, I stopped and said hello.

Evidentailly the OC boys have come up with a new lighter mask, made of Magnesium. They showed me the mask, and the thing is as light as a feather. Since I use an HSM I really don't know what is light, or not light these days, but... Other than the awful Champro pads they put on the thing, I was impressed with the mask. It weighted almost nothing in my hands, and they said it was stronger than the Titanium masks. Compared to my old single bar from the late Cretaceous period, there is no comparison.

Evidentially these guys have connections with some Chinese factories who makes gear for them. They said that they had a first run of 72 of these new maks and just about all of them are spoken for at $129 per mask. Get 'em while they are hot I guess.

Also, the pants they sell are also branded as Smitty's pants. I assume that means they came from the same manufacturer.

[Delaware Blue]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I'm guessing that 3/4 is the width of the sewn fabric loop, not the capacity of the loop itself.

I thought about that, but the picture must be deceiving. They didn't look that wide in the posted photo (at least not to my tired eyes).