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Johnny_Fang
Mar 26, 2009, 1:10 AM
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curt wrote: I got the Gold one... Dear Curt Shannon,
Thank you for shopping with Mountain Gear. We have received your order, and it is being processed. Please see below for the details of your order.
Bill to Name & Address:
Curt Shannon
Gilbert, AZ
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C80 Chalk Bag
Ships next business day 210031GLDLG 1 $34.95 Pending Stimulating the economy--one chalk bag at a time.  Curt
you got ripped off... you can buy the C80 at MEC here in canadia for $25 canadian... which is like $20 'merican.
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curt
Mar 26, 2009, 1:11 AM
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Johnny_Fang wrote: curt wrote: I got the Gold one... Dear Curt Shannon,
Thank you for shopping with Mountain Gear. We have received your order, and it is being processed. Please see below for the details of your order.
Bill to Name & Address:
Curt Shannon
Gilbert, AZ
(Full address hidden for privacy.)
Item Description Item # Qty Price Status
C80 Chalk Bag
Ships next business day 210031GLDLG 1 $34.95 Pending Stimulating the economy--one chalk bag at a time. Curt you got ripped off... you can buy the C80 at MEC here in canadia for $25 canadian... which is like $20 'merican.
dammit.
Curt
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jakedatc
Mar 26, 2009, 1:19 AM
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Johnny_Fang wrote: curt wrote: I got the Gold one... Dear Curt Shannon,
Thank you for shopping with Mountain Gear. We have received your order, and it is being processed. Please see below for the details of your order.
Bill to Name & Address:
Curt Shannon
Gilbert, AZ
(Full address hidden for privacy.)
Item Description Item # Qty Price Status
C80 Chalk Bag
Ships next business day 210031GLDLG 1 $34.95 Pending Stimulating the economy--one chalk bag at a time. Curt you got ripped off... you can buy the C80 at MEC here in canadia for $25 canadian... which is like $20 'merican.
"Ships within Canada only." FAIL
travel AZ ---> MEC >$15
I have the BEAL Clic-Clac chalk bag that has some sorta spring steel in the top so it pops open and closed like those snappy bracelet things. Had to order it from freaking spain.. still less than 35 bucks :)
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carabiner96
Mar 26, 2009, 1:22 AM
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Johnny_Fang wrote: curt wrote: I got the Gold one... Dear Curt Shannon,
Thank you for shopping with Mountain Gear. We have received your order, and it is being processed. Please see below for the details of your order.
Bill to Name & Address:
Curt Shannon
Gilbert, AZ
(Full address hidden for privacy.)
Item Description Item # Qty Price Status
C80 Chalk Bag
Ships next business day 210031GLDLG 1 $34.95 Pending Stimulating the economy--one chalk bag at a time. Curt you got ripped off... you can buy the C80 at MEC here in canadia for $25 canadian... which is like $20 'merican.
are we really that much more awesome than them these days?
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dingus
Mar 26, 2009, 1:24 AM
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2.5 Canadians for 1 American exchange rate yes we are THAT AWESOME!
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ladyscarlett
Mar 26, 2009, 1:52 AM
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dingus wrote: carabiner96 wrote: curt wrote: carabiner96 wrote: chalk is for pussies. You can put your chalk wherever you like. Curt dammit. There's the rub. DMT
Sweat happens...grip and friction are important! It's all about the right thing at the right time 
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climbsomething
Mar 26, 2009, 1:56 AM
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curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius. I gotta get one--by the weekend. Curt
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kane_schutzman
Mar 26, 2009, 2:13 AM
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Is that zippered pocket big enough to hold my chalk sticks?
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curt
Mar 26, 2009, 2:14 AM
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climbsomething wrote: curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius. I gotta get one--by the weekend. Curt It will be photographed.
Like this?
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k.l.k
Mar 26, 2009, 3:03 AM
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curt wrote: climbsomething wrote: curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius. I gotta get one--by the weekend. Curt It will be photographed. Like this? [img]http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee348/kl_k/nuevo/IMG_0030.jpg[/img] Curt
Not my fault you were wearing that hideous orange/navy blue deal with those tights.
We tried to hook you up.
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Mar 26, 2009, 3:06 AM
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k.l.k wrote: curt wrote: climbsomething wrote: curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius. I gotta get one--by the weekend. Curt It will be photographed. Like this? Curt Not my fault you were wearing that hideous orange/navy blue deal with those tights. We tried to hook you up.
fixt.
