knife carry location

Haven't posted lately (been lurking though.... quick look-see each morning before work <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />)

Here is a question that perhaps has not been thought about... it might seem silly or a non-issue at first... but....

If you carry a knife for your EDC, where is it? In your right pocket? Left? Left hip? For the sake of argument let us say you carry it on your right hip and you are right handed.... okay, now put your right hand in your front pocket and pretend your hand is broken, pinned down, missing, whatever... and you need that knife... can you reach it?

The only reason this came to mind was I was working on something where I needed my knife (in my left pocket) but could not let go of what I was holding with my left hand.... I'm not exactly rotund in nature, but it was still a PITA to reach that knife.... especially bent over car grill into the engine compartment. Time to carry two knives! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I carry a couple knives for EDC. I've got a Leatherman Charge in a belt sheath on my right hip, and I've got a folding Spyderco Delica in my waistband, just to the right of my lower back.

Given your scenerio with my right hand pinned down or broken, I have a tough time reaching my Leatherman, but it is perfectly easy to reach my Delica.

I'm right handed by nature. My EDC for work dictates that my Leatherman is carried on my left hip, keys on right to keep things balanced. What I have come to understand is "it's all about learned habits." <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

SAK in my right
BRKT MikroII in my left
Swisstool spirit on my belt, L side

The more the merrier.....

....no matter where you put it, it will eventually be in the wrong place!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm right handed. My old style LM Wave is on my right hip in a sheath. My Kershaw Blur is clipped on my belt left side. I love that knife but hate having it in my pocket.

I carry my mini-Rittergrip in my front right pocket, clipped to the outside edge of the pocket (with the clip facing outward adn the knife itself inside the pocket).

I also carry a tiny Gerber microlight LST.

I carry a knife clipped vertically to the edge of my pocket on my strong side as close to the pant seam as the pocket will allow. I also tend to carry a neck knife that can be reach with either hand. Anything down in the pocket is very hard to reach with the opposite hand.

Be prepared through redundancy, carry one in every pocket! Gives you a reason to have more knives. I carry a Kershaw 1660 in my right front pocket, a Buck 110 in a nite-iz with a Mini-Maglite in the middle of my lower back on my belt opening to the left for left handed use. I have a Leatherman Micra in my right pocket on my keychain. In my purse I have a mini buck like knife in the one pouch and on the other side I have a Leatherman PST-II in a pocket with a 2nd Buck 110. In the main compartment I keep a KaBar. I like knives alot. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I carry 2 Enduras-- 1-plain, 1-serrated-- they ride inside my waistband at the front of my pants. I can reach them with either hand. Plus, it makes it easier to get my hands in and out of my pockets.

I'm with sheep dog. A Boye basic clipped in right front pocket, swiss tool spirit in a drop pouch in left front pocket, and a D2 neck knife that I made myself in a kydex sheath also made by me. this is my EDC. When I get home and change into my sweats for the night I just keep the neck knife on. That can be reached by either hand.

I carry my folder, which is either a mini-RSK or a Spyderco Navigator, clipped to the right front pocket, and as far to the side as it will go... this way, it doesn't get in the way of my keys which rest inside the pocket.

I had the pleasure of visiting your fine City a number of years ago. Hope one day I can return. It is the most wonderfully cosmopolitan place on earth. The "fine" city is also the "lion" city IIRC. Have a great day.

This thread came at the perfect time. I was just contemplating this the other day but instead with the leatherman. Does anyone else practice retrieving, opening and using there multi tool with one hand weak and strong?

strong hand with leatherman wave is not a problem with the 2 knife blades and the plier, everything else requires 2 hands.

with weak hand I can open the plier, but the knives take a bit of acrobatics to open and close.

either way, can't really access the inside bits without 2 hands.

I've wondered about how comfortable wearing a LM Charge with a clip would be. I can't imagine that think hanging off my pocket. Even in a sheath it is a big knife.

Ken K.

My old Leatherman Crunch is on my belt, weak side, in the leather pouch that won't stay snapped. I can retrieve it easily with my strong hand. I can work it one handed only with difficulty. And I'm sitting here in my comfy office with no adrenaline flowing.

My full-sized RSK is clipped to my strong-side front pocket, as far towards the hip as it will go. Retrieving it with my weak hand is doable but requires me to twist my torso a fair amount. If my back were injured, it'd be a problem.

Actually I felt the same way for a long time. Finally, I tried it, and believe it or not, I hardly know it's there, being all the way to one side of the pocket. I have no intentions of going back to the pouch. However if you must carry more large bits than the 2 (XTi) or 1 (Ti) can handle you may want the pouch to hold the other bits in the back, unless you can carry them elsewhere. Anyway, using the clip instead of the pouch cuts down on bulk dramatically.

"...okay, now put your right hand in your front pocket and pretend your hand is broken, pinned down, missing, whatever... and you need that knife... can you reach it?"

Reminds me of an incident that happened to me a few years back. Getting out of the car. Locked door from inside, dropped keys in right front pocket. Immediately slammed door on right thumb, pinning it. Ouch! Left hand could easily reach knife in left pocket. But I didn't want the knife - I wanted the stupid keys!!!

p.s. - It's amazing just how flat a thumb can get, and still survive without permanent damage!

Glad you enjoyed the visit!
Yes, Singapore does mean 'lion city' in Bahasa Malayu, although there were never any lions found in the region. Who knows where the lion came from, but no matter the name stuck.

It is a nice place to live in, except that there are not many outdoor persuits here, most places on weekends are crowed as can be, but there are some outlying islands nearby and the indonesian islands of batam and bintan offer some green away from the city.
Its all shopping eating shopping eating!!
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Have a nice day!