Those of you who use neck knives for bushcraft

K.O.D. said:
I once safety pinned the crotch of my jeans. Talk about living dangerously. But I couldn't show up to church with a hole there, and I was 40 minutes from home.
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That's good preparation, I carry a couple around too in my wallet. There are a ton of uses for safety pins, they're good to have.

This is also why it's good that sewing and clothing maintenance should be more openly practiced by men. I personally have nothing but disdain for the "women's-men's work" dichotomy as anybody doing things for themselves is a real man/woman/mloman in my book. I intend to snap the majority off of the toothpick on my SAK (retaining the top part and a lil length to open/close and cap it off, keep the top as a cap, and put a sewing needle with thread down in the crevice.

This might have been more popular in the 1980s, but growing up in the 2010s around age 13 I learned to sew band patches on a vest initially, in the heavy metal/punk style, that was my introduction of how to sew. You know, similar to a 1960s biker's vest? Studs and band patches. I still love to wear a Kutte vest when I go to concerts and such, but the clothing maintenance always stuck with me and is a skill I want to continue to refine and hone.

But, I digress, safety pins are the way to go.
 
Hashishiin said:
That's good preparation, I carry a couple around too in my wallet. There are a ton of uses for safety pins, they're good to have.

This is also why it's good that sewing and clothing maintenance should be more openly practiced by men. I personally have nothing but disdain for the "women's-men's work" dichotomy as anybody doing things for themselves is a real man/woman/mloman in my book. I intend to snap the majority off of the toothpick on my SAK (retaining the top part and a lil length to open/close and cap it off, keep the top as a cap, and put a sewing needle with thread down in the crevice.

This might have been more popular in the 1980s, but growing up in the 2010s around age 13 I learned to sew band patches on a vest initially, in the heavy metal/punk style, that was my introduction of how to sew. You know, similar to a 1960s biker's vest? Studs and band patches. I still love to wear a Kutte vest when I go to concerts and such, but the clothing maintenance always stuck with me and is a skill I want to continue to refine and hone.

But, I digress, safety pins are the way to go.
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I concur. I lived mostly alone from age 18 to 35, other than two years when my younger sister moved in with me. I cooked, cleaned, and occasionally sewed. I've been living with my parents for 5 years now (I'm 43) due to illness. Last year in April my mother had major surgery, and I found out just how little my father did and/or could do. 65 years old, can't cook, did not even know how to use the dishwasher. Shocked me. She did everything. He maintained the yard until 2013 (heart attack) and the house. Hired yard people as doc forbid him from yardwork.Both worked full time. Now that it's just my mother and I, we divide chores.

Though I may be competent with the work of the fairer sex, don't expect me to put on an apron and make you cookies.

But if you want excellent grilled chicken from an effeminate dressing man my brother in law will be in the backyard in his salmon shorts and aqua shirt!
 
Hashishiin said:
That's good preparation, I carry a couple around too in my wallet. There are a ton of uses for safety pins, they're good to have.

This is also why it's good that sewing and clothing maintenance should be more openly practiced by men. I personally have nothing but disdain for the "women's-men's work" dichotomy as anybody doing things for themselves is a real man/woman/mloman in my book. I intend to snap the majority off of the toothpick on my SAK (retaining the top part and a lil length to open/close and cap it off, keep the top as a cap, and put a sewing needle with thread down in the crevice.

This might have been more popular in the 1980s, but growing up in the 2010s around age 13 I learned to sew band patches on a vest initially, in the heavy metal/punk style, that was my introduction of how to sew. You know, similar to a 1960s biker's vest? Studs and band patches. I still love to wear a Kutte vest when I go to concerts and such, but the clothing maintenance always stuck with me and is a skill I want to continue to refine and hone.

But, I digress, safety pins are the way to go.
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I taught myself to use a needle and thread as a child. I started by darning my own socks. It was either that or walk around with my toes poking through them. Mom wasn't big on such domestic activities. Self-sufficiency was a requirement for me growing up.

I tried to think of any interesting example of a sewing job I still have. The most interesting I have a picture of is my shoulder rig (below). Most of it is made out of 6 pieces of nylon web strap sewed together (though you can't really see the sewing in that pic). I made it 20 years ago and it's still going strong (I wear it almost every day).

