Tactical Pants
I am sitting at home on a cold-ish Houston day relaxing in my tights writing this post. I just got them from Amazon a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t bother looking at the brand-name—it would have been meaningless to me. Instead, I just bought tights that were cheap because I needed a pair.
Why a pair of tight stretchy pants should be branded “Pro Combat” is a mystery to me. Who finds the descriptor “combat” appealing? Maybe for a movie or a comic book, but for clothes?
A few years ago I stopped into a store called Top Brass Military & Tactical. Mostly out of curiosity. I thought it would be an army surplus store, like the much-missed Col. Bubbie’s on Galveston. But as far as I could tell, Top Brass carried only new merch, not military surplus. Top Brass impressed me as the kind of place where cops, militia members, and wannabes shop. I suspect the “wannabe” category to be the largest.
In addition to gun stuff and “field” gear, they sell a lot of ordinary clothing items. I saw a pair of khaki slacks that were being sold as “tactical pants.”
Pro Combat stretchy pants are made by Nike. Maybe what Combat Pro tights do is market themselves to wannabe tough guys. But for me, they’re cheap and comfy. I will happily avoid combat.
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