anybody carry thier rat upside down?

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hi im looking to get my 1st rat fixed blade,hell might get more than 1!my question is i would like to carry the rat in its factory kydex withe the teck lock upside down on my belt.will it fall out while im working my construction job.how good is the kydex fit?when you hold your rat upside down and give it a hand jerk does it fall out?thanks
 
Not sure what knife your planning on getting but my izula could hang upside down no problem. I would also feel totally confident that it would only deploy when I intended. But if you give it a solid hand jerk it will come out...but its supposed to. I carry mine in the horizontal position. Hope that helps
 
I think the Izula due to weight would be the best candidate and then RC4 as its sheath has a screw that adjusts the tension.

I've used my Izula as a necker with no prob.

My RC3s are hit and miss - one the sheath is VERY tight, the other its a bit loose...
 
I carry my RC-3 inverted with the MOLLE backing and retention strap. RAT does 3 ft. drop testing to make sure that their sheaths have excellent retention, but that doesn't mean accidents or freak occurrences can't happen. You might try rigging up a paracord safety on the sheath. Example below:

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I carry my Izula upside down on my BOB shoulder strap. MOLLE strap fits right through sheath so it's quick on and off if I need to release it.Works well for me !
 
StagLefty said:
I carry my Izula upside down on my BOB shoulder strap. MOLLE strap fits right through sheath so it's quick on and off if I need to release it.Works well for me !
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Would you be so kind as to post a picture please?
 
I carry my Izula upside down all the time. I carry it hanging around my neck and have never had a problem with it coming loose. The factory sheath fits tight with an audible click when inserted. I carry my Izula every day in this manner and feel very comfortable in the fact that it isnt going to accidentally fall out.
 
Yea there's no way Rats will fall out of their sheaths. I lost my retention screw on the RC-4 and while it was easy to get out, did not fall out when i put it upside down.

They are held in by friction tabs built into the kydex holster, and those tabs will not wear out for a long time.
 
It'll stay in the sheath, but I'm confused as to why on earth you'd carry it upside-down on your belt?
 
I think you would be fine carrying the Izula this way. While the sheath on my RC-4 is very secure I wouldn't carry it that way....just seems to be asking for a lost knife.

I have carried knives inverted on my Tactical gear, but only if the sheath has some kind of secondary retention system.
 
I carry my RC-4 inverted on my camelbak havoc while mountain biking. I have not lost it or even had it come loose. I tend to do intermediate trails and I have fallen and gone over the handle bars without any issues. It's the second thing I check after my self.
 
I didn't read all the posts so sorry if this was mentioned, but I think I saw Jeff post somewhere that they drop test the sheath/Knife combo at 4lbs. That seems pretty stout to me. Lots of other things would go wrong first before the knife came out. However, I do wonder why that would be your first option for carry. It seems horizontal would be the most comfortable or stable of the methods I can imagine.
 
This is strictly my opinion, but it's not the comfort that would concern me, it's the access - seems like an awkward "reach" for drawing the knife AND resheathing it.
Unless you're blessed with freakishly long arms? lol

Funny story (only because it didn't happen to me): when I was a kid, most of my camping gear was old Army surplus equipment - including oldschool "ALICE" webgear. My running buddy and I carried our knives upside down, attached to the shoulder strap - mine an old Gerber, his one of those Buckmaster "Rambo-style" knives. Anyhow, one day we were sprinting across an open field when his knife was jostled out of its sheath, where it landed between his feet. Don't know if it sliced him on its way down, or if his leg came down on the blade of the knife while running full-stride, but the result was about two dozen stitches if I remember correctly. I bound his sliced-up calf with a couple of bandanas and fireman-carried him back to the house so his parents could drive him to the hospital. Maybe it's that dark, repressed memory that makes me leery of this post? lol

KD
 
oruacat2 said:
This is strictly my opinion, but it's not the comfort that would concern me, it's the access - seems like an awkward "reach" for drawing the knife AND resheathing it.
Unless you're blessed with freakishly long arms? lol



KD
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Upside down at a 45 degree angle would be a lot more accessible it seems although, if you carry something long enough it's amazing what you can adapt to I guess.
 
I carry my RC-3 inverted on my turnouts. the elastic retention band is mandatory but works like a charm. There is some wear where the glass breaker has worn through the fabric. No big thing though. I stake my life on this knife
 
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