There is a problem I still need to solve about neck carry.
When carrying a neck life, there is always a risk to fall and have the shealth lace catch a branch or some other obstacle, which would result in having yourself hung by your own neckknife lace. Not very likely but still plausible and very stupid risk.
The most obvious (if not unique) solution is to use a fusible lace which means a lace that will break or undo itself before you get any serious damage. For that purpose you need a lace that won't take to much stress, but on the other hand a too weak lace may undo itself too often in a everyday use.
One has to note that the hunging yourself is more about spine damages than suffocation, contrary to what you see in many western movies, death occurs rather by brutal spine rupture rather than slow suffocation, which means choosing a string with tension strength below your weight is not enough and I have no idea how much a neck could take in terms of brutal deceleration.
Most companies solve the problem by selling knives using "plumber chain" as necklace, those are calculated to break before you take any damage, but those items are still pretty specialized and some dislike their appearance.
I for myself make those suspension on the spot from avaible material, and so far have disregarded the problem although I know I should look for a solution.
I've vaguely heard about some knots that could do the trick, but I fear those to be either too loose for practical use, and not releasing quick enough for safety. I've been thinking of getting knots behind slightly too small holes on the shealth, so in case of emergency, the knot might go all the way through, or fusible shealth. Also been thinking of tearable shealth suspension.
So what is your experience with that problem? Any idea? any secret setup? any cunning trick?
When carrying a neck life, there is always a risk to fall and have the shealth lace catch a branch or some other obstacle, which would result in having yourself hung by your own neckknife lace. Not very likely but still plausible and very stupid risk.
The most obvious (if not unique) solution is to use a fusible lace which means a lace that will break or undo itself before you get any serious damage. For that purpose you need a lace that won't take to much stress, but on the other hand a too weak lace may undo itself too often in a everyday use.
One has to note that the hunging yourself is more about spine damages than suffocation, contrary to what you see in many western movies, death occurs rather by brutal spine rupture rather than slow suffocation, which means choosing a string with tension strength below your weight is not enough and I have no idea how much a neck could take in terms of brutal deceleration.
Most companies solve the problem by selling knives using "plumber chain" as necklace, those are calculated to break before you take any damage, but those items are still pretty specialized and some dislike their appearance.
I for myself make those suspension on the spot from avaible material, and so far have disregarded the problem although I know I should look for a solution.
I've vaguely heard about some knots that could do the trick, but I fear those to be either too loose for practical use, and not releasing quick enough for safety. I've been thinking of getting knots behind slightly too small holes on the shealth, so in case of emergency, the knot might go all the way through, or fusible shealth. Also been thinking of tearable shealth suspension.
So what is your experience with that problem? Any idea? any secret setup? any cunning trick?
