Pocket Slips: Yay or Nay?

[Jolipapa]

 

[Eli Chaps]

I don't mind my knife flopping sideways in the pocket but the longer the knife gets, the less I like that happening. If used, for me the slip would be for the bigger knives that I might want to carry from time to time.

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For what it’s worth, I feel like this is a thread that pops up on a fairly regular basis. Here’s a similar thread started last January: Pocket slips. What do you think? And another from a couple years back: Pocket Slips/Sheaths

Thank you for the links. I figured it had been discussed before but heck, after 20 odd years, most everything knife related has been discussed before.

 

[jec88]

I like the look of a pocket worn knife, so no. My opinion, but to me, if you take a traditional that looks great from the start, it will only look better with pocket wear.

 

[Signalprick]

I would just add that obviously, not all slips are created equal. Some are just too bulky. I have slips for my single blade slippies but generally don't carry them in the slip. I always prefer my multi-blade knives in a slip. Probably because they are generally smaller and usually carried in a supporting role to a larger single blade. That's just me. The most perfect slip - knife marriage I've come across is my Case Bose Cattle Knife and a Hitch & Timber Proper slip. There a a few guys and gals on IG that make absolutely top shelf leather slips also. Here are pics of mine.

Multi-blade slips:




Single blade slips:

 

[Pinemoon]

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but my preferred from of carry is vertically, no slip.
My method uses a key strap around my belt and the knife is clipped and hangs from this.
It requires my knives to have a lanyard hole, a feature I wish more makers included.
The picture shows a fairly large 4" folder that would really require a belt sheath otherwise.

 

[Eli Chaps]

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but my preferred from of carry is vertically, no slip.
My method uses a key strap around my belt and the knife is clipped and hangs from this.
It requires my knives to have a lanyard hole, a feature I wish more makers included.
The picture shows a fairly large 4" folder that would really require a belt sheath otherwise.

I did something vaguely similar for many years with a little Buck 425. I tied gutted para-cord through the lanyard hole, then strung out, I don't know, 15 or 18" or so. Enough to cut at waist level. Then the end had a loop tied in it. Slip the cord through a belt loop or around the belt, thread the knife through the loop in the cord, pull tight, roll up excess and plant in pocket. Pretty easy to undo if I need more freedom with the knife too.

I started that in military days when everything that wasn't tied to you disappeared. But I carried it the same way in my civvies. Many, many years I carried that way and it worked great.

 

[Old Engineer]

If you carry a Stag or White Bone knife with BRASS LINERS , carry it in a slip . I have never had a knife slide out of a Properly Sized slip.

Harry

 

[sXePhenomenal]

I only carry two knives in slips. Carry a Case Bose warncliff trapper in a Beard and Owl slip and the Case Bose Stockman in a KSF deluxe slip. Love the way they carry and feel they do stay upright. Slips are awesome love some nice quality leather

 

[PirateSeulb]

It does keep my traditionals upright instead of laying sideways in my pocket though and it's been a lot nicer carry wise.

This is one of the main reasons I started using one myself along with finally getting a slip and once I tried it and found it kept the knife oriented more to my liking I got hooked.

 

[drail]

I started using slips mainly because they keep a huge amount of pocket lint and crap out of the knife's action. I don't own very many knives where I am concerned with scratches and dents but it has always amazed me how much trash finds its way into the action. That stuff greatly increases wear and causes the opening and closing to be sluggish and can actually prevent the knife from opening fully when it builds up in the detent. For many years I always carried a Victorinox Tinker and at least once a week I would hold it under some very hot running water and then blow it out with compressed air. Add a drop of oil to the pivot points and the knife felt like it did when it was brand new. For about a week until it filled up again with lint and stuff. Since I started using a slip I only need to do this once a month or longer. Using a slip also keeps a knife from wearing holes in the pocket linings - which are usually made from the cheapest muslin cloth they can buy. Most of time today I carry a larger lockback knife in a belt sheath but I still don't like leaving the house without a Swiss Army knife (in a slip) in my pocket. But I am just old and weird.

 

[Horsewright]

Buckaroo/folding knife pouch all the way. This is my own personal one:

Have done colors for those inclined:

Thong back feeds onto your belt loop and ya put the rest in your pocket:

That way you can still get to it under your leggings by just pulling on the thong:

Squeeze the bottom and the knife pops out:

Leave your pouch dangling while you use your knife then tuck it all back together when you are done.

Case closed, (opps sorry for the completely intentional pun):

 

[ty_higg]

I also wanted to add that when I carry a traditional its usually a larger trapper pattern, If I carry a smaller traditional its usually in my 5th pocket so no worry of it laying sideways.

 

[Matt_WY]

I like a slip with a traditional knife. As part of my employment I work outdoors a lot, so helps keeps them orientated and in place in my pocket. Helps slim down the chance of accidentally falling out while moving around or grabbing for something else. Also limits the dirt and gunk, keeping them clean and in good shape.

 

[McFeeli]

I don’t use one whenever I wear jeans because I much prefer to carry mine in the watch pocket. I recently got one with a Northwoods that I’ve been using when I wear shorts during summer. I do like it for larger, heavier slipjoints, especially in shorts. The smaller, thinner ones I tend to carry loose still, though. Like my two blade 73. I carry that in a slip, while my Lionsteel Dom I won’t. The weight difference is huge even though they’re both roughly the same dimension.

 

[drail]

Horsewright, I just love your posts with all of the photos of REAL PEOPLE who aren't afraid of getting dirty. You cowboys ROCK! (and the cowgirls are awfully nice to see also)

 

[Horsewright]

Horsewright, I just love your posts with all of the photos of REAL PEOPLE who aren't afraid of getting dirty. You cowboys ROCK! (and the cowgirls are awfully nice to see also)

Thanks!

 

[Cvrobinson]

My traditionals always ride in a slip
They never leave home without one

 

[dsutton24]

No, too much fumbling around. You take it out of your pocket, you fiddle around and get the knife out of the slip, you drop the knife. You pick up the knife, you have to figure out what to do with the slip. You use the knife. You have to figure out what you did with the slip. Once you find it you put the knife back in it. Most slips are either so stiff you have to pry them open to insert the knife, or so limp that you have to work at it like you're putting a tiny pillow in a floppy pillow case. You drop the whole works into your pocket.

Just a whole lot of work to open a Slim Jim.

 

[Wurrwulf]

I like a slip with a traditional knife. As part of my employment I work outdoors a lot, so helps keeps them orientated and in place in my pocket. Helps slim down the chance of accidentally falling out while moving around or grabbing for something else. Also limits the dirt and gunk, keeping them clean and in good shape.

I carry my GECs in a slip while at work because I also work outdoors. I find that it helps keep the knife from getting damp from sweat or rain, as well. The sheath can dry out over night, and I don't have to worry about rust or pepper spots on my knife.

 

[urbantrapper]

Id like to try out some slips and I also like that buckaroo style. My dixie stockman came from KSF with a buffalo slip, but the knife just falls right out. Its fits my case trapper well, but I carry the stockman loose in pocket.