Knife carry w/ backpack

In agreement with Stingray. Throw on a carabiner and you can attach it to the shoulder starps, waistbelt or your own belt loop. Easy, quick on/off ability and transfer from pack to person. Great movement and comfort, like a built in dangler. It's all I do.
 
I use a baldric-type setup:

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gulliamo said:
Great pics! Thanks! My largest knife, the STS-3 has a 4" blade and 8" total length so nothing large by the standards on this forum. :-)

You didn't find it bounce and bang against your leg as you walk?
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I can vouch for the Stingray method as well. I biner my Grohmann #1 from my nylon belt into the front pocket of my Columbia pants or shorts and it works very well.
 
I carry a Blackhawk! Gideon (in my opinion the BEST designed knife in this size I have ever come across. and It took my about 15 other similarly sized knives before I found this one) on my shoulder strap of my my backpack in the typical upside down vertical carry. They make a wonderful sheath for this specific position. Superior to any other style Ive run across (for this specific kind of carry). Quality is OK, definately could be constructed, but the concept of it is great. Should I be separated from That I also have a BladeTech Universal Thigh Rig on my leg with a Cold Steel Kukri Plus on that. Never had a problem carrying this specific rig for long periods of time. The design is wonderfully executed. I had to get a little creative with some Chicago screws and a piece of Kydex and some spacers to offset it from my leg though so it didn't hit my knee when running. And of course I have a pocket knife clipped in my pocket. I understand why some people like to wear a neck knife or clip them to things with carabiners, but for me, I can not have anything dangling around if I ever need to run or climb or anything like that . . . Sorry, but I dont have any pictures to upload, But Im sure you can picture what Im saying
 
On the strap with a tech-lock. Easy enough to remove if you want.
A necker would be a no-go if you use the chest strap on a pack, which I do on my hunting bag, as well as the waist strap.
Of course that's only a 3" knife, but it'll do a LOT of work. I also have started strapping a light hatchet to the side of the pack for chopping duties. It requires removing the pack for access, but that's ok for how I use my hunting gear.

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Took a wilderness class once. We stopped for the night. Everyone set up camp and as typical have their crap spread out all over the place. Shovels leaning up on trees, knives stuck in whatever, Nalgene bottles sitting around - generally what one would see in an typical undisiplined camp.

Next mid- morning after breakfast instructor said lets go for a hike to look the area over and to learn plants etc. fortunately I'm like wildmike I don't leave critical gear behind. Most everyone else did because they assumed we be back in camp in a few hours. About 2 oclock the Instructor tapped a student on the shoulder and said you've now got an injury and we can't get you back to camp before we run out of light! No headlamps, no matches, no first aid, food, water, shelter etc!!

So the whining and sniveling began and we made the best of a miserable night - except one or two of us brought along our critical gear and was able to make the best of it. Honestly I fared well. Some curled up under the base of a tree and whined.

We divided up into pairs/threes and one had to simulate being seriously injured. My injured buddy and I had fire, a shelter, water, some food, a cheesy cheap space blanket, and my headlamp so my injured buddy and did ok. I learned from the experience but others learn more and more painfully. Figure out a way to keep a knife on your person all the time!
 
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I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but I have a large fix blade tied on to my pack with paracord right in the small of the back. On my pack there is a gap for air ventilation making it horizontal carry. It is very easy to reach.
 
droptyne said:
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but I have a large fix blade tied on to my pack with paracord right in the small of the back. On my pack there is a gap for air ventilation making it horizontal carry. It is very easy to reach.
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Have you considered this may, in the event of a fall, place a solid rigid object between your potentially fragile and sensitive spinal column and your pack. Granted the pack may cushion much of the fall but you have placed a solid object close to a very sensitive area. Something to consider since falls are one of the most common hazards in the wilderness. I've slipped and fell on my back several times - hard!
 
Armorall leather made this rig for me. I can change out the sheath, and use the same belt hanger. It lets the knife ride below the pack strap.
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This is my method:

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Webbing dangler with snap buckle for quick on/off. Knife butt rides no higher than top of belt loop and therefore top of belt.
 
old thread...... but an old problem too. May be me and I use an older external frame, but most pictures show "hip belts" riding very high. Is my pack mis-adjusted or am I mistaken that the belt should be on the hip?? For me that is bout an inch below my regular belt which I wear around my "Waist" (smallest part of torso).
Either way I usually carry a larger fixed blade on the padded hip (yeah,yeah, I know) belt and/or a smaller fixed blade in a pants cargo pocket along with a folder. I figure that the knife on the pack is the same as carring a saw or hatchet in/on the pack and I that never botheres me.
 
