No no no noooo

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barmettlerjosh said:
Not sure if it qualifies as a folder fail but it qualifies as a whole lot of stupid

Anyway

One time me and my friend were playing the knife foot game ( if you don't know how it's played you basically try to throw a knife into the ground as close to the other person's foot as you can without stabbing them, yes stupid I know ) but he threw it into my shoe right next to my big toe and the worst part is my knife tip broke!
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Has this happen with my military as well. I'm done with tip down carry. I'll still carry the military, but loose in my pocket, tip up with a simple paracord fob hanging out of my pocket for ease of retrieval.
 
Zombie411 said:
James Y,
Had a similar incident in school (7th grade) with a switchblade.
Mine was in my sock when it blew open. Slight poke, and a scratch when I bent down to remove it

Same result... stopped carrying it
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Zombie411,

I guess 'somebody' was looking out for us. I wonder how many people out there had one of those cheapy switchblades open on them and suffered some real damage.

On a slightly different note, sometime back (late '90s or early 2K), I had a SS Spyderco Rookie PE (mini-Police model) clipped tip-down in my RF pocket, and I reached into my pocket for something. As I was pulling my hand out, the blade somehow partially opened and cut my finger. Not a really bad cut, but enough to bleed. I wouldn't have thought that would happen with a lockback, but it did.

Jim
 
Yikes!!!! That's a new one:eek:. I now carry most of my EDCs in slip cases as I've had a few similar incidental openings, nothing so dramatic tho'.
 
The OP knife is so tactical that it formulates and executes its own battle plans!

Seriously though. After seeing this I went through my most carried folders and tried to see what it would take to get them open in-pocket. I have an assisted flipper kershaw that I can't recall the name of, that I got to open up if I leaned into a table the right (wrong) way.
 
I only carry a Military and have never had that happen. The 204p model that I have does have the weakest detent of all of my millies but even then I cant shake the blade out.

The only knife I ever had do that was a CRKT M16 with the flipper and basically no detent at all.
 
My theory, at least for when it happened to me (3 times, S110V military, strong detent) is that when you're sliding it into your pocket, if your pocket material is a little loose/flappy/folded the tip catches on a bit of material and flings open. I had to have my pockets sewn back together (I didn't have it quite as dramatic as the OP, the blade didn't kill my pants like that).

Either way, it made me realize that tip down isn't for me.
 
I carry a Military all the time and have never had this happen but I usually carry in my right rear pocket or iwb in shorts/sweats. In the back pocket the spine is against the seam. Tip down RRP is hands down my preferred carry method.

The only knife that has come open in my pocket has been a Leek. That is one of the reasons I don't care for assisted openers.

I am glad you didn't get hurt!
 
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Some folks have drilled and tapped the scales for tip up carry. Is there issues doing that?
 
This happened to a coworker of mine a few years ago with a Military too.

He no longer carries that knife.

I think that it is a good idea to check the pivots of all folding knives, regardless of lock style.

To make sure that they aren't too loose and help prevent this from happening.
 
afishhunter said:
Another reason to carry in a belt sheath or without a picket clip.
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Honestly, I've already been moving away from or minimizing my use of folders for some time, I'm down to only owning about 6 or 7 of my all-time favorites, and increasingly carrying only fixed blades when I'm hiking or backpacking. And reading this thread just makes me even more convinced that while folders are cool, as a class of knives, they are really not all that safe or reliable relative to a fixed blade in a quality sheath. I really want to get away from carrying a folder clipped in a pocket altogether. I'm having a quality sheath made for a small fixed blade (Spyderco Street Beat), and if I cannot find a way to carry that comfortably (IWB, shoulder harness, or neck), then I will fall back to carrying a folder in some kind of a belt sheath. I've been moving this direction anyway for some time, and I think this thread has got me there. Time to make a change.
 
I have to say, i find this a little....questionable. Do you realise that the blade is almost at a complete 90 degree half open state? meaning the knife wouldn't of just had to open in pocket, but then rise up about 5 inches to pierce the pocket at that height then sink back down and settle in your pocket......Your military wouldve had to remain open at 90 degrees for a good amount of time to move around in there and not have anything press on the spine to close it again....Half of me thinks you're just one of those tip down haters that didn't care about his pants trying to make a point :p
 
Just another good reason to love lockbacks and slipjoints.

Glad nobody got cut ( that you know of ) as I'm sure you keep this thing sharp, and we all know Spyderco's are ground for slicing.
 
Glad the boys are ok, another reason I carry tip up on my right side. The blade stays firmly against the back of my pocket and if it does open it might only cut back meat and not the jewels, or your hand
 
Mick_1KRR said:
I have to say, i find this a little....questionable. Do you realise that the blade is almost at a complete 90 degree half open state? meaning the knife wouldn't of just had to open in pocket, but then rise up about 5 inches to pierce the pocket at that height then sink back down and settle in your pocket......Your military wouldve had to remain open at 90 degrees for a good amount of time to move around in there and not have anything press on the spine to close it again....Half of me thinks you're just one of those tip down haters that didn't care about his pants trying to make a point :p
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I had to make an assumption on how this could physically happen.
My thought is... with the extremely tight pocket clips on many of these knives, and the razor sharp blades that most of them have...
I had assumed the knife was opening, and catching fabric WHILE the OP was pushing the clip over fabric, and in place.

The friction of the clip could easily mask the blade slicing thru the fabric.
That was just my idea of what happened.
 
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