Which do you prefer and why? My vote goes to tip-up for ease of opening. I can honestly see no reason for tip down, but there must be one because Spyderco continues to make them.
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Poll: Tip up or Tip down
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Sword and Shield
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There was another of these about a month ago. My favorite is tip-up, because it is the easiest to grab. Reach in, thumb on the spydie hole, and pull it out using the clip and thumb purchase. The knife then comes out aligned with your hand, ready to open.
Tip-down is by far the safest method of carrying a knife clipped in your pocket. Tip-up knives can and sometimes do open slightly in the pocket, biting the person carrying it if he or she were to reach down either for the knife or beyond it for something in the pocket. It's also reasonably quick to draw once you get used to it. I use a Calypso Jr. as my EDC, which carries tip-down. I can draw either of my knives, my Calypso Jr in my right pocket, or my Native carried right-side IWB, fast enough, and many times I can draw and open the tip-down faster.
Tip-down is by far the safest method of carrying a knife clipped in your pocket. Tip-up knives can and sometimes do open slightly in the pocket, biting the person carrying it if he or she were to reach down either for the knife or beyond it for something in the pocket. It's also reasonably quick to draw once you get used to it. I use a Calypso Jr. as my EDC, which carries tip-down. I can draw either of my knives, my Calypso Jr in my right pocket, or my Native carried right-side IWB, fast enough, and many times I can draw and open the tip-down faster.
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kraziekurtis
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Would you like to know how to put an image in your sig? Oh, and my Delica (tip up) has never even started to come open in my pocket, but my tip-down Colt Detective Special has come 1/4" open. Also, when the knife is tip up, the blade is less likely to come open because it is resting against the back of your pocket. That Emerson Wave thing is cool, but does anyone know if it carries the knife tip up or down? I'm pretty sure it's up because all the Emersons I've seen are tip up.
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Clay Kesting
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I much prefer tip down. With the knife in my right front pocket, and to the rear, the blade spine is against the rear of the pocket. This to me, gives a higher degree of safety, in case you have to reach into that pocket for change etc. It also positions the knife just right for my hand to get the proper grip, and faster manipulation. I do like tip up for left hand carry on Spydercos, however. RKBA!
Just do what Chinook said, KK. Thanks for the compliments everybody.
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Having started tip down, I'm gradually coming around to tip up.
There are only two disadvantages to tip up carry I have found.
One is that some of the clips when gripped aren't quite as comfortable tip up.
And the other is that I put my hand in my pocket yesterday and found a quater open tip up Chinese folder. You can imagine my surprise, especially as my fingers went between the blade and the handle. I have no worries with lock backs, but I might be a little more warey of tip up liner locks and compression locks.
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
There are only two disadvantages to tip up carry I have found.
One is that some of the clips when gripped aren't quite as comfortable tip up.
And the other is that I put my hand in my pocket yesterday and found a quater open tip up Chinese folder. You can imagine my surprise, especially as my fingers went between the blade and the handle. I have no worries with lock backs, but I might be a little more warey of tip up liner locks and compression locks.
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
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