Pack hipbelts are typically supposed to be centered on your iliac crest, the top of your hip. The weight of the pack basically rests on that shelf, allowing you to take the weight off your shoulders. I don't know how older external frames were fitted in the past, but this is my understanding of modern internal frame packs (and as far as I know modern external frame packs as well). Do you carry weight on your shoulders, with your pack?

Forgot to mention, if I'm carrying a small enough fixed blade, I'll carry it horizontally on the belt, just left of centerline, that also gets it out of the way of the hipbelt.
 
Well, thats hard to quantify. Maybe 1/3 weight on shoulders and 2/3 on hip. Dont get out as much as I used to but may try a dangler on next trip.
 
Sharpguytoo,
I wore a big fixted external frame pack with the hip belt too low for years. I always suffered from hip pain. Someone gave me a new pack (still external frame) but shorter. The belt rides just as Hiking mano says. Joint pain went away. I just wish I had found out about 20 years earlier.
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Yeah, sharpguy, if you want to replace your pack for future outings, try going to a brick and mortar store with staff who can fit you for a pack. You should be carrying next to no weight on your shoulders; a properly fitted pack can make a big difference :thumbup:
 
Just a note to people saying they don't use a waistbelt or that it sits up above your belt line... you're just doing it wrong. if your pack wasit belt sits up too high, your pack is way too small. get a pack that fits, which should be based on your torso length. The middle of the hip belt should sit right on the spur of your pelvic bone. Not using a hip belt is like not sharpening your knife, or tightening a bolt with just your fingers. Distributing the weight to your lower back, legs, and core is just as important as having a pack in the first place. you might as well just throw everything in a heavy duty trashbag and throw it over your shoulder. A hip belt is an integral tool in being able to carry large weights long distances. Sure, its possible to go long distances with no hip belt, but that would be like batoning through a large branch with your edc when you have a bk9 sitting right next to you. I really encourage anyone using a pack for long distance trips that isnt using a hip belt to go get a quality pack, or even just try one out, maybe an osprey or a gregory. For less than the price of a single high end folder you can get an extremely durable, spacious, comfortable pack with a lifetime warranty. I've hiked a couple hundred miles with a regular school packpack, then did the same with my well-fitting pack. the difference if absolutely phenomenal.
 
I had the same problem when hiking with my bigger pack or sometimes when I carry just a small butt pack. I got some small nylon that I use to make climbing anchors and put some plastic clips on it that I got at EMS. Run it threw the sheaths belt loop and put it around your thigh. Then take a piece of para cord and run it threw the belt loop also and tie the para cord to your belt on your pants, or the hip belt of your pack to keep it from falling down. Works great. I'm sure someone has said thigh carry on this thread but I figured I'd explain how I do it.
 
sharpguytoo said:
old thread...... but an old problem too. May be me and I use an older external frame, but most pictures show "hip belts" riding very high. Is my pack mis-adjusted or am I mistaken that the belt should be on the hip?? For me that is bout an inch below my regular belt which I wear around my "Waist" (smallest part of torso).
Either way I usually carry a larger fixed blade on the padded hip (yeah,yeah, I know) belt and/or a smaller fixed blade in a pants cargo pocket along with a folder. I figure that the knife on the pack is the same as carring a saw or hatchet in/on the pack and I that never botheres me.
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw the picture of the guy in white, that pack is way to short for his body! It's supposed to sit where a belt sits, you can see how far his is above his belt and basically around his stomache. This defeats the purpose of the belt entirely. The point of those packs is to put about 70% of the weight on ur hips not to keep it tight to your body or anything else, If you go to a good store and buy a pack they will fill it with weight and set it all up for you. But if you try to carry a lot of weight with hip straps that high you might as well just take them off because they aren't doing anything.
Don't mean to pick on the guy in the stylish white hiking attire he was just the picture on here that I used for an example.
 
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