Tomorrow when I have better light I'll take a pic of my modest sewing kit and add it to this post. I'll also post a pic showing the construction and stitching of the shoulder rig.

As far as safety pins, I NEVER use them. Not anymore. Several years ago the drawstring on a pair of sweat pants I wore to bed got too frayed, so I used a safety pin to cinch them. Until the morning I woke up, scratched my wrist, and discovered the pin had come undone during the night.


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Awesome examples of how dang useful these skills are! K.O.D I feel that, except the part about the cookies, I'll throw down some killer almond chocolate chip 😁
K killgar , I am loving your stiletto rigs, that is an inspiration to creativity, actually, as I have been wanting some more interesting ways to hold a knife about my person, particularly one towards my midsection, and DIY is the best way to go. As for the safety pin coming undone... better there than where K.O.D had it, man, that is what I was expecting to hear, I was bracing myself lol
 
Puukko1 said:
I wanted to share a tip. I want to say I came up with this( been doing it for almost 3 decades) but time is a cruel mistress. And I also just spent a couple hours searching the internet and u tube for how to stop a neck knife from dangling. And just found a bunch of bunji(sp) cord and lanyard refs. It's as simple attaching some Velcro to the back of your sheath,the sticky back works great for plastic sheaths or if leather wrap a velcro strap around it. Then just attach a piece of the opposite velcro to the front of your clothing right where the knife hangs(plumb). If your wearing something with button front, take a small strip of velcro (2inch) and cut a slit big enough for button in one end and button right hight to correspond to velcro on sheath. If no buttons use a safety pin. When you use the knife,just let it drop it will catch on the velcro every time. No dangling and nothing more than letting in drop and gravity take its course.
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As someone who wears a neck knife just everyday (first on in the morning, last off in the evening), I must say that I have never been annoyed with the "dangling in the front" matter. Just tuck it under your shirt or tee... Problem solved. Going all Velcro looks really like the over-engineered way to go. The length of the neck loop, relative to the size and weight of the blade, would be more productive to study. And if you are in a hot climate and going out all loin cloth alone, then belt carry, or baldric for bigger blades, would be the way to go.
 
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I usually tie a fob to the neck knife (if possible) then tuck the fob in my belt
Other wise the dangling also doesn't bother me
 
herisson said:
As someone who wears a neck knife just everyday (first on in the morning, last off in the evening), I must say that I have never been annoyed with the "dangling in the front" matter. Just tuck it under your shirt or tee... Problem solved. Going all Velcro looks really like the over-engineered way to go. The length of the neck loop, relative to the size and weight of the blade, would be more productive to study. And if you are in a hot climate and going out all loin cloth alone, then belt carry, or baldric for bigger blades, would be the way to go.
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With your use of a neck knife I agree with you 100% see my response to another poster at the end of last page. As far as over engineering,its sticking a piece of velcro on the back of your sheath. Then go to the junk drawer pull out a velcro strap take your knife cut a piece off poke a slit in one end and stick it on a button on front of your shirt. If you think that's over engineering I take it you've never looked at anything designed by the Germans.
 
Also the whole safety pin side track, I added that as I knew people would reply "my jacket or whatever doesn't have buttons" I have always just sewed a small piece of velcro on my OUTDOOR clothing. I knew had I said that a bunch of the replies would have been "Sewing! What do you think this is aunt Bee's sewing circle" Ah the internet
 
I wish I made you tube videos. I could make a 5 minute video starting with a neck knife and article of clothing from scratch and 3 minutes of the video would be me demonstrating how well it works.
 
I remember as a kid on the occasions I had to wear a tie some of them had magnets in them. I suppose for some type of magnetic tie clip. It's the same principle. But having a magnet anywhere near a compass in my neck of the woods is a good way to end up in Canada. Much less the chance of ruining a high end compass for good.
 
Hashishiin said:
That's good preparation, I carry a couple around too in my wallet. There are a ton of uses for safety pins, they're good to have.

