Recommendation? Neck Knives. Is it convenient for you or not?

David Mary said:
It is.



Can you elaborate a bit on this? I'm not quite understanding.



There was a thread about that recently. Someone posted a news article in which it indeed looked like someone had stabbed himself in the neck with his neck knife, presumably while trying to resheath it. First time I'd ever heard of something like that happening. I didn't follow the thread so I don't know what else may have been said on the matter.

HOWEVER;

Knives carried in any fashion pose some risk. I know a guy who had carried a Buck Hoodlum on his hip while camping, and in his too hasty attempt to resheath it, stabbed himself in the side. Not a knife I would want to do that with. To nobody's surprise, he needed a trip to the hospital.

I talked to a customer service guy at Spyderco on the phone a couple years ago who admitted this to me when I told him the Resilience was my favorite Spyderco: "I hate that knife!" "Oh, really, why?" "I busted my thumb open bad on one!" Factory Resiliences have a no detent ramp, so presumably when the tang overcame detent ball, the blade snapped closed too suddenly and bit him. That's why it's one of the first things I do to all my Resiliences and Tenaciouses. In the end, one should be mindful when handling sharp objects of any kind.

But back on topic: I love neck knives. I can carry one for days on end. Of course it has to be made nice and light, because I definitely notice that something is hanging from my neck. 2 oz or less total weight is nice, but up to 3 oz is tolerable for me for a time. The one I carry now is 2.6 including sheath, cord, and house key. I like 'em tip up/handle down, as I believe it is safer to put them away one handed when so oriented, not to mention more convenient to grab and unsheath them.


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Also, always make sure that what you have around your neck has a break point built into it. I fashion my neck cords from two pieces of paracord that I have melted together at two ends. This melted joint is strong enough to be tugged on so you can unsheath a knife that has strong retention, but weak enough that if someone tried to choke you with it, or it gets caught on the beam of a fortress you are rappelling into with your ninja clan, it will break before you get strangled. I put the joint slightly off center so it is not undergoing undue stress from being pressed on by the eyelets every time the knife is pulled out.
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I'll have an ulti-clip on the kydex as well......Sheath hangs from ball chain and it use the clip to anchor it from swinging.......clip on a chunk shirt at is lowest hanging point......🤔.....Hope this his helps...👍
 
Yeah, for some reason I wasn't wrapping my head around the wording. Thanks JFK!
 
David Mary said:
It is.



Can you elaborate a bit on this? I'm not quite understanding.



There was a thread about that recently. Someone posted a news article in which it indeed looked like someone had stabbed himself in the neck with his neck knife, presumably while trying to resheath it. First time I'd ever heard of something like that happening. I didn't follow the thread so I don't know what else may have been said on the matter.

HOWEVER;

Knives carried in any fashion pose some risk. I know a guy who had carried a Buck Hoodlum on his hip while camping, and in his too hasty attempt to resheath it, stabbed himself in the side. Not a knife I would want to do that with. To nobody's surprise, he needed a trip to the hospital.

I talked to a customer service guy at Spyderco on the phone a couple years ago who admitted this to me when I told him the Resilience was my favorite Spyderco: "I hate that knife!" "Oh, really, why?" "I busted my thumb open bad on one!" Factory Resiliences have a no detent ramp, so presumably when the tang overcame detent ball, the blade snapped closed too suddenly and bit him. That's why it's one of the first things I do to all my Resiliences and Tenaciouses. In the end, one should be mindful when handling sharp objects of any kind.

But back on topic: I love neck knives. I can carry one for days on end. Of course it has to be made nice and light, because I definitely notice that something is hanging from my neck. 2 oz or less total weight is nice, but up to 3 oz is tolerable for me for a time. The one I carry now is 2.6 including sheath, cord, and house key. I like 'em tip up/handle down, as I believe it is safer to put them away one handed when so oriented, not to mention more convenient to grab and unsheath them.


