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partisan1911

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I keep reading about a neck knife, is this something you hang around your neck? If it is, why would you do this as opposed to just having one on your belt?
 
i guess people are worried that they will suddenly be without their pants....Seriously, I find it most beneficial if I'm wearing shorts with no belt in the summer. Just don't use paracord unless you take measures to prevent accidental strangulation.
 
Yes a neck knife is one that hangs from a cord around your neck.

Well, if you're sitting down, it can be hard to draw a belt knife (or a pocket knife for that matter). This is seriously one of the largest pluses to neck carry.

As a way to carry a small blade it's comfortable too.
 
I look at it as just more options, most if not all of the neck knifes fit well in a pocket, sheath and all.

Personally not a fan, but what the others posted are darn valid reasons. I like mine (EsKaBar) horizontal, back of belt attached via paracord.
 
what side do you usually carry your belt knife on? can you reach it with your other hand? neckers are ambi.

if you're wearing a 3/4 length parka or other winter coat, it's kinda hard to get to your belt.

some people add some PSK items to the necker's sheath with 550 cord or ranger bands, but personally a heavy neck knife kinda bothers me. i want it to be lighter.

it's just another option for carrying a knife. it's worth trying to see how it works for you.

there are different styles, some sheaths carry them point down, some carry it point up, there are even kydex sheaths to carry folders as a necker.
 
It's just another place to carry a knife. I don't like belt knives on a daily basis and find neck carry with the right knife is effortless. It is also more convenient when buckled in the car seat than trying to get a pocket knife out.
My favorite carry method is a folder clipped in my right front pocket but neck carry allows me to have a fixed blade backup every day.
 
Before I bought the Izula I didnt think neck carry would be good for anything, honestly I thought it was kinda stupid.

Then I got an izula and for poops-n-giggles I put some paracord around it and slipped it over my head. It is now my favorite way to carry it. Convenient, comfortable, and if you have it under your shirt most people wont even know you have a knife.
 
Neck carry of a small fixed blade is just about one of the most handy things you can do in the outdoors if you really use that knife for a lot of different tasks. They're great.

As far as the strangulation worries, when was the last time you broke a necklace in the woods? So many people are so terrified of this "strangulation" issue and part of that is because people don't realize what a real job it is to choke someone to death with a cord. Even in the bizarre event that you would get caught up like that, you don't have someone's knee in your back or they are not trying to go back-to-back and lift you off of your feet, etc. DUH, it's a KNIFE, reach up and cut the damned cordage!

Anyway, it's a real concern when kayaking, canoeing, riding rapids, perhaps frequenting tree stands and things like that because then you have the added dynamic of drowing added into the mix or in the case of the tree stand, a mounted stand that could act as a hangman's scaffold. You might not have the time to position yourself to cut the cord or otherwise extract yourself from the situation.

I think the whole "strangulation" issue with neck knives is one of the most overblown issues that has ever been invented in the world of knives.
 
Don Rearic said:
I think the whole "strangulation" issue with neck knives is one of the most overblown issues that has ever been invented in the world of knives.
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Finally someone who thinks the same exact way I do about strangulation and neck knives! I can't believe the fear some people have of it. If you were to be caught up choking, draw the knife and cut the cord.
 
Interesting concept. It would definitely take a lot of practice for me since it is something I had never thought of doing. Very similar concept to one of the drills I taught my boys to do with their pistols. Having to draw and shoot while sitting with all their body armor on and other junk.

I don't think the neck knife is for me but individual ergonomics has proven itself essential to determining placement of tools.
 
It's just absolutely the handiest thing in the world when outdoors. I don't think I would have one around my neck in the more adventurous activities I listed because then it could be a threat. Falling in the water with underwater obstacles in rapids, for example, could be a life threatening thing. People drown just getting entangled with other stuff.

I think that is the perfect place for a clip carried knife. Even just swimming in a non-pool environment, you can get entangled in bundles of fishing line, or maybe I should stop swimming in some nasty places, but I digress. :D
 
After many years of not trying it, I did !!! and me likes it..

