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Title: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on December 30, 2020, 02:13:40 PM: Curious as to what other people use for their Neck Knife?

Even though I have a whole slew of knives, I don't carry any on my belt when hunting. I have two just barebone blades (no handles just steel) in my fanny pack and my primary small thin 6 inch Neck Knife for quick access. It is thin enough that it goes under my shirt so it doesn't get hung up on anything...tippit
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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: ron w on December 30, 2020, 03:44:51 PM: I do sometimes, just a small Hella with a deer horn handle, homemade leather sheath.
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Post by: Wudstix on December 30, 2020, 04:12:41 PM: Shrew neck knife under top layer.
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Post by: Dave Pagel on December 30, 2020, 05:35:17 PM: I keep a small neck knife under my outer layer. It is a 3 inch blade with an antler handle that Frank S made for me.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Follower on December 30, 2020, 08:14:13 PM: i do same - carry a knife in my pack and one around my neck. I figure if i ever fell from my stand i may need it to cut my self out of my harness or something. The neck knife may have saved my iife in Alaska - i was floating a river and my raft slipped under a sweeper. We would have cleared it except for a backpack strap on my dry bag caught a limb and it started to flip the raft. i was able to pull the neck knife and cut the strap and cut myself loose before it flipped all the way over.
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Post by: jsweka on December 30, 2020, 08:34:21 PM: I carry a small Anza knife around my neck and under my outer layer of clothing. Much easier to access when all bundled up for cold weather.

I chuckle at the guys who say carrying a knife around your neck is dangerous due to the risk of getting hung up and strangled. Has that really happened to anyone ever? Maybe it has, I don’t know. How come I’ve never heard a similar warning about binoculars around your neck?
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on December 30, 2020, 09:17:09 PM: I carry a Dean Hazuka patch knife around my neck sometimes, but mostly I have it tied to the shoulder strap of my pack. I use it a lot. Mostly for just small things or whittling while I’m in the blind.
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Post by: TaterHill Archer on December 30, 2020, 11:04:22 PM: I haven’t carried one much when I hunt, but I always have mine on when I’m kayak fishing.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: TaterHill Archer on December 30, 2020, 11:05:34 PM: Quote from: tippit on December 30, 2020, 02:13:40 PM
Curious as to what other people use for their Neck Knife?

Even though I have a whole slew of knives, I don't carry any on my belt when hunting. I have two just barebone blades (no handles just steel) in my fanny pack and my primary small thin 6 inch Neck Knife for quick access. It is thin enough that it goes under my shirt so it doesn't get hung up on anything...tippit

That is a slick necker. Love the blade shape.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: kopfjaeger on December 30, 2020, 11:57:44 PM: I usually have one of mine on when hunting. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Patknight on December 31, 2020, 05:58:35 AM: Ive carried a crkt around my neck forever, fishing, camping, hunting, i use it for many tasks,, very hany little blade, i keep it razor sharp.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: TIM B on December 31, 2020, 06:06:23 AM: Quote from: kopfjaeger on December 30, 2020, 11:57:44 PM
I usually have one of mine on when hunting. :thumbsup:
Those are nice! I like the turtle one.
I inherited a neck knife from my father in law Pops when he passed. I wear it on special hunts.
Tim B
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Flingblade on December 31, 2020, 10:36:30 AM: I carry an Esee Izula-II on the neck while hunting. I installed a breakaway snap on the paracord necklace so no chance of hanging myself.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Wudstix on December 31, 2020, 11:02:20 AM: I also have a CRKT minimalist that I carry backpacking and kayak fishing.
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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on December 31, 2020, 01:20:07 PM: Flingblade,
The breakaway snap on the paracord necklace is a good idea as I never thought about getting hung up...pardon the pun.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: ron w on December 31, 2020, 01:29:07 PM: I also use a CRKT minimalist when kayaking
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on December 31, 2020, 03:06:38 PM: Couple other small thin Neck Knives that I've used...Plain Damascus and Spring Buck handled one.
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Post by: tippit on December 31, 2020, 03:22:27 PM: Found these on Amazon...KEEJEA 25 Pack Pop Barrel Connectors Safety Breakaway Lanyard Clasps Plastic Buckle for Paracord Necklace at $8 so I can now safely use paracord as my lanyard for my neck knives.
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Post by: stik&string on December 31, 2020, 04:41:32 PM: I too use the CRKT minimalist as a neck knife. Keep a bigger blade in the pack, but haven’t needed it for the last 7 or 8 deer I dressed in the field.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Iowabowhunter on December 31, 2020, 06:05:43 PM: I don't have a neck knife, but I do have a sweet armguard with a knife in there. I got it when I attended the Montana Traditional Bowhunters banquet. Can't remember who I got it from off the top of my head.

i'll see if I can figure out how to get a picture up
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Iowabowhunter on December 31, 2020, 06:07:32 PM: here's a couple pics of my armguard knife.

