Which way do you carry your Para Military 2

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bitter1

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I was going to do a poll on this but what I mean is since one part of the redesign of the Para is the pocket clip being able to be mounted all different ways and I want to see how many people are actually taking advantage that part of the redesign. I have my Para dos coming tomorrow I will probably take the clip and make it tip up so as to try it out and I already like the deeper carry. And has the poll feature been taken out because of a million polls popping up?
 
Tip down, right hand carry, but clipped to the left side of my left pocket. But, I'm not really worried about quick deployment.
 
Given the chance, I carry tip down because I've had too many tip up blades open up in my pocket. Causing exsanguination.
 
I've got mine tip up right now, right pocket.the Paramilitary 2 is an awesome blade btw, possibly my favorite spyderco
 
Even though I think tip down is superior, I carry mine tip up so that my draw is as consistent as possible as I rotate my knives. I wish every knife could be carried tip down, but no such luck.
 
Right hand tip up.

Previous to carrying a Spyderco, everything I've had was fixed tip down.

After getting my Para 2 it only took me about three days to get used to, and prefer, tip up carry.
 
All my knives are tip up and I've never had a problem even though I will have half a dozen knives clipped all over my shorts/ pants, even IWB carry, at any given time. In fact I have one tip down knife (Camillus Dominator) and its the only knife the tip became exposed. I was carrying it IWB and got really lucky that day.

Edit: Just remembered about a Kershaw framelock that had a weak detent and was tip up that came open and eviscerated a cargo pocket on a pair of shorts. Not a fan of frame or liner locks and that is just one of a multitude of reasons.
 
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Definitely tip up, right side. It's much easier for me to reach into my pocket and have my hand slide down the back of the scale vs the going down the sharp spine of the blade. It makes carrying more comfortable IMO, but the Para 2 does carry a bit high in the tip up configuration.
 
Everything tip down (if I can remember to) - much easier to open OHO

Sides, I got bored with slicing the tops of my fingers off every time I tried to fish out a tip up knife that had decided to open itself in my pocket :D:D
 
Tip down, right front pocket. Enables me to draw the knife with my thumb on the spydie hole and index finger on the end of the clip, without reaching deep into my pocket. Once the clip has cleared my pocket, I can then grab the knife by the blade (at the hole) with thumb and index finger, and draw it the rest of the way out of my pocket and just drop it open, all in a very smooth motion without much fumbling around. Works for me. :)
 
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