Curious your feedback and strategy on carrying a knife in your bino harness.
For me, I’ve used both fixed and folders over the years. My goal is to triangulate accessibility, safety and performance effectiveness/variability.
For fixed, behind the harness in the mesh pocke, against my chest, I’ve carried (all in Kydex, some with lock slide):
- ESEE CR2.5
- Buck 135 Caper (skeleton handle)
- Victorinox Paring
- MKC Triumph SL
- Kizer Mini Harpoon
For folder, clipped in the same behind the harness pocket or inside one of the side harness pockets, I’ve carried:
- Buck 112 Slim
- Benchmade Mini Bugout
- Opinel #8
Accessibility - never had an issue with any getting them in hand with reasonable ease (none are setup for optimum speed as in a self-defense scenario).
Safety - never considered it a major risk, but wonder if there is any real concern of carrying a fixed blade near the chest, neck in a scuffle, fall, crash scenario??
Effectiveness/Variability of Use - have moved more towards knives that can balance EDC tasks, assisting or even doing game breakdown, woods tasks (fire, materials prep) and safe use (guard/finger stop) whether that be for game cleaning or a rare self defense scenario where a knife was my best remaining option. I’ve used both steels easy to maintain in the field (12c27, 52100, 420HC, 1095) and those that are unlikely to need it (Magnacut, 3V and S35VN). I’ve also attached a thin paracord to the sheath, then attached to my bino harness so that it stays attached to my body when I draw and use it.
**my main field knife stays in my pack (usually one of my Canadian belt knife design models or my Argali Serac).
Your thoughts and feedback on choice, setup, preferences?
For me, I’ve used both fixed and folders over the years. My goal is to triangulate accessibility, safety and performance effectiveness/variability.
For fixed, behind the harness in the mesh pocke, against my chest, I’ve carried (all in Kydex, some with lock slide):
- ESEE CR2.5
- Buck 135 Caper (skeleton handle)
- Victorinox Paring
- MKC Triumph SL
- Kizer Mini Harpoon
For folder, clipped in the same behind the harness pocket or inside one of the side harness pockets, I’ve carried:
- Buck 112 Slim
- Benchmade Mini Bugout
- Opinel #8
Accessibility - never had an issue with any getting them in hand with reasonable ease (none are setup for optimum speed as in a self-defense scenario).
Safety - never considered it a major risk, but wonder if there is any real concern of carrying a fixed blade near the chest, neck in a scuffle, fall, crash scenario??
Effectiveness/Variability of Use - have moved more towards knives that can balance EDC tasks, assisting or even doing game breakdown, woods tasks (fire, materials prep) and safe use (guard/finger stop) whether that be for game cleaning or a rare self defense scenario where a knife was my best remaining option. I’ve used both steels easy to maintain in the field (12c27, 52100, 420HC, 1095) and those that are unlikely to need it (Magnacut, 3V and S35VN). I’ve also attached a thin paracord to the sheath, then attached to my bino harness so that it stays attached to my body when I draw and use it.
**my main field knife stays in my pack (usually one of my Canadian belt knife design models or my Argali Serac).
Your thoughts and feedback on choice, setup, preferences?