Excited to hunt with it this year!
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Petrichor on December 31, 2020, 06:18:37 PM: I always have my neck knife made by a dear friend. And a belt knife made by him also. Pictures to come. The knives mean a great deal to me and they are some of my most treasured possessions.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Tim Reese on December 31, 2020, 06:59:33 PM: Not always but yes I do use them time to time. Mostly if wearing bibs or pants with no belt loops. When duck hunting in chest waders I carry a neck knife always. My fav is the Izula and swamp warden and BK 11 with micarta scales.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: MCNSC on December 31, 2020, 07:26:40 PM: I have a very nice neck knife , never really carry it, find it hard to access under a shirt. I always carry a pocket clip, assisted opening part serrated blade knife clipped in my front pocket. Easy to get to and can deploy with one hand. Carry a fixed blade knife in my possibles bag. I do carry a neck knife , clipped to my life vest while kayak fishing. But I guess it’s not a neck knife if it’s not around the neck.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Yellow Dog on December 31, 2020, 09:08:10 PM: Sure do Jeff. A little 20,000 year old Wooly Mammoth ivory to set it off. I’m sure you’re familiar with the maker.
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Post by: Yellow Dog on December 31, 2020, 09:20:26 PM: And it has a baby brother.

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Post by: tippit on December 31, 2020, 10:11:49 PM: My teacher :shaka:
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Post by: MnFn on December 31, 2020, 10:50:05 PM: I have a small, (perhaps the smallest Mora made) that I thought might work for a neck knife but havn’t ever tried it. I guess I usually just have a smaller folder in my pocket with a larger fixed blade in my pack.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: mahantango on January 01, 2021, 01:13:59 PM: Been using them for years as I hate a knife on my belt, always seems in the way when sitting or carrying a pack. No danger of choking if you use a break away or a light bead chain like dog tags.
Have one from Fred Asbell that I really like but also carry an old Schrade Sharpfinger in a custom sheath. My son gave me an Outdoor Edge Le Duck for Christmas that may be my new favorite. Can be worn as a necker or clipped to a backpack strap.
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Post by: tippit on January 01, 2021, 01:56:19 PM: Love seeing how big a response I've gotten. Plus like seeing all the different knife styles. Here are a couple plain & simple Bag Hunting Knives. So simple that if I loose/forget one dressing a harvest no big deal (getting old has that effect). Always one or two in my fanny pack...tippit
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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: ron w on January 01, 2021, 03:55:21 PM: Very nice, but I would feel awful if I lost one !!
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Post by: TIM B on January 01, 2021, 04:00:21 PM: Hey Tippit - what metal are thos last ones made of?
Knife making is on my long list of retirement projects.
Thanks
Tim B
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on January 01, 2021, 04:09:05 PM: I use a lot of 1084 an easy carbon steel to work with...but I also use 5160, 52100, and mystery steel.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: TIM B on January 01, 2021, 04:17:17 PM: Thank you sir!
Tim B
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Post by: Barry Wensel on January 02, 2021, 01:41:36 PM: I have a great neck knife I wear all the time when doing shows. I can't believe how many people comment on it. It's very handy when working a booth where you don't want an open knife laying around. It's custom made by a guy named Herb Derr from WV. The price was very reasonable since he's a one-man-show. He makes the damascus; makes the knife and makes the sheath as well. Damascus blade; giraffe leg bone handle; spalted maple burl bolster and nickel silver spacers. The thing that is so unique is the fact it rides handle down/point upwards. The knife is held in the sheath via a hidden 15 lb. rare earth magnet. By the way, the knife as never come out of the sheath accidentally, yet can be drawn out with one hand. Outstanding craftmanship and function. bw
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on January 02, 2021, 01:53:42 PM: I got a CRKT neck knife i use it has the N.A.L.S logo on it I got at the North American Longbow Safari in BC 2018. I am a knife nut.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Phillip Fields on January 02, 2021, 01:55:26 PM: I've been wearing this one for years. 2 1/2" blade.
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Post by: MCNSC on January 02, 2021, 06:28:13 PM: Here’s mine. Picked it up a few years ago on the St Jude auction. Made by Jeff Cover. Great little knife, I should carry it I guess [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Dave Lay on January 03, 2021, 10:31:11 AM: I’ve got a couple neck knives and have tried to love them, but I always have a pocket clip , open assist bench made in my front pocket And a small fixed blade in my pack.
Maybe if I’d get a inverted sheath like Barry mentioned I might use a neck knife more, but it was awkward trying to use it when it’s under a shirt or jacket
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on January 03, 2021, 11:11:33 AM: Dave,
All my Kydex sheaths for neck knives are hung inverted from my neck. It is easy to reach in under my shirt and just pull down. Kydex holds even better than rare earth magnets in a leather sheath plus they are slimmer.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Sirius Black on January 03, 2021, 12:57:54 PM: I have a Gerber with a gut hook, that I wear like a neck knife.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers 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
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It was made by a friend and his son who were initially met at Denton hill.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit 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.
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Post by: Jon Stewart 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.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers 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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Post by: Ron LaClair on January 04, 2021, 08:29:42 PM: Always have a neck knife
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Post by: YosemiteSam 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.
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Post by: Ron LaClair on January 07, 2021, 01:46:48 PM: I have several neck knives but I just ordered this Mi Backpacker from White River
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Post by: tippit on January 08, 2021, 09:13:43 PM: Sometimes you just need a pretty neck knife to make you feel good...tippit
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Post by: Ron LaClair on January 08, 2021, 11:57:09 PM: Do you have a picture of it in it's sheath?
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Post by: Hawkeye 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
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit 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
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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Michael Guran 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
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: olddogrib 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.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 12:25:38 PM: neck knife in a leather sheath

