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Modding My Daysack
How to fit a metal eyelet?
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I don't have pockets on my daysack's hipbelt (Vaude Triset) so I have been using a couple of utility pouches on it.  Unfortunately, these have a habit of sliding forward towards the hipbelt buckle and getting in the way; I'm constantly pushing them back to the rear.

What I need is a way of keeping them to the rear of the hipbelt but able to be pulled forward when I want something out of them.  A loop of shockcord on each side of the pack would seem to be the ideal answer but there is nowhere on the pack at the right level to attach it.  I thought that if I could put a metal eyelet in the webbing of each shoulder strap where it attaches to the bottom of the sack, I could pass each loop of cord though that but I have no idea how to go about it.

It would need to be a small-diameter eyelet as I don't want to weaken the webbing excessively.  Anyone else done this or, indeed, can suggest an alternative (BTW I'm rubbish at sewing)? 

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Could you try and just sew a couple of stitches around the shock cord instead of fitting an eyelet?

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take it to your local friendly cobblers.
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Three options Jake:  

 1. Buy one of those DIY eylet kits from Pennine Outdoor or Pointnorth.

 2. Get the local cobbler to stitch a tape "eyelet" to the strap

 3. Do what Bigbananafeet says.  Much the simplest and as good as anything else. 

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Frum, thanks for the Pennine Outdoor info.  Excellent site!

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