I'm in the process of making a minimalist psk for the necker. should still be as comfortable..

matter of fact if no one here has tried to neck carry you izzy for a day, then you need to give it a chance..

its absolutely effortless, and as stated adds many pros to carry especially if you were being detained by zombies;)
 
I don't typically carry a knife around my neck but sometimes if I'm going to be working alot sitting down or carrying a larger blade on my belt I'll throw an Izula around my neck.
 
Just another option for carry. Some folks don't like things on their belt for when they are wearing packs or whatever.

The strangulation thing always gets me. What are the statistics of people strangling themselves to death with a neck knife? Do we even have one instance? I guess same goes for compasses, whistles, etc, etc.
 
My neck knife came in real handy today.

I'm sitting in my deer stand with 3 layers of clothes on. I needed to cut some paracord.

It would have been a real pain to get to my ESEE 4 on my belt.

I just reached in my shirt and pulled my Izula out of it's neck sheath. No problem.

I every day carry my Izula in my back pocket, but when I go to the woods my ESSE4 goes on my belt and my Izula goes in the neck sheath. :thumbup:
 
I carry the Izula in my back pocket in a Cricket Dave back pocket sheath almost everyday but for 11 days out of the month I work in a hospital ER and have to wear scrubs, most scrubs have either no pocket or really crappy pockets so I carry my Izula around my neck in a Shotgunner custom kydex sheath works great with no problems.
 
hunter s thompson said:
I carry the Izula in my back pocket in a Cricket Dave back pocket sheath almost everyday but for 11 days out of the month I work in a hospital ER and have to wear scrubs, most scrubs have either no pocket or really crappy pockets so I carry my Izula around my neck in a Shotgunner custom kydex sheath works great with no problems.
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+1 for this. I had a job I had to wear scrubs at for a while. That was pretty much the ONLY way to carry a knife and be sure you wouldn't lose it.
 
adaman04 said:
The strangulation thing always gets me. What are the statistics of people strangling themselves to death with a neck knife? Do we even have one instance? I guess same goes for compasses, whistles, etc, etc.
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It has probably never happened. If it did, you would probably see it all over these forums. Yet, it's been spoken of for years.

Now, I understand why any manufacturer of these size knives would go to great lengths to put a disclaimer on any literature and a cautionary note to be very careful. Any company that doesn't take the stupidity of people very seriously will find themselves in legal hot water pretty quick.

I have had hats snatched right off of my head in the woods by branches and stuff, going through heavy brush. But if any of those branches would have snagged some ParaCord or a ball chain, there would not have been an incident.

If you're accident prone and you tend to slide down muddy hills like Michael Douglas in "Romancing the Stone," I guess you might have to reconsider my words. :D

One can only hope you have a Kathleen Turner at the bottom of the mudslide to go face-first into. :D
 
The only place it would REALLY worry about a neck knife would be on the sort of job that has dangerous machinery. You know, the sort of thing where workers are encouraged to avoid jewellery and loose fitting clothes lest they get dragged into a lathe or wood chipper or something.

And if we're talking about the kind of danger that a properly done execution by hanging causes, breaking the neck rather than slow strangulation...
I wonder how much of a shock load paracord can stand anyway.
 
It's completely based on preference, but a lot of what we all prefer is based on the conditions and environments that we find ourselves immersed in each and every day. Here are the reasons why I prefer neck knife carry...

I do not work in an environment where having a knife on my belt would be appropriate, so this method of carry is generally out for me. Although, if I were able to, I'd certainly like to give it a shot.

I generally have a lot of stuff in my pockets... keys, lighter, cell phone, flashlight, wallet... if I can free up any room in my pockets at all, I'm going to jump at the opportunity.

These are the major pro's to neck knife carry for me, but I didn't start employing neck knife carry hoping to gain these or other advantages... I learned these advantages after months of carrying in this manner.

I started with neck knife carry because it looked like a cool/fun way to carry a small fixed blade, which is my favorite type of knife for EDC.

To each their own... if you haven't tried it before, give it a shot!
 
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