beltless carry

[kgd]

My wife carries a PSK that includes her Izula in her purse. The PSK bag is some make-up type thingy. Works great for her.

If you are outdoors, then a baldric set-up is also a great way to go. A baldric is basically an over the shoulder strap, like what you have with a messenger bag, but you hang your knife off of it. Works great in the winter over your coat which otherwise would cover up your sheath knife and make it inaccessible. Here is one I rigged up last year from a boot shoelace (hey it doesn't have to be fancy). My gortex pants don't have belt loops hence the need for a baldric.

 

[ron_m80]

So you tied some cord to it, and slung it around and around trying to unsheath the knife. Could you not have just apply weight to the izula until it finally unsheathed?

I never said it was smart. but having hands on the line and twirling it, i felt gave me a better idea of what kind of force would dislodge the blade. an arbitrary 600 grams applied to the knife with gravity as an aid, would tell me exactly what in practical terms?

Would one then go around your environment, and test various snags and tethers that would likely interact with the little izula while it is nested and compare resistances to see what my odd loosing it would be? call me lazy

Nah, i just flung it around and noted the force it took to hold my arm still and gained quite a bit of respect for the hold on the blade.

 

[hwpaintballer]

That it takes that much force to dislodge it. You wouldn't have to use weights, you could just hold the sheath in one hand and pull with the other while slowly adding the amount of strength your using.

 

[ron_m80]

That it takes that much force to dislodge it. You wouldn't have to use weights, you could just hold the sheath in one hand and pull with the other while slowly adding the amount of strength your using.

Yes you could do it that way. I wanted a few more dynamics in the test.

 

[hwpaintballer]

to me force is force, it doesn't matter if the force is applied through centrifugal force or downward force. The less variables the better an experiment, right?

 

[ron_m80]

to me force is force, it doesn't matter if the force is applied through centrifugal force or downward force. The less variables the better an experiment, right?

a single force exerted in a singular direction IMO has done little to cause the loss of my stuff in the past. a bit of rough and tumble however has caused me to loose a few knives a light or two, etc.

but seriously to each there own.

 

[hoopster]

a single force exerted in a singular direction IMO has done little to cause the loss of my stuff in the past. a bit of rough and tumble however has caused me to loose a few knives a light or two, etc.

but seriously to each there own.

I guess the ideal method would be to use a weight scale (like used when fishing) to determine how many pounds of force it requires to unsheath. Then you could have a standard to go by.

 

[MikePerrin]

If you do a search on google for "Bra holster sheath" there are many sites that relate to gun holsters and knife sheath carried in or clipped to a bra. Ya'll thought I was kiddin

 

[Wanderlust]

If you do a search on google for "Bra holster sheath" there are many sites that relate to gun holsters and knife sheath carried in or clipped to a bra. Ya'll thought I was kiddin

The Hide Away Knife site has a clip specifically designed for clipping their knife to a bra. You might want to check that out.