At the Moot I realised that I find it easier to wear my knife on the left even though I am right handed. I hold the sheath with my left hand and remove/replace the knife with my right, I find this much easier than trying to place a knife (held in my right hand) back into a sheath on my right. On which side do you wear your knife and which is your primary hand?
Knife carry; left or right side of belt?
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Strong side hip carry on a dangler - easy to find and replace and swings out of the way for sitting down
I seldom carry on my belt these days, prefering neck carry with it stuffed in the front of my shirt, similar to Mor K or Cody Lundin.
Dave
Dave
yep i wear left hip for cross draw But as its kydex i can wear it horizontally and only need right hand to draw and replace
dosnt need to swing out of the way its never in the way
and you can fit a handy pouch if you like
the big Parang Ive also found is best left hip and you can use left hand to hold while you draw
XL Nessy is Horizontal rear carry right draw
[video=youtube;WkB32-RVjo0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkB32-RVjo0[/video]
dosnt need to swing out of the way its never in the way
and you can fit a handy pouch if you like
the big Parang Ive also found is best left hip and you can use left hand to hold while you draw
XL Nessy is Horizontal rear carry right draw
[video=youtube;WkB32-RVjo0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkB32-RVjo0[/video]
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For the majority of the time I carry my knife in a "dangler" sheath on my right hip (I am right handed) but my machete, Leuko or Billhook I carry on my left.
I also have a "cross draw" horizontal sheath for a Wharncliffe style knife which is worn on my left, edge up.
I also carry a Mora (full length tang) on a thong around my neck at times - the position I carry my fixed blade tools depends on so much.... sometimes they just live in my bag until needed...
I also have a "cross draw" horizontal sheath for a Wharncliffe style knife which is worn on my left, edge up.
I also carry a Mora (full length tang) on a thong around my neck at times - the position I carry my fixed blade tools depends on so much.... sometimes they just live in my bag until needed...
Baldric carry for me so none of the above. It's great in the colder months not having to fumble under layers of jacket to get at it and doesn't get in the way when sitting or bounce on your leg when walking...
Perrari
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I carry on the right hand normally as I am right handed, but if I am carrying e.g. a camera pouch and/or an axe on my right I may move it to the lefthand side. I am now using a diagonal sheath that is on the right but towards the front, so I could carry all on the right hand side, and the sheath is also comfortable and out of the way when sitting down.
"...yep i wear left hip for cross draw But as its kydex i can wear it horizontally and only need right hand to draw and replace
dosnt need to swing out of the way its never in the way
Some nice kydex there.
Right handed, right side, sometimes on a dangler, but usually not.
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if the way that you're carrying your knife is causing you to use your knife unsafely then i'd suggest that maybe it's time to re-think the way you carry your knife. either get a left handed sheath or maybe some kind of baldric for your existing sheath (i'm left-handed too, i went with the latter, it works great)
here's a photo of my sheath, it started life as a right handed belt sheath, it's now a left handed baldric style sheath
as for the OP, other, see above
cheers
stuart
I voted 'Other'.
I'm left-handed and somewhat ambidextrous. Pouches containing my multi-tool, lighter, torch, tweezers, tiny Victorinox penknife and a bit of microfibre cloth are always on the left side of my belt. So if I carry a fixed blade knife (which is rare, it usually stays in my pack) it goes on the right. I don't really care if it's a left-handed sheath or a right-handed one because I generally take hold of the knife by the handle -- so it doesn't matter at all which way the edge faces until I take it out of the sheath and start using it. Normally I look at the blade when I do that.
I'm left-handed and somewhat ambidextrous. Pouches containing my multi-tool, lighter, torch, tweezers, tiny Victorinox penknife and a bit of microfibre cloth are always on the left side of my belt. So if I carry a fixed blade knife (which is rare, it usually stays in my pack) it goes on the right. I don't really care if it's a left-handed sheath or a right-handed one because I generally take hold of the knife by the handle -- so it doesn't matter at all which way the edge faces until I take it out of the sheath and start using it. Normally I look at the blade when I do that.
I voted left side righthanded, if i was going to put it on my belt, but these days uk law ect i like knifes out of sight.
Left side, I'm right handed
It's just natural, comfortable and very practical to sheathe or unsheathe any shapes and sizes of knife placed on the left side of the waist with the right hand.
You can do that either with both hands or single handed.
And you have more than enough space to motion you right hand in sheathing or unsheathing the knife without unnecessarily and unnaturally over-bending the right hand.
In fact you can do the sheathing and unsheathing of the knife either from the front or from the rear of your body.
And you can even use the heap or the shoulder movement or both to minimize the hand movement in unsheathing and sheathing the knife.
Even if the sheath is not strap to your waist (i.e. or any part of your body) still you'll hold the sheath with your left hand and you'll sheathe or unsheathe the knife with your right hand
mohd
It's just natural, comfortable and very practical to sheathe or unsheathe any shapes and sizes of knife placed on the left side of the waist with the right hand.
You can do that either with both hands or single handed.
And you have more than enough space to motion you right hand in sheathing or unsheathing the knife without unnecessarily and unnaturally over-bending the right hand.
In fact you can do the sheathing and unsheathing of the knife either from the front or from the rear of your body.
And you can even use the heap or the shoulder movement or both to minimize the hand movement in unsheathing and sheathing the knife.
Even if the sheath is not strap to your waist (i.e. or any part of your body) still you'll hold the sheath with your left hand and you'll sheathe or unsheathe the knife with your right hand
mohd
I'm right handed and carry knife on left side with a little dangler so I can get past my beer belly (I'm big boned, you know). I do like the look of a baldric type strap so may be trying that one soon
I don't get it out very often..... Oooooer missus 
- So I keep it in my rucksack, use it and return it.
- So I keep it in my rucksack, use it and return it.if the way that you're carrying your knife is causing you to use your knife unsafely then i'd suggest that maybe it's time to re-think the way you carry your knife. either get a left handed sheath or maybe some kind of baldric for your existing sheath (i'm left-handed too, i went with the latter, it works great)
here's a photo of my sheath, it started life as a right handed belt sheath, it's now a left handed baldric style sheath
as for the OP, other, see above
cheers
stuart
Thanks for the advice. It wasn`t unsafe as much as it was inconvenient though. I solved it by carrying my knife on the right hip so it isn`t 'backwards' anymore and that works for me. I should experiment a bit with the baldric carry too, as I`ve heard much good about it on here in the last couple of days.
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