My son and I each have a military "mechanic's bag" that we purchased in surplus store in Billings, Montana last year. The cost was about $10.00 each. Heavy-duty material and the same size as an Akona weight bag. With construction made of heavy canvas(?) they don't hold water and dry very quickly. We often get asked where we got the "weight bags".
Thanks for the tip. Today I went to our local surplus store (
Home) and got two mechanic's tool bags in black canvas :
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Only paid $8.50 each for them. I agree, they could make great weight bags. However, I got one to use as a little tool bag for my Jeep, and I got the second one as a bag for some as of yet undefined purpose
I went to a rubber supply place here in town and got a piece of scrap rubber mat (about 1/4" thick) and cut it to size to fit on the floor of my ammo cans. Should help it from getting scratched up by weights. I got enough for all of my cans, and then some. So, now my diving cans are completely finished. The 50 cal can holds all of my weights plus my "save a dive" kit, and still has a little room left. I dunno what I will do with the 30 cal can, but I'm sure I'll find something.
The 30 cal can I painted up as a first aid kit was too small for what I wanted to put in there - so I will use it as a home first aid kit with less stuff in it. For my wilderness/camping/diving first aid kit, I went out and bought a 40mm ammo can for $10:
40mm Ammo Box
I sand blasted it and put POR-15 on it today. After that dries, I'll get on to painting it up in a first aid kit motif. Then I'll stock it up. Should have plenty of room for everything I want to put in there. Given its purpose, this will be more of a "first aid plus" kit. It will have some extras, like flashlight, batteries, bear repellent, and, if I have room, a small handgun in case I need to do myself in (too much pain, too far from rescue, leg eaten off by bear, etc.).