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Also, always make sure that what you have around your neck has a break point built into it. I fashion my neck cords from two pieces of paracord that I have melted together at two ends. This melted joint is strong enough to be tugged on so you can unsheath a knife that has strong retention, but weak enough that if someone tried to choke you with it, or it gets caught on the beam of a fortress you are rappelling into with your ninja clan, it will break before you get strangled. I put the joint slightly off center so it is not undergoing undue stress from being pressed on by the eyelets every time the knife is pulled out.
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This is a great idea about melting the two ends of paracord together. Thank you for your insight David!
 
I like them and carry them a bit, I use the sliding knots on the paracord so I can adjust the height of the knife. This one is from Griffin CO X model and is about perfect, overall about 7" with a 3" blade of magnacut steel, quite light and for me a very handy size.

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Gary W. Graley said:
I like them and carry them a bit, I use the sliding knots on the paracord so I can adjust the height of the knife. This one is from Griffin CO X model and is about perfect, overall about 7" with a 3" blade of magnacut steel, quite light and for me a very handy size.

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A fellow Firefly fan I see. Nice!

I love the concept of neck knives, but as someone with neck issues that small amount of weight around my neck can turn a normal day into an incredibly long one. Cool idea, just not one that works for me.
 
Not much new to add, some neck carry tip up using kydex, neve liked handle up leather. Convient t but awkward! Older Morris torpedo and dogfish works well for me, eldris and isula are light but thick. Outside of shirt due to law but swings around to much anyway. Might try the clip idea sometime, thanks. Never had a problem when cycling (pockets full of babnanas) but never had a bad crash/fall either. I usually mod for belt carry on backpack hip belt tho instead of neck carry. Once settled in camp, neck is quite comfortable. I can see the Beni fit in cold weather/ heavy clothing- I’l stay inside by the fire if you don’t mind. Fat thumb typing today!
 
I do like them but lately been wearing slim fit and tighter T-shirts so doesn't work for me anymore
 
I tried but the one I had is in a really really tight kydex sheath and one day out in the garden I yanked it out and hit myself in the chin and passed out.


Not really but I don't like that type of carry.😊
 
I had one, I think was a minimalist, that fell out of its sheath and dropped out of my shirt and I lost it on a job site, so I'm a little wary of neck knives because of that.

That being said I like to carry a UTX-70 in a neck sheath occasionally, and I edc'd it like this for a few years. This sheath has way better retention fortunately lol. It has the benefit of not having an exposed blade immediately after pulling it out to use, so you are less likely to have any accidents.


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For short walks/hikes they're fine. For a compact fix knife i much prefer something simple, and flat like this little home made job made from a cutting blade off a pharmaceutical tablet packaging machine's perforation station. I think it's D2. It took me forever to grind (slowly without building heat) on my 2x72. That hole took 20-30 minutes to get through with a carbide endmill on a bridgeport. I use this dam thing constantly at work. Can slip the thing in the fold of my wallet.
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Surname Surname and D DangerZone98 I am indeed a FireFly fan :) and I actually have a brown coat!
Not like his, but brown nonetheless ;)

And I certainly understand the concern of a knife becoming loose and out of the sheath, so if the sheath doesn't have enough retention for my likings, I'll not attempt to wear it.

This one from Griffin CO X has a nice taco style sheath with a solid pop in retention.

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Gary W. Graley said:
Surname Surname and D DangerZone98 I am indeed a FireFly fan :) and I actually have a brown coat!
Not like his, but brown nonetheless ;)

And I certainly understand the concern of a knife becoming loose and out of the sheath, so if the sheath doesn't have enough retention for my likings, I'll not attempt to wear it.

This one from Griffin CO X has a nice taco style sheath with a solid pop in retention.

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Love this knife every time you post it Gary.
 
Terry M. Terry M. thanks, I like it quite a bit myself, not too small, not too large. And fairly light weight, hollow ground blade of Magnacut steel to round things out.

They are coming out this fall with a slip joint in a similar shape with titanium bolsters, while I was promising myself that I wasn't going to buy anything else, I gotsta get one of those...
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I have bought and tried quite a few neck knives over the years and they just aren’t very comfortable for me. The only one I still have is an old HAK by Mick Strider back when they first came out
 
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