I'm no expert but the two methods that work for me are neck carry ala Mors and horizontal carry. I carry a light Mora around the neck with 550 cord, safety pin,break away and slider. The break away and slider are my modifications. The good points are convient, assessable either hand, concealable, adaptable. The safety pin and two modes eliminate most of the draw backs. Use the safety pin when you want it more secure, upside down, running ect. The break away thier in the unlikely event you snag the cord so you don't hang yourself. The sliders their to add some more security slide down to better secure the knife in the sheath . When I go to bed and want to take the knife off I slide it up around my wrist like a lanyard so I can sleep comfortable but still have sure access, in the morning I slide it down and put it right back on my neck, makes it pretty hard to loose the knife. Plus worst case I aways have a knife and cord for bow drill,really speeds things up. I carry my big knife in a sheath that allows me to carry it either at the base of my pack horizontal to my waist, at my back horizontal without the pack or strong side vertical. The downside to horizontal carry is its hard to resheath the knife and if you fall on your back its toast. The big knife is mainly for fixed or emergency use . With the pack on the frame protects you in case of a fall if you can't dump it quick enough. At camp I switch to vertical, snaging, travel comfort ect . aren't an issue. Scouting it goes back to horizontal carry low and slow falling is not as big an issue and the neck knife does most of the work. That way I have the same draw point for the big knife when I'm most likely to need it, its concealed, snag free and comfortable while moving and easy of resheathing is not as big an issue. Thats the basics of what works for me hope it helps. I'm going to have to sign off for a while with Chrismas coming and a lot on my plate.