how do you carry your neck knife?

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siguy

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there seem to be alot of people on this board that like neck knives for wilderness use because of the convenience etc, and so when i finally got up the courage to scrap my first attempt at a sheath and make a new one for my pocket fixed blade i decided to try a sheath that i could wear around my neck.

i ended up using deerskin that i got in a trade on another unrelated forum with a wood liner that i carved from some dried wood i had laying around my back yard (bush)craft corner.

i ended up with this:
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BUT the real point of this topic was to ask how you prefer to carry your neck knife, at what height, hanging from the belt on a thong, tucked into the hatband, etc. pics always welcome!
just to get things started, here is a pic of how i like to wear mine;
right between the pectorals so that it doesn't show if i tuck it under my shirt to wear around town, and it doesn't hit my lap when i sit down etc. as an aside, the knife in sheath is about seven inches long.
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Good job on the sheath.

Mine gets carried at the height you show in your pic, except my knife is worn handle down.
 
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mine hang just at the level of the sternum. I never really thought of it before but they all seam to be at the same hight.
 
usually sternum hieght. handle down..but lately I've been carrying my fallkniven ( a little heavy for a necker) on paracord diagnoll from my right shoulder across my chest, so the knife rests handle down beneath my left armpit. (sort of like a bandoleer/shoulder holster) it's not fancy but it places the knife at a good height it is unaffected if I'm sitting in a kayak, with a flannel on it doesn't appear that I have a knife (for the sheeple) and if worse come s to worse I can wear the sheath on my belt and I have some extra cord. Good luck
 
The only neck knife I carry is a A G Russell Woods Walker,
Handle down in a Kydex sheath, breakaway chain.
When I don't want it around my neck I just stick it in a pocket :thumbup:
 
I'm using a couple different ways:
*Chain with silicone aquarium air tubing to make it more comfortable. The tubing can double as a straw for getting water from cracks and seeps.

*Paracord with an inch or so gutted on each end, or completly gutted, lightly flame the ends and slip one end inside the other. Take a couple stiches through to form a break-way. Lightly melting the ends together is another option.

Other than that, handle down in the factory sheath:
*Becker Necker
*AG Russell Woodswalker (kydex sheath)
*Buck Hartsook
 
very nice set up siguy, very crafty of you! I'm a newbie to neck knives but I do like a break away chain in case it gets caught on something.

woodwalker and dogfish in kydex handle down:
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Becker Necker, handle up, hanging a little past my sternum. I gutted the paracord, slipped about 2 inches of ball chain in each end, and then melted the paracord around the chain to give me a break away point.
 
I've found the chain to be fine.

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Kydex upside down with paracord. Length is easy- as my head is 130th percentile for adult males I just make sure I can get the rope around my head and - VOILA- the handle usually ends about 2-3" above my belly button
 
I wear my Spyderco native upsidedown in a concealex rig. The largest knife I have worn around my neck is my RAT 3. Not too bad, but after a while I always revert back to pocket carry. I like gutting the paracord and stringing a ball chain through it. I have been doing this for years with my dog tags because the chain would always catch the little hairs on my neck. I like the neck carry option for times when I wear shorts with no pockets or belts to attach a sheath too. Also they are handy a back up knife under my tack vest. I find them a little inconvenient for edc utility use though.
 
Like this ...

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By the way I like what you have done with that Dogfish Dantor !!!:thumbup:
 
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