Knife Handling Quirks?

chickboom386 said:
I won’t carry certain knives at work in the summer when I get really sweaty. I am a city mailman and my sweat will rust any metal!
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Wear it OWB in a Kydex sheath. I heard that horsehide is better against sweat than cowhide, but I haven't experimented with it myself yet.
 
DocJD said:
I do the opposite . :p

The knife lays flatter and more stable . The clip won't scratch the table .

OCD ! ;)
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elasmonut said:
Most sit flatter clip up for me
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My 'Quirk' is not about the stability of the knife,
as I've never noticed an issue. It's about how the
knife was designed to be seen, admired, or 'Presented'
-And not that I'm worried about scratching a surface, but if any part of a closed folder will be doing so, it would be the pocket clip. 😉
B.T.B.
 
Billy The Blade said:
My 'Quirk' is not about the stability of the knife,
as I've never noticed an issue. It's about how the
knife was designed to be seen, admired, or 'Presented'
-And not that I'm worried about scratching a surface, but if any part of a closed folder will be doing so, it would be the pocket clip. 😉
B.T.B.
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I like seeing the different clip styles and lock designs on display🙄
 
I spin my pocket knives like a top, on the backspring when setting at the table. A stockman spins pretty good normally. A schrade 34OT does the best.... fidget spinner for men.

I have heard it’s bad luck to hand or receive a closed pocket knife. Whomever came up with that hogwash didn’t know of me though, I do things the JM2 way.
 
JM2 said:
bad luck to hand or receive a closed
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That seems kinda backa$$wards , IMO . ;)

Surely be a lot safer to hand off a closed or sheathed knife than a naked blade ? 🤔

Of course , I'm a born paranoid , and would much rather receive a blade sheathed or closed . Et tu ? :eek:
 
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I gringe most times I handle fixed blades to ”ordinary folks” and they are just about to cut into the sheath or try to put it in the wrong way.
 
My quirk that I absolutely hate is checking all my knives for blade play even though they almost never have any. And I do this because I fidget them open and close a lot sometimes
 
Firearms training carried to knives. Actions and blades are always handed to another person open. That way: they can readily check the weapon status.
Or in the case of knives: they know it's status, and I don't have to teach them how to open it.
 
My dad and uncles always told me to never hand an open or fixed blade to someone that I should lay it on a table or something flat and secure so they can pick it up safely. I’ve seen a few mishaps in knife exchanges that were purely avoidable if they had just put it down so the other guy had sole control of the blade. Just a few weeks ago I saw it happen and fortunately it wasn’t to bad, only a bandaid was needed but it could have been lots worse. Very near a tendon!
 
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