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Occidental Leather 9550 Adjustable Pro Framer
$235.00
Most comfortable and durable nailbags I've ever owned. If you think about how much you rely on your nailbags then the price is irrelevant.

Occidental Leather 8089 Oxy Lights Carpenter's Belt Package - Medium
$200.00
Product Description 8089 Oxy Lights Carpenter's Belt Package - Medium. Leather and synthetics intelligently combined. Maximum tool and fastener capacity with less weight. These industrial nylon bags lighten the Professional Carpenter's load while providing the best of both worlds with all leather tool holders. The Oxy Lights Carpenter's Belt Package features the No Spill system and the same hand specific tool holder design as the traditional all leather 5089 system. Bag corners are reinforced with our trademark Red Hiker leather. Components: 5035 - 3" Ranger Work Belt, 8062 - Oxy Lights 3 Pouch Fastener Bag -(left side bag), 5018DB - Oxy Lights 2 Pouch Tool Bag -(right side bag), 5012 - Hammer Holder. Specifications: Pockets and Tool Holders: 22, Main Fastener Bag: 10"W, 8"D -Middle Bag: 7"W, 6"D -Outer Bag: 5"W, 6"D -Upper Bag: 4. 5"W, 4"D, Main Tool Bag: 10"W, 8"D -Outer Bags: 5"W, 6"D, Belt Sizes: SM to XXXL, Weight: 3. 8 lb. Left Hand Model - Not Available. 20% restocking fee on all Occidental Leather returns

The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology
$20.00
Many other excellent longer reviews have been written for this book, so I'll just keep mine (relatively) short. I bought and read this volume first, and it inspired me to order the other three volumes of "The Masks of God". Although I'm not a specialist in comparative religion, I found this volume an excellent introduction: covering the entire history of religion west of and including Persia, but not neglecting to make connections between these and the Oriental religions. But Campbell's approach is more than presenting a hodge-podge of connections between world religions. He was trying to paint a picture of an epic tale of the dialogue and development of religious thought throughout history. For lots of details on particular religions, other sources are probably better, but for presenting the big picture and illuminating the main ideas and trends in Occidental religions, and showing how these threads of belief interacted with one another over time, I found the book very illuminating. Judeo-Christian faithful might be upset with his treatment of their religion as another among many world myths, but those who are open to seeing how their religion fits into the context of other world beliefs might find the comparisons enlightening. For example Jews and Christians might find it interesting to learn that some of their beliefs (afterlife, angels, heaven and hell) may have come from the influence of ancient Zoroastrianism on early Judaism.

I look forward to reading the other three volumes. (Volume 1 is on primitive mythology (e.g. aboriginal, Native American, etc.); Volume 2 is on oriental mythology; and Volume 4 is, I think, Campbell's take on the direction modernity has been going with religious belief. It was a little hard to find the other 3 volumes on Amazon, but they are all there, if you click on the links of the reviewers that point to the correct volumes.

Occidental Leather 9515 Adjustable OxyLight Framer
$195.00
The best thing about these is how comfortable they are. I load them with a lot of stuff. The way they're designed with the padding and the wide connection between the bags and the belt allows the weight to be distributed evenly and comfortably on my body. Nothing on the bags digs into your body (also due to this good design and padding). They are lightweight. There are two pockets for items/fasteners towards the outside of the bags on each side (as opposed to 1 on each side, as my previous Occidental bags had), and this is a huge help; I was always needing more pockets before. They are Occidental quality, namely excellent. I added Occidental's high mount tape holder (product 5037) onto the belt right above the tool bag (as opposed to fastener bag). This was successful for me, except that adding this tape holder makes it harder to access one or two of the pockets for tools right under it, in the middle of the tool bag. I also added my Stabila hand level with pouch to the back of the belt (it fits). Adjust-to-fit bags (ones with comfortable padding / connection between belt and bags) come in some different versions (in leather, which is a bit heavier, and with different arrangements of pockets, and in the new FatLip bags). I have the exact bags pictured above; they are ideal for me, but take your pick. You probably can't go wrong with any of these adjust-to-fit bags. Thank you, Occidental.