Please define "tip up carry" or "tip down carry"

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fred3

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I read the various posts and descriptions of knives for sale and it seems that when they mention "tip up carry" they are referring to when the folding knife is in the pocket the tip of the knife is pointing up. Is that correct or am I just confused?

Thank you.

Fred
 
Notice in the picture that all the Clips are in the same direction. Yet the blades are pointed up on the right side knives and the blades pointed down on the left side knives. "Tip Up" Right side "Tip Down" left side.... Hope that helped!

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tip up cuz if it was tip down, trying to open a cs ti-lite using the quillion would be some what retarded
 
imo tip-up is geared toward sd/quick deployment,
whereas tip-down is geared toward working situations/slower more easily controlled opening
so neither style is retarded just situational i guess
 
I prefer tip down a lot, and I don't find it any slower (unless the knife is waved).
 
Any difference between tip up and tip down on knives without special opening features like the Wave is really very negligible. It's simply a matter of how you position your hand to draw the knife.
 
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