Where does the clip go best?
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I feel that if the knife is small enough that your thumb reaches the stud, hole, or disc when it is drawn from your pocket tip-up, this is how it should be carried. This way you can draw the knife in the same grip that you will open it. For me, however, this only works on knives with blades under about 3.25" or so. Larger knives require me to adjust my grip before opening, so I prefer tip-down where merely have to flip the knife 180 degrees into my palm instead of "scooting" my grip up the handle to get the right grip for opening.
There is also a very special thing that can be done with tip-down blade-hole knives: the "Spyder-drop" as it used to be called in ads. This is where the knife is withdrawn from the pocket by holding the blade hole and the handle is flipped open with a quick twitch of the wrist. The blade may be used from this grip or "hopped" quickly to a more usual one. In my experience this is the fastest deployment method among practiced users, though I have never met someone proficient with Emerson's "Wave" system.
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-Drew Gleason
Little Bear Knives
[This message has been edited by Corduroy (edited 06 August 1999).]
There is also a very special thing that can be done with tip-down blade-hole knives: the "Spyder-drop" as it used to be called in ads. This is where the knife is withdrawn from the pocket by holding the blade hole and the handle is flipped open with a quick twitch of the wrist. The blade may be used from this grip or "hopped" quickly to a more usual one. In my experience this is the fastest deployment method among practiced users, though I have never met someone proficient with Emerson's "Wave" system.
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-Drew Gleason
Little Bear Knives
[This message has been edited by Corduroy (edited 06 August 1999).]
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Both ways are perfectly OK.
But of course the smarter and more sophisticated members prefer the clip at the butt end.
I like to call that pivot down.
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But of course the smarter and more sophisticated members prefer the clip at the butt end.
I like to call that pivot down.
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Many times, it should go into the junk drawer with all of the other useless stuff we hate to throw away.My pet peeve is that we mess up a lot of very comfortable and attractive knife handles by feeling the necessity of screwing a curved piece of metal onto them regardless of the utility thereof. My collection is full of prefectly "pocketable" knives that have several empty screw holes in them where the clip has been removed. If it's too big for the pocket, it could probably be carried better in some type of well designed sheath.I know that I am in a small minority, so please save the flames.As I said, it's just one of my very pet peeves.
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I prefer to remove the clip and place it in the box the knife came in
Bill
Bill
I have to say, I agree with Corduroy and Marion David Poff--tip-up/pivot end down works best for me...when I grab the knife, the thumb leads and is already working the hole or stud while I draw, and the knife is in the hand in the intended grip, without having to readjust. It IS a little more awkward with larger knives, where the reach with my thumb is a little longer... and I haven't cut myself yet.
I like what Poff says about: this is the way the most sophisticated users prefer to carry.
I like what Poff says about: this is the way the most sophisticated users prefer to carry.
Well, really what I said was that I like this setup on very small knives... I don't usually carry such knives. My daily carry is one of eight knives that all have 3.5"-4" blades and are tip-down with "the hole" so I can "drop" them open. I've carried little tip-up knives and I liked it a lot, but I can't use the same drawing/opening technique on bigger ones. Besides, such a little knife is so... so... practical. Yuck!
I guess my answer is "it depends"
-Drew
I guess my answer is "it depends"
-Drew
