Dragonfly carry in officewear

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For those of you who work in business offices, how do you carry your Dragonfly? I'm still wrestling with this.

If you've ever deployed it for a cutting task in an office setting, have you gotten into trouble over it? Raised any eyebrows?

I always pull out my SAK Executive. I'd like to use my Dragonfly once in a while, but with staff cuts happening, I don't want to give the headcutters any reasons.

Craig
 
I can't say it loudly enough- keep a low profile in an office seting. Even if there's something to cut, use the most innocent, innocuous-looking blade possible. A dragonfly should be OK. I recently got the axe in a staff reduction (gotta love the dot-com shakeout). I worked in advertising in NYC- not a hotbed of knife fans. I also got the hairy eyeball a couple of times for using my knife in the office (for legitimate reasons). The knife didn't get me axed per se, but it did make me a pariah among some of the management. Screw 'em- they're doomed to open things w/ their teeth forever. Cover your butt.

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I work in a engineering office in Chicago, and I always have a dragonfly or small crkt in my back pocket. The only time someone asked about the dragonfly they thought it was a pen or something. Of course, if I need to use it when people are watching, I'm not going to flick it open as fast as I can
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If you have a knife in an office setting, only take it out for use. When you use it, don't flick it. Just cut what you need to cut and put it away. I think that if you just use a knife matter of factly, a few eyebrow will be raised but it will eventually be accepted as a tool. That will be doubly the case if you use a small, innocent looking knife like a Dragonfly or something similar.
 
In the office I carry a smaller knife, often a dragon fly, sometimes a mouse or a small sebenza. Usually carry in my waist band at or just behind my right hip. Never had anyone notice the small clip, but since I started carrying a cell phone even that problem has gone away as I simply position the cell phone clip on my belt right over the knife clip and the knife completely disappears!
 
my dragonfly disappears when i carry it behind the first belt loop, nearly parallel with the belt. it is about the limit for a knife in lovely, and ever-so-safe chicago, so i feel your pain. i don't think you should get too many strange looks, as it is small, stylish, and inoffensive (mine is plain edge). BTW, i just LOVE mmy dragonfly!!
 
What handle/edge are you carrying at work? I had a stainless handled plain edge for awhile but it didn't seem balanced in my pocket. There was too much weight at the top of the pocket.
 
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lovely, and ever-so-safe chicago...BTW, i just LOVE mmy dragonfly!!</font>
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I love my lightweight plainedge Dragonfly, too. Though I wonder how I could get the knife repaired if I broke off the integrated Zytel clip.

PS: We visited Chicago this past summer on vacation. Beatutiful city. Sorry about the wacko knife laws.

 
My dragonfly has the steel slabs, metal clip. Yes it is a little heavy for the pocket of very thin dress-up type pants, but its just fine in the waist band where I prefer to carry anyway. I am not prejudiced against zytel and often carry zytel slab knives in more casual clothes, but the whole point of a dressier knife is elegance, and zytel just doesn't cut it in that department
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I bought a SS Dragonfly for office carry, but it just seemed to stick up too high above the clip and was not comfortable for inside the waistband carry (the pointy end always seemed to poke me in the stomach). I've since bought a G-10 Navigator and it has a much lower profile and for me better handle ergonomics. However neither one seemed to raise too many eyebrows, at least not after walking around the office showing everybody my new G-10 Harpy.

Rick
 
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