Depends on the carry laws where you live. In the city I live in, I carry a folder on my person and a fixed in my backpack as a work knife
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How to carry fixed blades?
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Depends on the carry laws where you live. In the city I live in, I carry a folder on my person and a fixed in my backpack as a work knife
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May I ask where you got the sheath in the picture, Thanks
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If I carry a fixed blade "in town" it is normally a small knife with a 3" blade carried in a horizontal kydex sheath in cross draw position on my belt. But I find it is too much trouble overall and carry a folder or two 98 out of 100 times. I have carried larger fixed blades just to see how I feel wearing them and decided, it wasn't woth the bother.
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With smaller blades, a well done sheath is all you need to slip it into your pocket. Carries easier than a cell phone.
This is a very interesting and neat knife/sheath too.
Thanks for sharing!
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Since I wear Kaki/Docker type pants a lot, or Jeans, I usually just drop a 3" bladed fixed blade in my pocket. Bark River makes a number of their knives with sheaths that can be carried cross draw/scout or straight drop. Very versatile. The awesome Cold Steel Master Hunter, Pendleton, and Mini Pendleton knives come with sheaths that the belt loop can be taken off and a teclok can be attached to carry cross draw or in the scout position.
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I carry my Swamp Rat Rodent Solution in my front pocket in a Kydex Taco by AzWelke. But am soon ordering a IWB deep carry from David Brown.
I carry my Busse TGLB in a Skystorm leather Dual Carry sheath can be worn scout , high hip, or dangler. Oregon knife laws are awesome and open carry is legal.
I carry my Busse TGLB in a Skystorm leather Dual Carry sheath can be worn scout , high hip, or dangler. Oregon knife laws are awesome and open carry is legal.
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i would look at a mob style scout or iwb. there is a lot of custom sheaths out there in kydex or leather . just make sure you try to find what works for you
There's basically 3 ways to carry concealed long fixed blades (I don't see the point of carrying concealed short fixed blades):
1-Inside waistband front kidney position. Up to 16" OAL or 10.5" blade. The largest knives can only be carried like this.
2-Inside the waistband accross the lower back in a strong diagonal: Can go up to 14" OAL or 9" with surprising ease and confort, but bulges out the back when bending forward as when cycling. Going smaller than 9" is of no help, because the problem is the length of the handle, and shorter blades may even hurt the stability of the carry(!).
One universal rule to inside the waistband carry is that the thinnest sheaths are not the best, as they allow sliding around or "sinking", and the shortest blades below 7" are of no help, because shorter blades also offer too little contact area to be stable, especially across the small of the back.
3-Final and most tricky method is the opposite-shoulder around the neck elastic shoulder strap, wrapping around the back of the neck and going down the opposite side, usually stabilized with another elastic strap device with a "jaw clip" at the end: The knife is carried upside down: These can nowadays be found offered some with United Cutlery's Karambits, and I buy these low priced knives just for the strap...
This method is very weight sensitive, and blades over 7" draw poorly because, even if you are large, the reach of your arm across your chest limits the motion you can make drawing down and out: At 8" or more, the blade's edges and tip will always rub and dull themselves when curving out of the sheath with your arm motion.
Because this method is so weight sensitive, especially if the 1" wide strap is not widened with an add-on strap, handles should have minimal metal fixtures, and of course never be full-tang(!!!): All-Kraton or plastic handles are by far the best, which excludes most custom knives right off the bat. Even better is to go for a double edged dagger when nearing 7", as these shave a third of the weight to a typical single edge, just from the grinding and tapering tip profile narrowness: Typical synthetic handle daggers are 7-8 ounces to a similar fixed blade of 10-11 ounces, a huge deal after a whole day of hanging on a 1" strap.... Despite its hammer pommel, the most common suitable dagger I know of is the SOG Desert Dagger, or its derivatives, like the Junglee Waterloo. There may be current production knives with similar features or weights, but heavy metal handle fixtures are unfortunately common, and ruin the confort of carry from the shoulder.
Gaston
1-Inside waistband front kidney position. Up to 16" OAL or 10.5" blade. The largest knives can only be carried like this.
2-Inside the waistband accross the lower back in a strong diagonal: Can go up to 14" OAL or 9" with surprising ease and confort, but bulges out the back when bending forward as when cycling. Going smaller than 9" is of no help, because the problem is the length of the handle, and shorter blades may even hurt the stability of the carry(!).
One universal rule to inside the waistband carry is that the thinnest sheaths are not the best, as they allow sliding around or "sinking", and the shortest blades below 7" are of no help, because shorter blades also offer too little contact area to be stable, especially across the small of the back.
3-Final and most tricky method is the opposite-shoulder around the neck elastic shoulder strap, wrapping around the back of the neck and going down the opposite side, usually stabilized with another elastic strap device with a "jaw clip" at the end: The knife is carried upside down: These can nowadays be found offered some with United Cutlery's Karambits, and I buy these low priced knives just for the strap...
This method is very weight sensitive, and blades over 7" draw poorly because, even if you are large, the reach of your arm across your chest limits the motion you can make drawing down and out: At 8" or more, the blade's edges and tip will always rub and dull themselves when curving out of the sheath with your arm motion.
Because this method is so weight sensitive, especially if the 1" wide strap is not widened with an add-on strap, handles should have minimal metal fixtures, and of course never be full-tang(!!!): All-Kraton or plastic handles are by far the best, which excludes most custom knives right off the bat. Even better is to go for a double edged dagger when nearing 7", as these shave a third of the weight to a typical single edge, just from the grinding and tapering tip profile narrowness: Typical synthetic handle daggers are 7-8 ounces to a similar fixed blade of 10-11 ounces, a huge deal after a whole day of hanging on a 1" strap.... Despite its hammer pommel, the most common suitable dagger I know of is the SOG Desert Dagger, or its derivatives, like the Junglee Waterloo. There may be current production knives with similar features or weights, but heavy metal handle fixtures are unfortunately common, and ruin the confort of carry from the shoulder.
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I've seen fixed blades worn around Portland and Astoria. No one else seems to notice but me.
Careful of your laws. In Oregon it is illegal to carry concealed. You can open carry a katana if you like though.
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Luckily here in sc we have lenient knife laws. I can shove a machete down my pants concealed if I so choose lol.I've seen fixed blades worn around Portland and Astoria. No one else seems to notice but me.
Careful of your laws. In Oregon it is illegal to carry concealed. You can open carry a katana if you like though.
Just because there is no law against carrying openly doesn't mean the Police will not question you about why you are carrying it... Frankly, I can't believe anyone would put up with the hassle of carrying a 10" blade openly in an urban area, or even near one...
Since I never see anyone do this even on US TV, I'm beginning to wonder if those claiming to do so are not just blowing hot air...
Gaston
Since I never see anyone do this even on US TV, I'm beginning to wonder if those claiming to do so are not just blowing hot air...
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US TV. Now there is an excellent measure of reality!
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I travel for a living and have been to every state except Idaho and Hawaii. I've openly carried a fixed blade in every state allowed by law. My carry has ranged from a 3-6" blade. In the past 5 years I've only been harassed but local pd a hand full of times and that was typically in the libtarded states.
I also don't care what anyone thinks about whether or not I'm carrying a knife. If they don't like it they ain't gotta look at it.
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Since when does what we see on tv dictate what's true? I'd likely believe something true bc I haven't seen it on tv vs what's shown.
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