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k.l.k
Mar 26, 2009, 3:36 AM
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curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Not my fault you were wearing that hideous orange/navy blue deal with those tights. We tried to hook you up. fixt. Curt
Not hardly-- it's still navy blue and carrot.
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macherry
Mar 26, 2009, 3:54 AM
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i still use my crown royal chalk bag made by tattooed_climber.
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curt
Mar 26, 2009, 4:14 AM
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k.l.k wrote: curt wrote: k.l.k wrote: Not my fault you were wearing that hideous orange/navy blue deal with those tights. We tried to hook you up. fixt. Curt Not hardly-- it's still navy blue and carrot.
It was actually Forest Green and Carrot. I may still have it.
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dlintz
Mar 26, 2009, 4:30 AM
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macherry wrote: i still use my crown royal chalk bag made by tattooed_climber.
I remember him offering to make those. I've got a RC bag but haven't gotten around to putting it together.
I made a chalkbag out of a Maker's Mark Bourbon faux leather bag a few years ago but it looked so nice I couldn't bear to put chalk in it.
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k.l.k
Mar 26, 2009, 4:30 AM
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curt wrote: I may still have it.
That's why God made lighters.
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curt
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k.l.k wrote: curt wrote: I may still have it. That's why God made lighters.
Agreed. This chalk bag is much better and I know I still have this one.
Curt
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abe_ascends
Mar 26, 2009, 6:29 PM
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Best chalk bag I've ever owned. Zipper top. I never have to deal with chalk spills again, and the bag is pretty big with a sizeable pocket on the back for keys, tape, etc.
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whoa, I just realized that we got a couple of those very chalk bags for a wedding present last year. They're in the basement languishing away; I never even realized they had a bottle opener on them.
Still not as cool as the champagne that curt got us, though.
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k.l.k
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camhead wrote: I never even realized they had a bottle opener on them.
Better check the model: Arc T is thorough, and they have others at different (i.e., lower) price points.
That company has done some serious, thoughtful study of luxury branding. I'd really like to trash them a good deal more, but I also have to admit that they've fairly consistently offered some of the most elegant design in outdoor apparel.
Although I'm not terribly impressed by the chalk bag, since it's a recycled early '90s design with a cheap-ass plastic churchkey tacked on. Sort of a luxury version of a Berkeley art car.
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k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius.
Correction: it's made in the Philippines.
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k.l.k
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Khoi wrote: k.l.k wrote: Yeah, but those are all mom-n-pop ops designing small-run and one-offs in their garages. except maybe for rhb, but those also look pretty one-at-a-time. Edit to add: You can get that Rose Tattoo one from groovee for only 25 bux. What Arc T has done here, and it's brilliant, really, is create a big run item with mass sourcing and chinese production, that sells for a custom-made price. The real hook, here, is the plastic church key. Anyone could, of course, tack a lightweight one onto a chalkbag, but Arc T either sourced or (heaven help us) designed a dedicated chalkbag church key. Frickin genius. Correction: it's made in the Philippines.
Thanks for the catch. I can no longer keep up with outsourcing patterns, now that Indonesia, Vietnam and the Phiippines rotate in and out of the picture with the change of contractual seasons.
Now all we need is for the free-lance designer who first sketched the churchkey to step up and contribute some of the original CAD documents to the thread.
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camhead
Mar 26, 2009, 7:57 PM
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k.l.k wrote: camhead wrote: I never even realized they had a bottle opener on them. Better check the model: Arc T is thorough, and they have others at different (i.e., lower) price points. That company has done some serious, thoughtful study of luxury branding. I'd really like to trash them a good deal more, but I also have to admit that they've fairly consistently offered some of the most elegant design in outdoor apparel. Although I'm not terribly impressed by the chalk bag, since it's a recycled early '90s design with a cheap-ass plastic churchkey tacked on. Sort of a luxury version of a Berkeley art car.
I think that the buckle that attaches the belt to the bag doubles as a bottle opener. I'm not sure, though. I'll get back on whether it works on a beer bottle later tonight after I'm done writing for the day; hehehe.
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anykineclimb
Mar 29, 2009, 10:56 PM
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I got one and love it. I got big mitts so I like the big size. Verve had (has?) a really nice bag with a large opening also.
oh, btw, I wouldn't pay $35 for it either. eBay!!!
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How about this bag?
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