I guess I just don't get neck knives...

Return of the J.D. said:
One solution I've used for that problem is to run the "neck" loop not just around my neck, but over one shoulder so that the knife hangs under the opposite arm. May get sweated on more there, but at least I know it's not going to pull my head off if it catches on a branch or rock or rear-view mirror or whatever.
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My solution as well. :thumbup:

Doc
 
Hi Doc!

For me, the farther into the widerness I am going, the more a necker makes sense. Conversely, the farther into civilization, the less I'd consider it, with one exception, for the office worker, a small necker, under a shirt, is an easy way to "be prepared" without anyone ever knowing you are "packing steel".

I love my SAKs, no doubt, but a necker gives you the Fixed blade option at the ready, always there.

In the old classic scenario "canoe overturned" , all your belongings are washed away, but you'll have your necker, and presumably what you have in your pockets, which may be an SAK.

Carry a Fero-rod on the loop with your necker and your one step closer to being able to stay alive, or simply, much more comfy with your toasty fire made with your necker and ferro-rod.

I give neckers :thumbup: :thumbup:

They certainly have their place!
 
99% of the time I use neck carry is when I go running. My Spyderco Micarta Spot works just fine for this.
 
Neck knife ? Nah I never wear em !!!:D
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And not once have I ever got even close to it catchin and pullin my head off !!!
 
mtnfolk mike said:
very well said....:thumbup:

i am a neck knife fan and have an ever growing collection....:o
i also live in CA.. so i mainly carry them while out in the woods and as a back up, to bigger fixed blade..... :D

a friend of mine recently completed the PCT, and used an awesome murray carter neck knife as his primary knife.... he loved it, especially when your trying to go light and can't spare the weight, for a big fixed blade... a necker is ideal.....

mike

here's a few of mine....:D
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Wow, the necker looks huge compared to some of the other knives in your photo and it's the smallest fixed blade I own. I think................:D
 
Being another Californian, I hesitate to wear my necker in public, but I managed to slip it under a T-shirt while hiking a fairly busy area the other day and no one was the wiser and I even stopped and talked to the ranger about some sign I found up higher and he didn't notice a thing. Neck knives have their place in my life, that's for sure.
 
I personally can't stand wearing anything around my neck - not necklaces, not lanyards and definitely not a knife.
 
jh205 said:
I personally can't stand wearing anything around my neck - not necklaces, not lanyards and definitely not a knife.
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Same here. The only neck knives I buy are ones that fit comfortably in my pocket. :)
 
I'm in law enforcement and we carry a ton of crap on our duty belts. Some of us wear knives as a last resort. A neck knife is ideal in this situation. I prefer the Cold Steel spike series. I also like to wear kilts (no skirt jokes, I've heard them all) and a neck knife also works well in that situation.
 
Vivi said:
Same here. The only neck knives I buy are ones that fit comfortably in my pocket. :)
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Good point. Think of the versatility and light weight of a folder, with the toughness of a fixed blade. Please don't tell me anyone's afraid the kydex sheath is going to leap off the blade in your pocket and let it cut you :D :eek:
 
As a former Army Company Commander, I would not then, and not now, allow my soldiers to carry a neck knife. It was technically against regulations to put anything on your ID tag chain, although some did (P38, etc.). A knife under your combat uniform (with protective gear) would be next to useless. Even of it were useful, using full strength parachute shroud line (what some call 550 paracord) as a necklace could possibly get hung up on equipment, turrets, etc.

For wilderness use, I guess if you want to, go ahead. I still can't get used to the thought of having something around my neck that could hang me. You guys that have made makeshift break-aways, I hope you test them. ...and I hope you tested them with your neck!
 
Another way of carrying a neck knife or a survival necklace, is to simply loop it over your belt in a lark's head and drop the goodies in your pocket. They are still accessible and will still stay with you if you take a tumble or an unplanned swim.

The real story to a neck knife is the utility, small size, and light weight, always ready to use.

I wouldn't want anything around my neck with powered equipment nearby and never without a well-tested break away. A break away is useless around machinery where both ends can get caught and still drag you in. That is the nice thing about beaded chain-- it can be broken in 100+ spots. It the woods, it's small branches and brush. Even if you didn't do a self-garrot, just being knocked down by getting hung up could hurt. I've caught rolled up shirt sleeves on those handicapped accessible door knob/levers and I got the double whammy of a ripped shirt sleeve and getting dumped on my butt. Think of someone coming up behind you and pulling on your paracord (that's NOT a body part) as hard as they could-- you would go down.
 
Minuteman said:
I've got a couple. Don't like the way the knife goes all over the place much.
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I carry mine under my t-shirt. Between the shirt and the fact that it rests comfortably on top of my belly :D :o, it doesn't flop around much. It may be safer, since the cord is less likely to get snagged on something and the knife is less likely to get knocked loose.

Granted, this isn't a fast-draw rig, and wouldn't work with more layers on. But then I can just slip in an outer pocket.
 
1. Because Mors does it
2. When you get fat it's easier to grab something around the neck than negotiating the fat pack.
 
mtnfolk mike said:
very well said....:thumbup:

i am a neck knife fan and have an ever growing collection....:o
i also live in CA.. so i mainly carry them while out in the woods and as a back up, to bigger fixed blade..... :D

a friend of mine recently completed the PCT, and used an awesome murray carter neck knife as his primary knife.... he loved it, especially when your trying to go light and can't spare the weight, for a big fixed blade... a necker is ideal.....

mike

here's a few of mine....:D
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Fourth one down in the middle - what is it?
 
I know the way I've being to look at a neck knife, isn't so much for SD, but more of like skunk said, last ditch knife under your shirt, that and a ferro rod, and you'd be fine. Plus you slip it on, and forget about it, then should you ever need it, its right there.
 
I like neck knives. But I won't wear one. Old school training. You give an attacker a handy garotte. You beg to be entrapped in a strainer on a river. You are risking falling on the hanging object and poking it into your chest or having it hang up on brush when you can least afford for it to happen. I've been hung by an unforgiving watchband twice and gave them up. I guess my training runs too deep. It only takes one earth moving experience to impress you for life. Thanks Sarge. But if anyone is comfortable carrying a knife that way... rock on.

Codger
 
Codger you lead a dangerous life. :D Most time I wear a grommet from an American flag the scouts retired (by burning) around my neck on gutted p-cord. For many years I wore an old Souix medicine bag on a leather thong. Never hooked it on anything in all that time.
 
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