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Most Common Clipped Carry Method for Folding Knives
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This poll is only about clipped carry.
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Sometimes accidents happen.
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And Benchmade frame and liner locks are all tip down. So that helps even things up with Benchmade.
My favorite is probably IWB around the 1 o'clock position, tip up. Second favorite is FRP, tip up. Since I carry multiple knives and a flashlight with a clip, all my pocket space is used and there are clips everywhere. All my concealed carry handguns also use a clip to carry them without the added bulk of a holster. But they are also carried IWB so they don't require pocket space.
Glad pocket clips are popular and I'm a bit surprised they aren't more common on hand guns. Anyone know the history of the clip and who originally came up with it? I thought it was Spyderco but I guess not?
My favorite is probably IWB around the 1 o'clock position, tip up. Second favorite is FRP, tip up. Since I carry multiple knives and a flashlight with a clip, all my pocket space is used and there are clips everywhere. All my concealed carry handguns also use a clip to carry them without the added bulk of a holster. But they are also carried IWB so they don't require pocket space.
Glad pocket clips are popular and I'm a bit surprised they aren't more common on hand guns. Anyone know the history of the clip and who originally came up with it? I thought it was Spyderco but I guess not?
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Handgun pocket clips:
One of the oldest, and the most comfortable (IMO), is the Barami Hip-Grip, out of Detroit area, and around for MANY yrs. It is made for small-frame revolvers like Colts, Smith, and several others. You actually remove one half of your "stock" grip, and substitute the new Barami grip half...the difference being in the built-in hook. It hooks on your belt, the gun IWB, and is entirely secure. I carried small revolvers for many yrs and rolled around on the ground some, and NEVER came close to unseating the gun. It is also so comfortable, that I would sit in my LazyBoy at night...never realizing that the gun was still on my hip. I used this method for perhaps 40 yrs, and still have one on a Smith LW .38 Spl that I carry occasionally. There doesn't seem to be anything even close...in terms of comfort and concealment and light weight.
I have used commercially-available clips on small frame 1911 Colts, but they are ungainly and a pain. I always option for one of several IWB leather holsters made by my son, which are nearly as well concealed and MUCH more comfortable than a hunk of steel banging on your right hip.
One of the oldest, and the most comfortable (IMO), is the Barami Hip-Grip, out of Detroit area, and around for MANY yrs. It is made for small-frame revolvers like Colts, Smith, and several others. You actually remove one half of your "stock" grip, and substitute the new Barami grip half...the difference being in the built-in hook. It hooks on your belt, the gun IWB, and is entirely secure. I carried small revolvers for many yrs and rolled around on the ground some, and NEVER came close to unseating the gun. It is also so comfortable, that I would sit in my LazyBoy at night...never realizing that the gun was still on my hip. I used this method for perhaps 40 yrs, and still have one on a Smith LW .38 Spl that I carry occasionally. There doesn't seem to be anything even close...in terms of comfort and concealment and light weight.
I have used commercially-available clips on small frame 1911 Colts, but they are ungainly and a pain. I always option for one of several IWB leather holsters made by my son, which are nearly as well concealed and MUCH more comfortable than a hunk of steel banging on your right hip.
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That is incorrect.
The currently available Proxy Flipper Framelock, 765 Monolock (framelock), and Precinct Flipper Liner Lock are all tip up only. Their back lock is tip up only.
Their autos are tip up only. 90%+ of their knives made in the last 15 years are tip up only.
Presently, right hand tip up is by far the most common clipped way to carry.
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If their frame lock (monolock) knives are tip up now, it's only been in the last year or two that they have made that switch. They were only tip down from Benchmade and had no holes to change the orientation. If they have changed their stance on that I would be curious if they have commented on why they made the change.
If you disagree, I would love to see pics of a few models that are more than a couple years old that came tip up that are frame or liner locks like I originally stated.
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I first used a clip on a hand gun with a Kel Tec PF9 that is an optional accessory and replaces 2 roll pins with screws to hold it on.
I then found a universal clip made by a company called Clipdraw which uses 3M VHB double sided tape to hold it in place. VHB stands for very high bond and has actually been used to replace rivets in aircraft aluminum skin that were developing stress fractures over time. I've had one start to come loose at one end after a few years of everyday carry so it is fairly durable. They also make hooks that sound like what you're describing for select models of guns.
Smaller guns are very comfortable to carry and if I have pants on I have a gun carried this way and I rarely feel it and it can be easy to forget about. I tried a couple other ways to carry but stopped looking because this is so comfortable and I can stick a clip on most guns I want to EDC.
Sorry for going on a tangent.
I first used a clip on a hand gun with a Kel Tec PF9 that is an optional accessory and replaces 2 roll pins with screws to hold it on.
I then found a universal clip made by a company called Clipdraw which uses 3M VHB double sided tape to hold it in place. VHB stands for very high bond and has actually been used to replace rivets in aircraft aluminum skin that were developing stress fractures over time. I've had one start to come loose at one end after a few years of everyday carry so it is fairly durable. They also make hooks that sound like what you're describing for select models of guns.
Smaller guns are very comfortable to carry and if I have pants on I have a gun carried this way and I rarely feel it and it can be easy to forget about. I tried a couple other ways to carry but stopped looking because this is so comfortable and I can stick a clip on most guns I want to EDC.
Sorry for going on a tangent.
I carry tip down when possible! But there are a lot of knives I like that come only tip up. I can't resist buying them so when I'm carrying one of them I carry tip up. Out of the 10 knives in my EDC rotation there are now 7 tip down and 3 tip up.
People have their own reasons for what they do. I don't agree with some of the reasons but I don't have to. When I discovered pocket clips I immediately started carrying knives that way and I liked the improved utility of the knife. Frequently I have only one hand free so if I can operate the knife one-handed then it is much more convenient for me. Best case tip up carry interferes with that, worst case it puts me at risk of dropping my knife.
