Tip up or tip down carry? Traditionals - single blade

[JerryIsAlive]

I don't have any real worries about my knife opening in my pocket or anything like that. But I find myself always placing my traditional facing tip up in either my right front pocket or watch pocket. Just seems more comfortable. So I am curious, what position do you wear your knife in your pockets?

 

[jc57]

I don't think this applies to most of my traditional knives as quite often they have tips at each end. I honestly couldn't tell with most of them which way they were oriented, and half the time they are lying horizontal across the bottom of my rear pocket under my wallet, though they typically start out vertical. So with few exceptions it's "can't tell, doesn't matter."

I suppose if you carry a larger single-blade folder it could make a difference, though. With my larger Case Back Pocket knife, it's carried in a pocket sheath with the lanyard hole up, so I guess that's tip up.

 

[Edm1]

I carry mine tip up in a pocket slip.

 

[JerryIsAlive]

Almost all of my knives are single bladed and small so they stay in the orientation I place them. My slacks all have a little slot cut into the pocket itself which is perfect for the little knives. As I was getting ready this morning, I realize I always place them tip up just bc it's more comfortable when walking around. Which prompted my question

 

[herisson]

The bigger ones (e. g. Back Pocket) are stuffed in the right front pocket tip up. Despite the handkerchief that's also there, they end up at the bottom of the pocket. So the true answer is "I wear them at the bottom of the pocket". Needs some fumbling but it's not really a hassle. I'm not "quick deploy" obsessed.

 

[Phreekedelic]

The Svord Peasant Mini's curvy handle and extended tang means it naturally settles into the best position for it in my pocket: Blade on the closed knife is pointing towards the side seam of my trousers, with the tang resting on the seam. This means if I stuff anything in my pocket without thinking then the only pressure closes the knife more firmly, and if it were to come open then I wouldn't cut myself on it when reaching in to get it.

 

[arizonaranchman]

I just drop it in the pocket of my right front pocket. The Pemberton goes in the watch pocket.

 

[markpmc]

I have no idea.

 

[puukkoman]

I don't try to carry them any particular way, but I find that if one end is heavier than the other, the heavy end usually winds up on the bottom.

 

[Old & In The Way]

Great, now I have something else to be OCD about. Seriously though, I don't pay any attention... just drop it in my pocket.

 

[Humppa]

Interessting quetion, indeed

I don't think this applies to most of my traditional knives as quite often they have tips at each end. I honestly couldn't tell with most of them which way they were oriented, and half the time they are lying horizontal across the bottom of my rear pocket under my wallet, though they typically start out vertical.

That´s definitelly right.

I have no idea.

And that´s like I have to answer your question.

I don´t think it matters in any point - at least for me. At a one-handed-modern-knife I like the opportunity of fast deployment and clipped carry (always tip up though) . But on a traditional knife the opening of the knife is part of the feeling and some kind of ritual - at least for me.

 

[Blues]

Bolster down, tip up for me. (Though I think it's a fairly moot point.)

 

[oldrifleman]

Mine is in my front left pocket and I suspect has a great time doing somersaults all day long. I figure I can turn it around as needed to open the appropriate blade. Steven

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I have no idea.

Yeah, basically whichever way they end up. My Tribal Spear goes in my back pocket tip up, but that's how I always carry my OHO's. My front right pocket slips always end up sideways in my pocket.

 

[jc57]

I'm carrying a Case Muskrat today, so my answer is "both, at the same time."

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

The only time I've given much thought to it, is when carrying larger single blade folders in my back pocket; especially if one end is near to, or protruding above, the top of the pocket. Always pivot-down (tip up), to minimize how much dust/dirt settles into the pivot. Only takes one time in a very dusty environment, to see why this is important. In my front pockets, even larger knives tend to 'find' their own resting position (usually at least partly horizontal, and deeper into the pocket), so I don't worry about it.

Ideally, for ease of access and opening, tip-up would always be my preference. But in the instances where that's not always possible, I don't fret over it much anyway.


David

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I'm carrying a Case Muskrat today, so my answer is "both, at the same time."

Now that's funny right there, yes sir .