in the pocket or on the neck??

samo

samo

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Folks, pardon me for my ignorance if this topic was ever posted. Well, how do you prefer to carry your spydie? Tucked in your pocket? Strung on your neck? Frankly, I've never seen anyone here in Malaysia carrying one on a neck sheath before, so it'll be a valuable experience to share if you folks actually lug it on your neck everyday.
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I carry a Merlin in my front right pocket (clipped on the inside). I would never lug a knife around on my neck under any circumstances I can think of.

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Hmmmm.. Interesting. Would you string a police necklace around your neck? Its not that heavy, I think of it as a cute 'n cuddly jewellery piece!
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I have a LaGriffe - very light, a CRKT BearClaw - heavier, and a neck sheath for the Spydie Military - very heavy. I've noticed as the days have been real hot here in Colorado lately, I shy away from the neck carries. It's nice to have the option in situations where you don't want to carry knives in your pockets.
John Row
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I've had more paper cuts than cuts from knives, but the knives are QUICKLY gaining!
 
John - just a matter of curiosity, since the military felt heavy on a neck sheath, how long did you wear it before it gives you a neckache?

Sam
 
I normally carry three or four knives in pockets or waistband of jeans. I have a Blue Native with a Mike Sastre sheath which I carry when I think I might get a chance to show it to somebody. Otherwise I carry a REKAT Hobbit Fang around my neck. I just think most folding knives are too thick to wear all the time around your neck. A very thin fixed blade is a better "forget about it" carry.
 
tulsamal - small and thin is sound advice. With so many knives, I'm sure you would stay away from metal detectors...
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I generally carry my Delica or Calypso Junior clipped to my front left pocket or - if the sheeple are herding around - I'll just drop it down into my pocket ala a traditional pocketknife.
 
Yeah! That warm calypso in the pocket is a feeling you can't replace with a million bucks!
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Do you pack any other knives in your pocket besides those?

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I have two neck sheathed fixed blades (Crawford KNK and Perkins Littlewing), and I've tried very hard to get to like neck carry, but it just ain't happening for me.

First, I'm not carrying it over my clothes. It looks goofy, and it dangles into anything I happen to bend over. Because I'm wearing it under my shirt, this means that to deploy, I first have to raise my shirt - not particularly smooth or swift. Then to have to open a folder? Nah.

Second, it takes two hands to re-sheath the knife, after, again, lifting the shirt. Just not my thing.

Since I've started keeping track, two of three (Concert and two wrestling shows) patdowns would have missed the neck knife, while a third did give me a pat in the center of my torso.

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"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you."
 
Ouch!
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That is some experience Brian.. Do you still slug it on your neck these days?

Sam

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Sam,

I have a neck sheath for my BF Native which I often use in summer if I'm wearing just a T-shirt and draw-string shorts. I find it more comfortable than having a knife dragging down my waistband and it is quite accessible if I leave my shirt untucked. Also very quick to deploy if you grab it by the hole and do a drop opening.

The other knife I have a neck sheath for is a G10 Harpy. I got that specifically for use in small boats (kayaks and sailing dinghies) because it is much easier to reach when sitting, especially in an emergency. As usual YMMV
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Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow....in Australia it's tomorrow already.
 
Clay - Hallo mate! I think the G-10 Harpy is a good buy especially for mariners. I met this turtle conservation guy who deploys it to cut nets. Great effort! Well, at least you have the posting right with the spydies on your neck. Are there any good knife shops in Sydney? Read somewhere that all forms of knives are banned from the Olympics venue..
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Samo -

Fortunately, the knife wasn't there to be found! I don't trust the neck knife's concealment aspect enough to even try getting one through. I see metal detectors or pat downs, and the rig is in the glove compartment.

The only things that I regularly push my luck with are from JSP. V-Gar rides concealed inside the belt or in a small pouch that I can pass off as a camera/cellphone wrist strap, and my CKB-Alpha checkbook gets a small blade through most everywhere (except the Atlanta airport after BLADE. Doh!).

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"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you."
 
Sam,
Read somewhere that all forms of knives are banned from the Olympics venue..
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I hadn't seen that but it wouldn't suprise me as I know security for the games is pretty tight. Won't worry me though, I'll be watching on TV and there are no metal detectors on my livingroom
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Clay

Don't worry that the world might end tomorrow....in Australia it's tomorrow already.
 
"Read somewhere that all forms of knives are banned from the Olympics venue.."

That brings up a couple (or more) questions. What will the athletes use to cut up their food? Speaking of food, how will chefs prepare food without knives? How about plumbers, electricians, and carpenters? How are they going to be able to do their jobs without knives? I know, you mean "scary knives carried by civilians." That's always the problem: how do you tell whether a knife is a tool or a weapon? You could be like James Mathis and say they are all tools or you can be like most gov't bodies and ban them all (but not really mean it....which was my point).

Gregg
 
Brian - Airport metal detectors are serious stuff, I normally stash my spydie in the "inner-sanctum" of my lumbar pack when I check in for flights.
Clay - It was a letter published in Blade magazine August 2000 issue. Something about carrying blades into the Olympics venue...
Well, I guess we should set aside the issue wether the knife is primarily a tool or a weapon. I believe you guys are with me that awareness and responsibility is the main thing that governs how we use it and educated others about knives..
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