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Vanguard41xx

Vanguard41xx

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I usually carry a knife whenever I go out.......but when I am in scrubs (I am a doctor), I truly cannot becuase I am afriad it will fall out. I assume many of you have seen scrubs, right? Well, if not, they are very thin, as compared to a pair of blue jeans. Even if I have a pocket clip, it is still too thin, and feels very odd. I wanted to know if there was a decent sized knife, could be modern or slipjoint, that was "friendly" for scrubs. Also, a classic SAK could work, but again it is too small, could slip out, and I would not notice.
 
you could always tighten the pocket clips or put them in your waistband, thats what i do for my running shorts
 
I'm an ICU nurse and, when I'm in scrubs I usually carry an Emerson mini-A100 with the clip off. I do agree that scrubs are not very knife friendly due to the thinness of the material. I often wondered if I could make/have made a kydex neck sheath to wear as a "necker". I have also carried, in the past, a Spyderco Native and a SAK Soldier. On several occasions, when clipped in the pocket, I've had the Native go flying on the floor when retrieving something else from my pocket. In the waistband might be a good way to go as well. Hope you find a way that works for you Doc.
 
Try a William Henry B-15 Titan II. It weighs 55gm. and has a reversible pocket clip which can be adjusted for tension. The model is discontinued, but they pop up from time to time. The 3 layer blade has a core of ZDP 189 with a high hardness. The Titanium handle is hollowed out for weight reduction. The action is silky smooth. The blade length is 3 1/8". The knife can easily be carried in the bottom of the Vee neck with the knife on the inside of the shirt.
 
I work in my local ER par time as a paramedic, I have carried a few folding knives IWB (inside the waist band) of scrubs, it takes some getting used to but is doable. Since I have bought a Izula and an Izula II I neck carry both all the time in a custom kydex pancake sheath by Shotgunner 11, Mike makes a fantastic sheath. This is the best solution I have found to carrying a knife in scrubs.
 
Perhaps try a few thinner, lighter knives. I think your best bet would be the Kershaw Chill: long, thin, light and has grippy G-10.

A few other suggestions: CRKT Drifter in G-10, Spyderco Dragonfly 2, Boker Hyper or Subcom, Al Mar Ultralight series... but I could see a shorter knife wanting to flip out of scrub pockets when clipped though. I'd try the Chill first.

Good luck!
 
Hello. Take a look at the Buck "Smidgen"and/or"Hartsook". They are very small and light. Sheath allows for pocket or neck carry. Actually, the sheath with lanyard and carbiner clip, makes carry limited only by imagination. Carbiners make dandy pocket clips. I hang my Victorinox "Tinker", from a carbiner, in my pocket. If i were in your situation ,that would be my first idea. Larger than the "Classic" you mentioned. Of course, a "Classic" could be carried on a bead chain, around the neck. The "Classic" could be carbiner clipped to the pocket (if you look around, they do make carbiners that small. regards, Henry
 
I work in scrubs as well, and my advice is to store your knife in the side pocket of your scrub top. Those are usually quite deep, and I've not had my knife fall out of it yet. I don't use the clip, just toss it into the pocket.
 
I'll clip my waved endura or Military IWB, on scrubs and its no problem bro....Both are very light knives that is the key...
 
Look into Spydercos and consider clipping inside your waistband instead of pocket. The Military model may seem large based on specs, but they are VERY light and thin; great knives!
 
I love knives and carry one all the time, but one friend's wife went to the hospital for a routine operation and died from MRSA, and my elderly mother died from complications from VRE while in the hospital. From what I understand simple washing hands, etc. with soap and water would have made these deaths less likely. Please ask yourself if you can keep your knife truly clean. It's not the knife, its the keeping it clean. Here they've found that Doctors with neck ties let the tie occasionally touch one patient then another, thus spreading the problem. Thanks for thinking about it. And for those of you with a loved one in the hospital, ask that everyone washes their hands when they come in the room.
 
Look at the Blind Horse Tiger Knapps. There's a large and a small, neither have handle scales, kydex sheaths, and super light. Even the Bark River PSK is something I carry because it's so small.
 
Henry44 said:
Hello. Take a look at the Buck "Smidgen"and/or"Hartsook". They are very small and light. Sheath allows for pocket or neck carry. Actually, the sheath with lanyard and carbiner clip, makes carry limited only by imagination. Carbiners make dandy pocket clips. I hang my Victorinox "Tinker", from a carbiner, in my pocket. If i were in your situation ,that would be my first idea. Larger than the "Classic" you mentioned. Of course, a "Classic" could be carried on a bead chain, around the neck. The "Classic" could be carbiner clipped to the pocket (if you look around, they do make carbiners that small. regards, Henry
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+1 good suggestions.
 
I'd go the other way and go with the heavier scrubs. I purchase the ones with the front "standard" hip pockets and my Izula feels fine in the pocket and so does my my full size carabiner I use for my key ring.

They are "Vital Signs" brand, non-reversible design. They also have a rear pocket and a "cell phone" pocket on the left hip/thigh are that can take a small folder.
 
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