^^ Trent, we've exchanged ideas on this before. The ability to blend in and be invisible takes more than clothes, it takes a holistic entry into a role. And sometimes the way be unseen is to stick out like a sore thumb so eveyone averts their eyes. Billy-Bob teeth anyone?
http://billybobproducts.com/billy-bob-teeth.html?sl=EN
Add a baseball hat with sewn-in scraggly hair and you can be invisible in 15 seconds...
"What I see is not just unnatural body movement but the way the shirt moves and lies on the torso. "
Dead on. I can pick many CCW carriers out of the lineup at any of the local stores (Wally World is a favorite) by the robot-walk, the knees-bent pickup of the dropped item, and all of the other "tells". Taken as a whole, these tells stand out like a sore thumb.
"Way back when" I worked as a contractor in a hot place outside the USA where CCW`was absolutely illegal and would result in MANY problems if the local policia found a gun, yet, but... well: *people wanted to kill people like me* in a very real way. So: Development of ways to hide a pistol VERY discretely while keeping it accessable one handed both on the street and when in a vehicle was VERY important. Carry of a 1911 (in .38 Super) under a jacket (safari type) with a roll of coins tossed into the lower pocket to weigh the pocket down was the norm. With one hand you could flick the weighted pocket back to clear for the draw. And the weight kept the cloth down over the pistol to keep it hidden. Toss your wallet and knife in the other pocket to drape the jacket over the mag pouch on the other side and go about your business. Keep your windows rolled down in the car (steel shell plus glass plus interior panels make a car door a really effective thing to hide behind....) But I digress.
All the "inside your fly" and "thunderwear" and other "special" places to carry... what a joke. You might as take a North American .22 Derringer, affix a retrieval string to it, grease it, and
shove it where Pappillon hid his valuables for all of what those are worth. Your CCW`is only useful if it's less than a second away from your hand. Otherwise just carry a rock.
Pocket carry of a J Frame is darned good in many ways, even when wearing a blazer. Nom is
dead on in his assessments, which mirror my own so well that I can't add anything to it. I always have found business wear to be the easiest time to carry a 1911 (which is what I was carrying when I was carrying in business attire). A 30 year old Milt Sparks Summer Special still does it's trick. It's "business casual" where it gets harder. My old Corduroy jacket with the leather elbow patches still has a place over Dockers and a polo, it's thick material drapes well and hides almost anything. Add one to your wardrobe.
Along with the correct shoes... Trent.
Willie
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