Anyone Clip Their Folder Outside the Pocket?

[stonproject]

I see it more then You would think. Can't say I understand the thought behind this method. It's kind of the mullet of the kinfe culture.

Business in the front party in the back.

 

[22-rimfire]

I see it all the time. I leaves more room in your pocket for the baseball bat! It separates mere posers from the real Operat0rs.

Seriously though, I have to think maybe the user just put the knife away in a hurry and had it oriented the wrong way?

Maybe he normally doesn't carry a knife and grabbed it for "defensive purposes" for his walk to the sandwich shop. Wanted it real handy. Takes all kinds in this world. Don't tread on me and I won't tread on you.

 

[uofaengr]

The guy on the Fixer Upper show (I'm married so sue me) carries his folder like this, and it drives me insane. Not doing construction which I could understand, but dressed up and showing a house. I've tried to make out what he's carrying and can never tell, but looks like something from the gas station bargain bin. You'd think with the scratch they bring in, he'd upgrade one of these days.

The only other time I've seen this was what appeared to be a semi-mentally challenged person outside of a Walmart that had no less than 3 folders clipped outside his pockets. Might have been 3 per pocket. To each their own though.

 

[Shotgun]

A couple guys at work do this. I think it's just "a look" because they've seen me and other people carry it inside. Trying to be different me thinks.

 

[McFeeli]

I've only ever seen it once. On TV. Laura(that's Rick's wife right?) from the Walking Dead was caring her Endura like that in the first season. Never saw it before that and have yet to see it in person.

 

[Shotgun]

I've only ever seen it once. On TV. Laura(that's Rick's wife right?) from the Walking Dead was caring her Endura like that in the first season. Never saw it before that and have yet to see it in person.

I see it more and more. Maybe walking dead fans are the drivers.

 

[BoozeFighter]

I work with a guy who clips his folders on to his belt, knife facing out. I believe last time I saw it was a paraframe. Absolutely mangles the pocket clips from being bent out to fit over the thick belt.

The same guy seems to lose knives more often than anybody else I’ve ever met......go figure

 

[ATJ999]

Seems like you would lose the knife quickly, if you crouch down or something bumps it, but maybe I'm wrong.

Off topic, but with very small and light folders, I will take paracord, make a necklace, and use the knife clip to hang from the paracord. Works great!! Very quick and easy to get to.

 

[Comeuppance]

It totally makes sense for women, because the pockets they put on women's pants is a damned joke. Seriously, they're basically decorative. You/re lucky to get even 3/4 of a phone into one.

Putting aside practical concerns and how offensive the concept it is to us cultured knife snobs, clipping a knife to the outside of your pocket is kind of ballsy choice for numerous reasons. That is definitely a person who is not particularly self-conscious, just broadcasting to the world HEY EVERYONE I HAVE A KNIFE

 

[tgtodd]

Only if I want to lose it...

 

[Hickory n steel]

Never seen this, but I do see some older guys around here carrying cheapo folders clipped to their belt.
I also saw a guy with his knife clipped to his watch band.

 

[firefighterguy]

I work with a guy who clips a folder to his belt. The knife is on the outside of the belt. I have never understood how he doesn’t lose it!

 

[Yonose]

It’s like carrying the latest iPhone in a back pocket on a crowded bus.

 

[JParanee]

Knives should not even have pocket clips

 

[halden.doerge]

I just saw a guy with what I think was a right-handed CRKT clipped tip up on the outside of his left front pocket. Unfortunately I couldn't catch him to ask. I've never seen a folder carried this way and was curious if anyone else did this and, if so, the how and why.

I've clipped mine to backpack straps and stuff like that when backpacking. But I've stopped because of the constant, mind-numbing anxiety over potentially losing the knife.

 

[stabman]

Knives should not even have pocket clips

Heretic!
Seriously though, pocket clips have made knives WAY more handy for me.
I haven't lost one since finding knives with clips.

Always in the same spot every time I want to use it.
I know that belt pouches do that also, but I really hate having stuff on my belt.
Baldric carry for big fixed blades, and pocket clips for pocketknives.

I did the ankle carry thing when younger, and got jabbed in the side by fixed blade handles for a few years.
Not missing either of those.

 

[KuduCuckoo]

Mcconaughey carries a folder on his belt in True Detective for some reason.

person outside of a Walmart that had no less than 3 folders clipped outside his pockets. Might have been 3 per pocket. To each their own though.

This sounds amazing. Now I want to clip knives all around the way around my belt just so I can look at it and laugh my head off.

 

[Lapedog]

I wonder if it has to do with local laws against concealing a knife. Some people might consider clipped to the inside of the pocket as concealed.

Clipping to the side of your pocket isn not very secure. What works ok is slipping your knife knife through one of the belt loops and letting the clip attatch to the loop.

 

[FullMetalJackass]

Never seen this, but I do see some older guys around here carrying cheapo folders clipped to their belt.
I also saw a guy with his knife clipped to his watch band.

Yeah! Definitely the best idea of the year!

 

[Yonose]

Knives should not even have pocket clips

In at least 1 state a pocket clip allows, even inside the pocket deep carry clip, to be legally considered open carry!