Defective knife sheath kills man

Um, I kind of hate to say this, because I sort of feel sorry for the guy, but what kind of moron carries a 7" blade around his neck???
 
Samael said:
Um, I kind of hate to say this, because I sort of feel sorry for the guy, but what kind of moron carries a 7" blade around his neck???
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sounds like there saying 7 inch knife, proably meaning overall length, but not sure. lesson learned is don't horseplay while wearing a neck knife
 
Yeah, maybe. What got me thinking it was a 7" blade was that a 6-7" knife OAL probably wouldn't have a blade long enough to pierce his heart. Maybe it was just one of those fluke things, though.
 
It does say he was fiddling with the damn thing throughout the day. Seems that even though he knew his knife was falling out of the sheath, he chose to wear it anyway. Then wrestle. Sucks for the other guy. Wrestling with a friend who then dies. He's got some sleepless nights ahead of him.
 
Crazy to me that it pierced him what...two and a half inches? And hit his heart? Weird.

Also, the knife was "homemade" and so, presumably, was the sheath...now WE all know how awesome "homemade" knives can be, but maybe his homemade pants weren't up to snuff.
 
Samael said:
Yeah, maybe. What got me thinking it was a 7" blade was that a 6-7" knife OAL probably wouldn't have a blade long enough to pierce his heart. Maybe it was just one of those fluke things, though.
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The article says that the blade penetrated approximately 2.25". Sounds well within the capability of a 6-7" OAL knife- especially if you account for a bit of compression. A 2" blade can penetrate about 6" into soft tissue, IIRC. A ribcage doesn't compress so easily, but it does a little.
 
Wrestling with a 7 inch blade around your neck? Odd....

Wearing a 7 inch blade around your neck? Odd.....

It sucks that the dude died, but there were a series of bad judgement calls made in that scenario.
 
Samael said:
Um, I kind of hate to say this, because I sort of feel sorry for the guy, but what kind of moron carries a 7" blade around his neck???
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The article stated it was an over-the-shoulder sheath, which may not be the same as a neck sheath. It may have been around his neck as you're assuming, but I'm thinking it was rigged like an over-the-shoulder pistol rig & under his arm pit.
Either way the guy is still dead, but calling him a moron based on your assumptions is a bit harsh.
 
-To have a knife while wrestling is bad.
-To have a knife slung on shoulder/neck while wrestling is double bad.
-To have a knife slung on shoulder/neck with defective sheath while wrestling is triple bad.

I'm sorry, but this sounds like a Darwin Award nominee. If the knife pierced his wrestling partner instead of him, he would have been charged for fatal negligence.
 
I recall reading here a couple years ago, that one poster had a Cold Steel Urban Dart that fell from his neck sheath and almost stabbed him as he bent over to pick something up.

Me, I dont wear neck knives...too many Murphy's options...
 
Neck knives, even in sheath, can cause serious damage in case of accident(breaking solar plexus, ribs etc). So can folder(or even strong pen) in pants pocket. Our ancestors have proven(by surviving :) ) that best place for knife is side of the body. Then there is absolutely minimal possibility to push the knife into soft tissue of the body. All what you can expect whem you land on the knife is bruised pelvis area.
Than imagine landing(falling) on a knife located on the back of the body. Than you risk broken spine.
 
Frostyfingers said:
Crazy to me that it pierced him what...two and a half inches? And hit his heart? Weird.

Also, the knife was "homemade" and so, presumably, was the sheath...now WE all know how awesome "homemade" knives can be, but maybe his homemade pants weren't up to snuff.
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About 2 inches of blade is all thats needed for a deadly weapon. The heart, diaphram, liver, kidneys, and stomach wall can all be reached with a surprisingly small knife. It really takes very little to kill you.
 
Reading the article, it sounds to me like he was carrying a patch style knife hung baldric style in a simple leather sheath with a broken strap either with other things or by itself, which I imagine is common during mountain man events. The wrestling knocked it loose and he rolled onto it. It's a crappy thing to happen.

In retrospect, he shouldn't have been wrestling with it on, and should have removed it altogether when retention started failing. Hindsight of course is 20/20 though. It's a sad event regardless.
 
Horrible certainly.Myself, I dislike the feel of a knife even a small one banging against my chest or neck.You wear them at your side,for a good reason.
 
I believe that unless a neck knife has a fantastically secure sheath then it must have a secondary means of securing it within the sheath. Retention straps are nice. :)
 
willgoy said:
Horrible certainly.Myself, I dislike the feel of a knife even a small one banging against my chest or neck.You wear them at your side,for a good reason.
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Surprisingly, I agree with you. I make more neck sheaths than belt sheaths, but I won't wear anything around my neck personally. Won't wear 'em on my side either unless inverted or hung below my waist line.
 
what's the purpose of a neck knife if it has retention straps? The point is to have it easily accessible, unfortunately it was.
That's a Darwin Award Nominee for sure. Some people just don't think.
 
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