The watch pocket knife.

[GABaus]

He had Yucca fiber sandals"

I have found that yucca fiber is a great material, it is easy to refine, and very strong. one time I was teaching a troop of boy scouts how to light fires with flint and steel using some yucca fiber refined by yours truly (worked great roughly on par with jute or sisal)

Although I am still fairly young I often carry a small knife in my watch pocket my favorite's being a Case peanut(chestnut bone with an interesting checkered pattern), A 108OT(not original schrade they closed before my knife purchasing days), or an opinel #5(until I lost it going for a run)
I may add some pictures after I figure out how to load them onto this device & post them here

 

[bluecow]

if i put a knife in there where do i carry my Zippo?

 

[davek14]

If you carry a tiny knife, watch pocket or anywhere, you get to use your knife more. I've taken small, harmless looking knives out in line at Target to trim a thread or whatever. Doctors offices, libraries, a small knife just gets no attention.

Less knife = more usage

 

[Bartleby]

If you carry a tiny knife, watch pocket or anywhere, you get to use your knife more. I've taken small, harmless looking knives out in line at Target to trim a thread or whatever. Doctors offices, libraries, a small knife just gets no attention.

Less knife = more usage

This is where the Christy knife shines. Its small size, adjustable blade length, and sliding operation allow it to be very unobtrusive in use. Carrying it on a keyring, most folks think I am just using a key to open packages etc. Cuts way better its small size suggests!

 

[JohnDF]

I carry many different knives in my watch pocket, it's my preferred way to carry a knife. I'll cram a #77 two blade Barlow in there some days. I've even carried my big 'ol #43 Oregon Trapper in there. But mostly I enjoy a very flat, thin and rounded single blade in the 3"-3.5" range. My TC Barlow is probably my favorite to ride in the watch pocket. It's so thin and smooth that my hand just glides right over it when I have to reach into my front pocket for my keys, or if I'm just standing around with my hands in my pockets. Thicker knives tend to roll when I put my hands in and out of my front pocket.

 

[popedandy]

I don't wear jeans much anymore, but when I did I liked watch pocket carry. I wore Wranglers, so as Carl mentioned, the watch pocket was a generous size. The peanut has always been a bit small for my tastes, but a Case Canoe or a GEC 79 or 57 were all a comfortable fit. Best of all, the watch pocket got my knife out of the pocket clutter to somewhere I could access it easily. Not a bad way to go.

 

[Jolipapa]

I never wore jeans, they're cold in winter and too hot in summer, but there's a lot oftrousers with a watch pocket, sometimes even with a button to prevent any loss.

 

[jwb01]

Seems “watch” pockets have gotten bigger, carrying this in a cheap pair of wrangler carpenter shorts.....

 

[JohnDF]

I see that most carry their knives vertically in their watch pockets. I carry mine horizontally. My Wranglers have a decent pocket, but some knives sit too tall in the vertical position and jab me when I sit down or bend over. So I lay them down kind of diagonally and they just disappear.

 

[22-rimfire]

.... Now that I have become an old fart, shocking as it is to me, I'm now one of the watch pocket knife old guys. It's just soooo darn handy, I now know what those guys were doing. The small knife carried in an out of the way pocket worked for them. A small jack or pen, or a little lock blade. It's a handy way to carry a small cutter.

Getting older is kind of shocking. It certainly creeps up on you unless you are in poor health. Never carried a knife in my watch pocket (jeans). I have a Case Peanut there at the moment. This is a new experience for me. I like it.

 

[Railsplitter]

I see that most carry their knives vertically in their watch pockets. I carry mine horizontally. My Wranglers have a decent pocket, but some knives sit too tall in the vertical position and jab me when I sit down or bend over. So I lay them down kind of diagonally and they just disappear.

I carry mine horizontally too. I wear Wrangler Riggs Contractor (not Carpenter but they have those too) jeans and I can carry up to a 3 5/8 inch knife in the full horizontal position.

Something longer than that will fit too but then it starts to lie diagonally. The watch pocket is so wide that a knife would fall over inside it if I tried to carry it vertically.

 

[jwb01]

I see that most carry their knives vertically in their watch pockets. I carry mine horizontally. My Wranglers have a decent pocket, but some knives sit too tall in the vertical position and jab me when I sit down or bend over. So I lay them down kind of diagonally and they just disappear.

That’s exactly what I do, most 4” or less sockmans ride very well this way.

 

[22-rimfire]

I don't wear jeans much anymore, but when I did I liked watch pocket carry. I wore Wranglers, so as Carl mentioned, the watch pocket was a generous size. The peanut has always been a bit small for my tastes, but a Case Canoe or a GEC 79 or 57 were all a comfortable fit. Best of all, the watch pocket got my knife out of the pocket clutter to somewhere I could access it easily. Not a bad way to go.

Yeah, I also seldom wore jeans until just the last couple of weeks. Jeans got moved out of my regular wardrobe a couple years ago in favor of khakis. What happened? I was wearing a 34in waist pants and was getting tired of my pants being loose all the time and backed up to 33 inch. Fit better, but there really aren't many khakis available in that waist size unless you alter them.

 

[jackknife]

If you carry a tiny knife, watch pocket or anywhere, you get to use your knife more. I've taken small, harmless looking knives out in line at Target to trim a thread or whatever. Doctors offices, libraries, a small knife just gets no attention.

Less knife = more usage

Theres that. There seems to be a threshold in most peoples minds even in this day and age of insane political correctness. Something like a old time stereotypical "pen knife" goes almost unnoticed. If it does get noticed, people just seem to mentally shrug it off as no threat. It's just a little "pen knife."

I hear that term being used even toady, and it seems to be a blanket phrase referring to any small slip joint pocketknife. Much like the term "Buck knife" was used in the 70's and even the early 80's to refer to a largish lock blade knife no matter where art came from and who made it. Many years ago when I made a gift of Victorinox classic's as stocking stuffers for all the non knife people in the family, even elderly Aunt Jane remarked that it was a wonderful little 'penknife' with scissors. She bitterly lamented it being confiscated by TSA when she flew from Atlanta to D.C for the holidays. Said the TSA agent was most likely a yankee. Aunt Jane, as a born and bred Georga gal, harbored a mistrust of anyone north of the Carolina's. Even then she looked hard at "North' Carolina.

Aunt Jane received a new Vic classic.

Living in and around the Washington D.C are for most of my life, I was sued to going in handout of government buildings. The small watch pocket size knife passed through security just fine. If there was any comment at all, it was usually positive. On one occasion, we were going to the D.C. aquarium that was located in the old Department Of Commerce building. I was carrying a yellow peanut that day, and the security officer picked up my peanut from the plastic tray and looked at it closely. I was thinking 'Oh no" but he just handed it to me and remarked that his grandfather carried a little pocket knife just like that. Fine.

 

[Bartleby]

On one occasion, we were going to the D.C. aquarium that was located in the old Department Of Commerce building. I was carrying a yellow peanut that day, and the security officer picked up my peanut from the plastic tray and looked at it closely. I was thinking 'Oh no" but he just handed it to me and remarked that his grandfather carried a little pocket knife just like that. Fine.

I once had a similar situation with the Christy knife on my keys. Unable to get it to open, the security officer asked what it was. I explained that it was an antique Christy safety thread and string cutter from the 30's. The safety must be disengaged before the string cutter can be activated. He handed it back saying how it was a good idea, too bad they didn't catch on.