This is also why it's good that sewing and clothing maintenance should be more openly practiced by men. I personally have nothing but disdain for the "women's-men's work" dichotomy as anybody doing things for themselves is a real man/woman/mloman in my book. I intend to snap the majority off of the toothpick on my SAK (retaining the top part and a lil length to open/close and cap it off, keep the top as a cap, and put a sewing needle with thread down in the crevice.

This might have been more popular in the 1980s, but growing up in the 2010s around age 13 I learned to sew band patches on a vest initially, in the heavy metal/punk style, that was my introduction of how to sew. You know, similar to a 1960s biker's vest? Studs and band patches. I still love to wear a Kutte vest when I go to concerts and such, but the clothing maintenance always stuck with me and is a skill I want to continue to refine and hone.

But, I digress, safety pins are the way to go.
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Ralph Flores who survived 49 days after crashing in the Yukon was quoted as saying besides food a needle and thread was one of the things wished he had.
 
Are you deliberately trying to increase your post count, or are just trying to keep bumping your thread to the top? Either way, it is becoming annoying.

The preceding 5 posts in this thread, are your own. Why don't you just edit one of your posts if you feel the need to add more comments, instead of adding a new post every 15 minutes?
 
shane45-1911 said:
Are you deliberately trying to increase your post count, or are just trying to keep bumping your thread to the top? Either way, it is becoming annoying.

The preceding 5 posts in this thread, are your own. Why don't you just edit one of your posts if you feel the need to add more comments, instead of adding a new post every 15 minutes?
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I apologize. To be honest I don't know how to edit.
 
shane45-1911 said:
No problem - in the bottom left corner of your own posts, you will see the "edit" button. :)
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I only see a quote or reply?Could it be because I'm a new member it doesn't give me the option to edit?Never mind I think I got it Thanks. On my phone the only thing in the bottom left is report and a little arrow. I have to hit the arrow and a scroll comes down with edit option. Look at me I'm editing like a boss. And hopefully this explains all the typos it my posts, it's been driving me crazy😄
 
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Puukko1 said:
Also the whole safety pin side track, I added that as I knew people would reply "my jacket or whatever doesn't have buttons" I have always just sewed a small piece of velcro on my OUTDOOR clothing. I knew had I said that a bunch of the replies would have been "Sewing! What do you think this is aunt Bee's sewing circle" Ah the internet
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It wouldn't surprise me if there are several members here who are handy with needle and thread. Among other things, several members make stitched leather sheaths.

Also, despite this being a knife forum, there really isn't a lot of "machismo" here, in fact, I'd say there's more of an anti-machismo attitude. If you said that you were into knitting or needle point I don't believe anyone would make fun of you, at least not anyone who's been here awhile. And if someone did take a "macho" posture and try to slam you for it, THEY would get slammed.

I'm a scary-looking biker, been a hard-core biker since 1986 (though not always scary looking), and I'm not the least bit ashamed to let people know that I sew, in fact, I'm rather proud of it. And no one has ever made fun of me for it, especially when they want something sewn, or want their leather jacket fixed.

I once had a female co-worker who didn't know how to sew. When she found out I could she brought me her favorite purse, one of the seams had split and she was planning on throwing it away. She asked me if I could fix it and I said sure. I took it home, stitched it up as good as new, and when I gave it back to her she was thrilled. And not one of my male coworkers said an insulting word about it.

Whether it's cooking, or gardening, or changing diapers, or sewing, I don't see the same kind of "stigma" these days that such activities once held for men.

And I wouldn't care even if they did. :)
 
Puukko1 said:
Also the whole safety pin side track, I added that as I knew people would reply "my jacket or whatever doesn't have buttons" I have always just sewed a small piece of velcro on my OUTDOOR clothing. I knew had I said that a bunch of the replies would have been "Sewing! What do you think this is aunt Bee's sewing circle" Ah the internet
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Mane, anybody who said that would be worthy of ridicule, don't be tripping on what a misinformed soul may say about what is without a doubt a useful and utilitarian task. It's a good group of folks here, haha.
 
Hashishiin said:
Mane, anybody who said that would be worthy of ridicule, don't be tripping on what a misinformed soul may say about what is without a doubt a useful and utilitarian task. It's a good group of folks here, haha.
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In my short time here and perusing around the form it does seem that way.
 
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