Author Topic: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife? (Read 8935 times)

Sirius Black · « **Reply #40 on:** January 03, 2021, 12:57:54 PM »

I have a Gerber with a gut hook, that I wear like a neck knife.

Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #41 on:** January 03, 2021, 02:52:16 PM »

Though about making a necker out of this one

But even though it's a kyodex sheathe, it takes me two hands to remove it

Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #42 on:** January 03, 2021, 02:57:28 PM »

It was made by a friend and his son who were initially met at Denton hill.

tippit · « **Reply #43 on:** January 03, 2021, 04:00:05 PM »

Charlie,
I bet if you drill out the lone eyelet (on the blade edge) and grind that edge round, You'll be able to pull your knife with one hand.

Jon Stewart · « **Reply #44 on:** January 04, 2021, 10:59:51 AM »

I knap stone neck knives, make a sheath and give them out as gifts to kids once in awhile. Also donate them for wounded warrior donation fund raisers.

Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #45 on:** January 04, 2021, 06:29:46 PM »

Thanks Jeff. Is the lone eyelet necessary for structural support on the kydex sheath. (Covered with fake gator leather. Also can I just grind the blade slowly without ruining the temper as long as I keep it cool?

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Cyclic-Rivers · « **Reply #46 on:** January 04, 2021, 06:31:45 PM »

Ron LaClair · « **Reply #47 on:** January 04, 2021, 08:29:42 PM »

Always have a neck knife

YosemiteSam · « **Reply #48 on:** January 07, 2021, 12:57:12 PM »

I like the idea of a neck knife but haven't gotten around to actually using one. I bought one for my wife last year -- a Morakniv Eldris. It's too bulky & heavy for a neck wear so she took to stashing it in her pack and then asking me for my knife whenever she doesn't want to dig it out of her pack...

I carry a small folder clipped to my pocket every day. I can open and close it with one hand and has become so thoughtless that I often just think "knife" and it's in my hand & deployed before I even have time to notice. Same with folding it up & putting it away -- thoughtless & fluid. So I keep that same knife on me while hunting and a larger fixed blade in my kill kit, deep in my pack. Both are 100% a one-handed operation. If I could learn to smoothly operate a neck knife 1-handed, I could be convinced to make the shift.

Ron LaClair · « **Reply #49 on:** January 07, 2021, 01:46:48 PM »

I have several neck knives but I just ordered this Mi Backpacker from White River

tippit · « **Reply #50 on:** January 08, 2021, 09:13:43 PM »

Sometimes you just need a pretty neck knife to make you feel good...tippit

Ron LaClair · « **Reply #51 on:** January 08, 2021, 11:57:09 PM »

Do you have a picture of it in it's sheath?

Hawkeye · « **Reply #52 on:** January 09, 2021, 12:52:41 AM »

Wow! That is one beautiful knife, Jeff! You really have an eye for design (and craftsmanship).

Daryl

tippit · « **Reply #53 on:** January 09, 2021, 08:41:41 AM »

Ron,
Almost all my neck knives are in Kydex sheaths...not the prettiest but the most secure and safe at least I think so...tippit

Michael Guran · « **Reply #54 on:** January 09, 2021, 10:03:28 AM »

I really like this Bark River Necker but didn’t care for it bouncing around my neck. Now just carry it in my pocket with a short loop of parachord attached to my belt

olddogrib · « **Reply #55 on:** January 09, 2021, 10:56:27 AM »

To each his own, but I've never seen any advantage to a neck knife. If it is not retained under clothing, then the bad things that can happen (think released bowstrings) are not comforting. If it is retained under layers, then there goes any advantage relating to ease of access. I prefer the aforementioned Izula II w/ the Kydex sheath belt-cared horizontally on the opposite side. It rides too high up on the waist for same-side carry. YMMV.

Ron LaClair · « **Reply #56 on:** January 09, 2021, 12:25:38 PM »

neck knife in a leather sheath

tippit · « **Reply #57 on:** January 09, 2021, 12:47:55 PM »

Ron,
I have a bunch of these Quill Brain Tanned Neck Sheaths that I love...But if you fall wearing one, there is no protection from the knife point going right through those sheaths. That's why if I'm hunting or riding my horse, I'll only wear a Kydex sheath. You can hammer that knife into a Kydex sheath and the point won't go through the Kydex.

Ron LaClair · « **Reply #58 on:** January 09, 2021, 12:49:21 PM »

I have some necker's in a kydex sheath but I hate the look and feel of them. My every day carry is leather, this first one I've used for years, it's heavy leather with a beaver tail front. I can carry many like size knives it it and it is the first thing I put on when I dress in the morning.

I'm racking my brain trying to think of the last time I heard of someone falling on their neck knife....Hmmmmmm

tippit · « **Reply #59 on:** January 09, 2021, 12:50:44 PM »

That's a beautiful sheath. You can glue leather around the Kydex or make a Kydex inner liner for safety. I'm just saying when I'm in the woods or on my horse, I use Kydex for fear of these 75 year old legs falling.


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