Some Do’s and Dont’s

Tip Up or Tip Down carry?

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T. Erdelyi said:
With the double bump in the clip it sits on the denim seams securely, I've never had a Sebenza get pushed out and as an added measure for the ones that I do clip to my pocket I put a small monkey's foot fob/lanyard on it which I can then also tuck into my like a second lock.

My small Sebenza just gets tossed into my pocket and I use the fob/lanyard to retrieve the knife from my pocket. I think the Sebenza next to the clip they use on the BM Griptillians with the diamond point scale pattern they use is the most secure pocket clip I've used and they're a lot easier on your pockets than the Grip is. :)
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The stock Sebenza clip is probably the most secure clip I've run into yet but it sure isn't pretty which is why mine sits in a box
 
Lapedog said:
... I can just get it to move enough to unseat the detent but not enough for the tip to really clear the scales.

If it slides over abit it can open abit more. However its never been a problem.
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Doesn't that just turn the tip of the tip up blade into a "Wave"?!? :eek:
 
marcinek said:
Doesn't that just turn the tip of the tip up blade into a "Wave"?!? :eek:
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Lol. It probably would. Good thing it has never happened. Honestly I have almost never had a knife open in my pocket. I am usually aware if a knife has a weak detent so will take extra precaution when needed.
 
BladeScout; you're quite right about the Military. It carries and opens great tip down. I mainly was referring to flippers because that's the mechanism that my folders use. That said, I have owned and enjoyed various iterations of the Millie over the past few years. Great knife.
 
Yes, Ratman, the Millie is an awesome knife.

In regards to flippers, Ill have to see, how my Southard behaves in the pocket.
 
....speaking of clips, I might be the only one to actually like the Southard clip.

Man, that thing caught a lot of FLAK back when.
 
Personally, Im to paranoid to carry a knife in my back pocket ... but then even my (minimalistic) wallet is also in the front pocket of my pants (often a pair of Carhartts - not them fancy Wranglers and/or Levis).
 
Is that because of pickpockets? Certainly a valid concern depending on where you live. It is not much of an issue for me. I also front pocket carry my minimalist wallet but that is just for comfort. I carry my phone and wallet in the same pocket.

Those are $17 Walmart wranglers. Nothing fancy, just cheap work pants. :)
 
Until recently my knives were all thumb stud which, for me, is tip down only as it provides me with the best draw & open. If it has a button, ie an auto, then tip down too for the same reason. I got my first flipper and it's also the first knife I actually use tip up, again because for me it provides the best draw & open. I'm planning on getting a front flipper soon, I wonder which way I will find is best - I'm thinking tip down.
 
BladeScout said:
Personally, Im to paranoid to carry a knife in my back pocket ... but then even my (minimalistic) wallet is also in the front pocket of my pants (often a pair of Carhartts - not them fancy Wranglers and/or Levis).
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I find it easy to grab and deploy from my back pocket and knife with a pocket clip however if it is a "free" knife in pocket it does ride in front with my wallet. Most of my "free" riding knifes are slip joints and the orientation means nothing to them from a deployment it might be how the shape rides better along side my wallet. I have a mix of tip up and tip down knives and I think I have more in a tip it is just how they came or what felt better when it was in my back pocket.
 
BladeScout said:
I get your (safety) point (no pun intended) but my Millie is carried the exact opposite of what you describe (i.e. tip down blade away from pants seam) and I cant see, how that is an iota less safe.

Further more, when you need it, you can draw the Millie and open - OPEN - it PDQ, should that need arise.

It opens as fast, naturally and with ease, as one could wish for (not that I ever have had the need to open the Millie in an emergency, where 'millie-seconds' counted (see, what I did there)).

Not referring to you, Hackenslash but IMO this tip up/tip down conundrum is a 'non-problem,' with exactly the samme issues (or lack there of) rehashed every time such a thread comes along.
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The Millie is the one knife that I've encountered that's made me think hard about adopting a back pocket carry. I'm sure some day I'll own one! :)

Addressing the larger question of carry: My problem with carrying on the zipper side of the pocket is access. I don't know about you all, but most of my pockets are naturally deeper on the zipper side. Anything in your pocket tends to settle there. With a knife clipped over them, you have to reach around the knife to get to keys, change, etc. Not only is this awkward and drags whatever you're retrieving across the knife, but if that knife has a flipper tab, its easy to snag it while coming and going.

There's no absolute right or wrong way to pocket a knife. It's fun just to read the different experiences we all have. I know we tend to have this same thread once a month...I like to think there may be a new member this time who'll learn something to improve their knife experience. Face it, a tip down flipper with a weak detent or Assisted Open IS a hazard if carried in the outside RFP. That's a recipe for disaster that can't be shared often enough.

And, OP, sexist jokes aren't jokes anymore. They're just ugly. I'm not trying to sound all "correct", but if humor requires putting down a different group of people, you need to re-examine your humor.
 
craytab said:
Seam of your pants. No it is not.
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It's not 100% as secure the opposite seam. It works well enough. At the very top it is not next to the seam (by the tip) but as the seam curves to form the bottom of the pocket it does a pretty good job holding the knife shut. Like I said the very tip can open abit.

I can tell how much it can open by trying to open it in my pocket and seeing how much the seam blocks it.
 
When I duct tape a machete to my back it's always tip down or "ninja carry." This allows me to easily reach back and access the handle for speedy and surprising deployment when confronted with a BG or infiltrating an enemy Daimyo's castle.
 
Mecha said:
When I duct tape a machete to my back it's always tip down or "ninja carry." This allows me to easily reach back and access the handle for speedy and surprising deployment when confronted with a BG or infiltrating an enemy Daimyo's castle.
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I know it's rediculous how they make knives that aren't built for storming the Daimyo's castle 47 Ronin style. We can see that most knives are built for some unrealistic fantasy scenario like opening a box or peeling an apple.
 
Mecha said:
When I duct tape a machete to my back it's always tip down or "ninja carry." This allows me to easily reach back and access the handle for speedy and surprising deployment when confronted with a BG or infiltrating an enemy Daimyo's castle.
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And the duct tapes serves as a cheap wax job for back hair...
 
bearfacedkiller said:
Is that because of pickpockets? Certainly a valid concern depending on where you live. It is not much of an issue for me. I also front pocket carry my minimalist wallet but that is just for comfort. I carry my phone and wallet in the same pocket.

Those are $17 Walmart wranglers. Nothing fancy, just cheap work pants. :)
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Partly because of pickpockets, it not being exactly inconspicuous, partly because I'd be forever making sure, that it was there by shoving it down the pocket (see the 'not inconspicuous' part) and because I'd be ruining any (car) seat or chair, I sat in.

But its a moot point, as I'd never carry anything in my back pockets - let alone a knife (maybe rarely and briefly pliers or gloves but thats it)

The pants comment was just meant in a light hearted vein, as also 501s had been mentioned earlier in the thread :-)
 
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