Jacket pocket?

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Goosey

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Does anyone else just stick their knives in their jacket pockets? I only use my jeans if I have a very slim, light knife, since I don't notice a knife's size or weight in my jacket. Everybody here seems to clip it into their pant pockets though. :confused:
I also find it's easier to get a knife out in a hurry (not under stress) and put it back just as fast...
 
Usually have Vic SAK in a jacket pocket and regular folder in pants/shorts pocket. A folder is a lot more likely to fall out of a jacket pocket unless you have it in one that it isn't as convenient to get in and out. If my regular folder is in my easy in and out jacket pocket then I'm holding it 95% of the time with the hand that is also in the pocket.
 
Problem with the jacket carry is, that I take the jacket off when I get inside, so most of the time that knife would be unavailable in short notice. Also, now that summer is coming, all you want to wear on you besides pants is t-shirt.
 
I have whatever knives in my EDC on my person, and then I also have a knife that lives in my jacket pocket.

Unless the jacket is at the cleaners, that knife is in that pocket, always. When it gets chilly, and I take that jacket off the rack, I simply know that it's there.

It's a Case Sod Buster Jr. in yellow/CV.

I take it out periodically to inspect it for rust and to make sure it's sharp and that the action hasn't fouled from pocket lint and grit. A few months ago I had taken it into the bathroom to perform a lint removal and oil cycle (the mineral oil lives in there), and was standing over the sink cleaning out the blade slot when the wife came in and engaged me in a discussion of something or other.

The discussion abruptly became something about band-aids as I got distracted by the conversation and inadvertently verified that the edge was, indeed, still sharp.

*Sigh*

Anyway . . .

That knife is permanently assigned to that jacket. When the jacket gets replaced, that knife will go to the new jacket.

So, not instead of, but rather also.

 
I will sometimes carry my knife in my inside jacket pocket. I prefer carrying in my gearslinger first, then jacket and last resort pants/shorts pocket. I don’t ever need a knife in a hurry so I’ll usually just carry where it’s convenient and it doesn’t get in the way. At home I don’t have a knife on me at all. If I need one I just grab it from where I set it down. I usually just leave my knife in my gearslinger though and I always grab that when I leave the house so I never really worry about pocket carry anymore.
 
I, too, have a small knife permanently stationed in a jacket pocket. I keep a silver Victorinox Alox handle "Farmer" ready for action, especially in public where a larger knife may freak out the "sheeple".
 
My Fallkniven U2 or my custom wharneciff in a simple kydex sheath is always in my jacket.
 
I do carry in the jacket pocket sometimes..... but it irritates the hell out of me because I know it could just slip out.
 
I carry my knives in my leather jacket's inside chest pocket because the zipper sits right over my pocket so it'd scratch up the pocket clip (has happened with ti clips). You also don't feel the weight as much.
 
I never do in case I have to show chivalry, give my jacket to a girl and forget I carried a knife in there
I don't think she'd appreciate putting her hands in the pockets for more warmth and pulling out a Cold Steel or a ZT :D
 
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