Help! My knife ate my pants!

timberweasel

timberweasel

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Bad! Bad knife! Here's the guilty little rodder...

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Yup, my Emerson Horseman is a real power pocket-chewer. The grippy G-10 and that pointy butt really does a number on my pants. And if you've ever owned a waved knife before, you know you'll do it a couple times every now and again. And my pockets don't like it. No sir, they do not.

Here's another offender. The Spyderco Rock Lobster. Same deal as the EKI minus the wave. Every time I sit, that pointy corner saws a little further through the fabric of my pants. Some of my more 'victimised' pants are worn clear through the watch pocket. Since I habitually carry loose change in the watch pocket of my jeans, I've probably lost well over $10 in coins in the past whenever I've forgotten. Kind of a crappy feeling to be waiting to cross at a busy intersection, shifting slightly, and hearing your coffee money explode out of your pocket and bounce into the gutter... :thumbdn::(

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Ever come home to a complete disaster and one small pup sitting innocently in the midst, all wide-eyed and tail wagging? Ever have a young 'un proudly show you the masterpiece they've made on the livingroom wall in magic marker? That's kinda how I feel about these folders.

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This thread is dedicated to all the knives we love and our pants hate! Please post yours and bonus points for damaged pocket pics! :)

-Timber
 
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My 0200 did it as well. I sanded down the g10 to smooth and it doesn't do it anymore, but not before it tore up my favorite jeans.
 
My Skyline did it to mine. I have one new pair of jeans that I refuse to carry my Skyline in
 
at first i thought it said your *wife* ate your pants.

/thread does not deliver
//lol
///on topic; i carry knives without pocket clips so... yeah.
 
I thought my Tenacious was bad.

Then I started carrying my Benchmade 300 flipper. It no long has a clip, it's carried in the change pocket of my jeans. I'm contemplating sanding down the contact area between the clip and the G-10.
 
Yeah I usually only carry on my belt but if I do carry in pocket I usually will remove the clip for this exact reason.
 
My Para 2 has done this to several pairs of Carhartt pants. I keep a Fisher space pen in my watch pocket and I almost lost it through a Para-made hole:grumpy:
 
Benchmade Presidio eats like a fat guy at a buffet. I love the knife, but don't carry it anymore because of that.
 
My pants get tore up in the knees or the leg ends fray long before the pockets get tore up. I guess I'm harder on them than my grippy G-10 folders are.
 
BenchmadeBoy said:
My Para 2 has done this to several pairs of Carhartt pants. I keep a Fisher space pen in my watch pocket and I almost lost it through a Para-made hole:grumpy:
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This makes me sad, I just bought a Para 2. I was hoping to EDC it. Did you sand off a spot on the g-10?
 
I don't really have the problem either. Yeah there is a little wear compared to spots where I don't carry. But nothing anywhere close to these pics. And I have a couple knives on me every single day including one in right front pocket if I'm wearing pants. A Para is a common knife to be carried and it hasn't worn any jeans.

Wonder what the difference is? I hate to ask about weight, but wonder if that has something to do with it. That or how tight the jeans are? I could lose 10 lbs and my jeans fit good but aren't super tight. I also usually wear a belt to make sure my pants stay firmly on my butt. I also use my knives a lot but my clips aren't super tight. Maybe that has something to do with it?
 
Fox Col Moschin chews worse than any other I own, but my Super CQC-8 and Cold Steel AK-47 do a fair amount of damage as well.
 
Emersons are bad, but in my experience the worse pant eaters are the bone collector knives because of the ridges. Also, the hinderer extreme duty pen was a shredder until I put o-rings in the grooves.
 
I never thought clipping the knife in the pants pocket would be so devastating. I just started clipping my new Spyderco Tenacious and Persistence in my right front pocket. I think I'll go and use a belt sheath more often.
 
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