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Post by: tippit 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.
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Post by: Ron LaClair 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
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit 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.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 12:57:07 PM: This one is an inverted carry. The sheath has a strong magnet that holds the steel blade firmly in the sheath. They sell these sheaths on Bark River DLT
Like I said, I've carried a neck knife for more years than I can remember. I use it dozens of times a day, I can't imagine going thorough my day without one.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Gene Wensel on January 09, 2021, 02:42:01 PM: Here is mine. It's one of a kind. Herb Derr made it for me last year. The blade is Damascus in Warncliffe style. It hangs down securely via a strong magnet. The handle is a petrified whitetail antler. Solid rock, many thousands of years old. It also has a small piece of wooly mammoth ivory in front of the fossil antler. Herb told me this is the only "antler" he has ever buffed out where the inside is brown, not white. Beautiful knife. I gutted a deer with it day before yesterday. Not the best blade shape for skinning but for gutting, it beats gut hook styles. I wish I would have asked him to tool the leather sheath.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 05:56:52 PM: Send it to me Gene, I'll tool on the sheath and send it back when I'm done. I should warn you I work awfully slow :bigsmyl:.

Barry has a pretty cool neck knife too, who's is better yours or his?
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on January 09, 2021, 06:33:19 PM: Great looking knife Jeff. I know what you mean ron about not hearing about anyone having fallen on the knife. But like jeff, I spend more time than I should around horses and they are prey creatures therefore can react quickly to a noise or even something that looks funny. I'm sure for most however they dont take up the expensive pastime of hay burners.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 07:08:04 PM: A couple more neck knives, the one on the left is whitetail bone, on the right is walrus tusk

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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 07:21:28 PM: Don't tell me neck knives are not handy, I keep them extremely sharp and this little Bark River blade just under 3" slices through the Porterhouse that I grilled for supper like it was butter.

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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 09, 2021, 07:26:20 PM: You can see Barry's neck knife that he's wearing.

