How do you carry necknife

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Welshwizard

Forager
Aug 11, 2011
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Abergavenny Wales
Bought a small neck knife and just wondering do I buy a neck chain (breakaway type) or leather thong or make up a paracord type , if so how elaborate do I go , any advice much appreciated .
 

Barn Owl

Old Age Punk
Apr 10, 2007
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Ayrshire
I'm the same as jdodger, although i'll use leather thong at times, the thong usually gets pressed into other projects, hence the changes.
I don't bother with breakaways but that's an entirely personal choice, safety may be more pertinent to others.
 

Barn Owl

Old Age Punk
Apr 10, 2007
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Ayrshire
I also carry them in the 'knife pockets' of my fjallraven barents or foresters, or the cargo pocket of my craghoppers.
 

Teepee

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Jan 15, 2010
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Northamptonshire
Mine hangs of a neck lanyard with my lighter and keys. It gets stuffed down my top to stop them jangling.
 

Adze

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Oct 9, 2009
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Cumbria
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If you make the cord long enough and put both neck and one arm through it, you're very nearly as safe as using a breakaway - in some ways safer as a breakaway won't stop you from falling should you accidentally hook the cord over a branch while falling off a cliff. Tenuous perhaps, but then so it getting snagged up such that you strangle yourself without having a breakaway :)
 
Nov 29, 2004
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Scotland
Like Adze has suggested, I carry mine under my arm using paracord and again with two fishermans knots that allow me to adjust the length.

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Adze

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Oct 9, 2009
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Cumbria
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I carry an Opinel No.8 in a pouch more often than I carry a fixed blade and that dangles a little differently:

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I've a Hultafors which I carry under my arm - I guess it depends a lot on the size of the knife and how quickly you want to be able to get at it. The Opinel is more or less for 'kitchen' tasks and if it takes a few more seconds to de pouch it's never bothered me. Emergency carving though and I'm all about performance with the Hulti :)
 

VaughnT

Forager
Oct 23, 2013
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Lost in South Carolina
I went the fancy way and used two-ply braintan cordage. It's not "break-away" by any means, but it works. Such a cord wouldn't look good with a kydex sheath, though.

 

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