{"id":5377,"date":"2013-05-12T20:44:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2013-05-12T20:58:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:58:57","slug":"mil-spec-monkey-hoodie-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=5377","title":{"rendered":"Mil-Spec Monkey Hoodie RAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5396\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mil-Spec-Monkey-Hoodie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5396\" title=\"Mil-Spec Monkey Hoodie\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mil-Spec-Monkey-Hoodie1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mil-Spec-Monkey-Hoodie1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mil-Spec-Monkey-Hoodie1-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mil-Spec-Monkey-Hoodie1-1024x870.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not working it for the camera.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The weather was a bit cool last week when I was in NYC.\u00a0 I wanted to take something warm to wear that would extend below my waist and cover up the Smith &amp; Wesson Bodyguard 380 and holster I had stashed in my right front pants pocket.\u00a0 I bought a <a title=\"Mil-Spec Monkey Hoodie RAW\" href=\"http:\/\/milspecmonkey.com\/store\/t-shirts\/msm-hoodie-raw\" target=\"_blank\">Mil-Spec Monkey Hoodie RAW<\/a> last November and it was just right for the trip.<\/p>\n<p>I met The Monkey a few years back at SHOT Show after I had contracted him to make morale patches for BlueSheepdog, and then more for ThinBlueFlorida.\u00a0 We were very satisfied with his professionalism and his products.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get to talk to him this year, but I was impressed with the size of his entourage.<\/p>\n<p>On his website store, I saw this Hoodie.\u00a0 I liked the design, that it was Made in the USA with quality materials, and carried a low price:\u00a0 $44.00!\u00a0 I sent him more of my money.<\/p>\n<p>MSM said the Hoodie runs in the &#8220;fitted, athletic look&#8221; for sizing.\u00a0 I wanted it to wear a little loose for concealed carry, both IWB and pocket, so I chose an<!--more--> XL.\u00a0 Charcoal or OD?\u00a0 I have lots of OD from SWAT, so I went with the Charcoal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5392\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msm-raw-hoodie002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5392\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5392\" title=\"msm-raw-hoodie002\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msm-raw-hoodie002-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msm-raw-hoodie002-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/msm-raw-hoodie002.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Monkey Himself.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upon receiving it, I was happy with its attributes.\u00a0 The 50\/50 cotton polyester fleece was a nice medium weight&#8211;good for layering in cold, but sufficient in cool.\u00a0 The garment&#8217;s stitching was even and properly placed. The main zipper is YKK brand.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the thumb holes in the cuffs to keep your mitts more covered, but accessible.\u00a0 The side pockets had no zippers, but I am sure that would drive the price up.\u00a0 Still, they were deep, so a pair of sunglasses, and in my case reading glasses, stay put in the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>The 4&#8243; X 4&#8243; loop side Velcro\u00ae fields on either upper sleeve are great for those morale patches.\u00a0 Left unpatched, the loop squares are color matched and blend in well with the fleece.\u00a0 MSM calls the Hoodie RAW because their upscale items are called DLUX.\u00a0 Duh!<\/p>\n<p>Mil-Spec Monkey&#8217;s Hoodie is just right for spring or fall weather, paired with concealed carry.\u00a0 I think if you order now, you can still get a free morale patch.\u00a0 Make sure you add it in the notes section of the MSM order and not dropped in your cart.\u00a0 Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was a bit cool last week when I was in NYC.\u00a0 I wanted to take something warm to wear that would extend below my waist and cover up the Smith &amp; Wesson Bodyguard 380 and holster I had stashed in my right front pants pocket.\u00a0 I bought a Mil-Spec Monkey Hoodie RAW last November and it was just right for the trip. I met The Monkey a few years back at SHOT Show after I had contracted him to make morale patches for BlueSheepdog, and then more for ThinBlueFlorida.\u00a0 We were very satisfied with his professionalism and his products.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get to talk to him this year, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=5377\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,33],"tags":[832,154,737,738,739],"class_list":["post-5377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concealed-carry","category-off-duty","tag-concealed-carry","tag-concealed-firearms-carry","tag-mil-spec-monkey","tag-mil-spec-monkey-hoodie-raw","tag-off-duty-police-wear"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1oJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5406,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions\/5406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}