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Post by: Barry Wensel on January 09, 2021, 07:38:13 PM: I'm not smart enough to post pictures but if you want I can send better close-up photos of my necker in an email so someone smarter than me can post them. Is it just me or do I look constipated in that last picture? bw
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Post by: Gun on January 09, 2021, 09:45:43 PM: Its not just you :biglaugh:
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Post by: Gene Wensel on January 09, 2021, 10:33:45 PM: Stay tuned Barry. I'll post your pictures tomorrow when I have more time just to show people who is smarter......
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Post by: Gene Wensel on January 10, 2021, 12:05:16 AM: Here is Barry's neck knife. Its a beauty.
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Post by: arrow30 on January 10, 2021, 08:13:16 AM: i like the way the blade is exposed, really shows off good.
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Post by: olddogrib on January 10, 2021, 08:29:38 AM: Call me the "nanny state" if you must...but as someone on here once stated "the only thing left-wing about me is my fletching". I'd suggest if you must wear a neck knife at least wear it point down. Yes, I realize you could face plant ten times and at least 9 of those you wouldn't land on the point with the blade vertical. In the words of Dirt Harry...."well do you feel lucky"? Ron, I'm 20 yrs. your junior and can think think of at least three times I've fallen flat on my face at work in the last 6 months. Part of it is that with my artificial knee and hip I'm just not as agile as I used to be. Add to that the place I work is an obstacle course of uneven, elevated, catwalks (i.e. an OSHA wet dream). We're required to wear N95 masks because of the dust''...long before anyone heard of COVID. If you've ever worn one, you know it protrudes from the face enough it obstructs your peripheral vision of where you plant your feet. I won't throw in the times in the field this year I've misjudged a log I was stepping over or slipped on muddy, rotten inclines...you get the picture. I respect my elders, but with a bum foot I'd personally reconsider that tip-up carry!
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 10, 2021, 11:14:00 AM: Richard, with all due respect, maybe you shouldn't wear a neck knife probably a helmet would be a better choice. :laugh:

For those that think neck knife's are useless consider two of the best Whitetail bow hunters in the Country wear and use them
(side note) We've all lost weight since this picture
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: olddogrib on January 10, 2021, 11:57:53 AM: I'll take that advice under consideration....never said they were useless, only that it would be safer to carry them tip-down. Not likely to seriously damage the old head at this point, but at least I won't be driving a blade through it. I remember some famous and quite successful early bowhunters (who will remain nameless) that used the hoodless Kwikee "suicide" quivers...or else w/the equally bad clip-on U-shaped plastic attachment. The point being with age hopefully comes wisdom and we adopt safer ways of doing things or our passing just improves the gene pool. (pardon the pun...it wasn't either of the brothers to my knowledge)
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Flingblade on January 10, 2021, 12:56:28 PM: I use both a neck knife and at times a Fred Eichler knife made by Outdoor Edge with a horizontal belt sheath. Both are comfortable and convenient ways for me to carry a knife but there are times when the neck knife is the best option. In the late season I wear First Lite bibs and therefore have no belt on to carry a knife. The neck knife tucks under the front of my bibs; out of the way, and easy to access when needed. The other time is while kayak fishing in the summer. I usually have shorts or swim trunks on and again no belt. The neck knife tucks under my life jacket. In the last couple years I've started hunting out of a saddle and a belt knife on the side is uncomfortable because of the way the saddle hugs the hips so I always carry the neck knife. I do opt for the security of a kydex sheath for my neck knife though as the blade is just a little too close to my ten ring.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Roughcountry on January 15, 2021, 07:51:23 PM: Sure lots pretty of knives in this this topic. I'm also too dumb to post pics. I have 3 or 4 knives with neck sheaths that I like. All are by the arrow around a grizzle track friend.
One knife Is really tiny ( my favorite) Jeff' I used buckskin over a shaped thin piece of rawhide for safety from the blade. Works really well holding the blade in and weight is almost nothing.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on January 15, 2021, 08:13:26 PM: Robin,
Your sheaths are beyond compare and I sure they are very safe. I still have one of yours that I cherish. That guy with the arrow around a grizzly track mark is one hell of a bladesmith. I'm still a Grasshopper in comparison :notworthy:
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: tippit on January 15, 2021, 08:20:25 PM: One more tippit necker. Keeslar style flared finger guard and some Spalded Oak for a handle...
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Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 15, 2021, 08:33:00 PM: I love that spalded oak. :thumbsup:
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Post by: kopfjaeger on January 15, 2021, 09:01:02 PM: A friend made this knife for me as a Christmas gift. It has a 3" blade and the sheath is made so it can be used on a belt or as a neck knife if a lanyard is added.
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 15, 2021, 11:28:23 PM: I just got a sheath for a knife I've had for awhile. The knife is a Bark River Bravo II. It has a 3" blade and is 6 7/8" overall. The sheath has a magnet to hold the knife secure in an inverted carry
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 16, 2021, 09:54:43 AM: . I have a take down bow and a bow quiver in a special back quiver. Also a neck knife in a leather sheath. Idaho was rough country and Big Red was a spirited horse but we got along good
Title: Re: How Many Use & Hunt with a Neck Knife?
Post by: Ron LaClair on January 16, 2021, 07:15:51 PM: One more of my favorite neck knives, a Wick Ellerbe bone handled knife in a brain tanned over rawhide sheath

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