Why Neck Knives Suck
Vložit
- čas přidán 29. 02. 2016
- #edcgear #neckknife #edcknife
Gideonstactical Gear Link Hub: solo.to/gideonstactical
__________________
GT AMAZON STORE AFFILIATE LINK
www.amazon.com/shop/gideonsta...
__________________
BLADEHQ LINK
shrsl.com/1hs3c
__________________
GPKNIVES STORE LINK
shrsl.com/1mf0b
__________________
Smoky Mountain Knife Works LINK
www.pjtra.com/t/TUJGR0dMRUJGT...
__________________
LA POLICE GEAR LINK
la-police-gear.pxf.io/DV0b6d
10% Off Your Purchase With Code 10FORUGT
_______________
BACKCOUNTRY.COM LINK
alnk.to/gVGQLbW
________________
5.11 TACTICAL LINK
511.pxf.io/e4MKDO
________________
GERBER GEAR STORE LINK
________________
GRAYL GEAR STORE LINK
_______________
SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE LINK
alnk.to/8iPIHhA
________________
MYSTERY RANCH STORE LINK
alnk.to/60VRWIw
________________
KELTY GEAR STORE LINK
alnk.to/faxgXac
________________
KNOCKAROUND SUNGLASSES LINK
alnk.to/hDlSGxr
____________
Paypal Link: www.paypal.com/us/home
Paypal Username: gideonstactical@gmail.com
DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING SEEN IN THIS VIDEO AT HOME. YOU TAKE ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISKS WHEN USING, HANDLING, OR ARE OTHERWISE ENGAGED WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS, SCENARIOS, OR TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO.
/ gideonstactical
/ gideonstactical300
/ gideonstactical
You dont account for having a folding knife fail on you. As someone who has had that happen, it's fixed blade all day.
I like neck knives not only for their strength over folders, but also because they require almost no maintenance. Folders need the pivots properly adjusted, cleaned, and lubricated. If grit gets in the pivot area in the field, it's hard to properly clean it out. I rarely use my neck knives for anything that most folders couldn't handle, but in the desert where I live, there's plenty of small particles of dirt waiting to wreak havoc on the pivot bushings in my folders.
I mean if you don't want them I'll take them :)
I wear neck knives when I'm being discrete and I don't want a pocket clip showing (great for countries that the Air Force sends me or in formal attire), or when I'm going to exercise and a folding knife would slip out of my workout shorts or if I'm in the woods as a back up to my main fixed blade. 🙂🔪
Dude... Neck knives are back up tools... For emergency... 😂 of course you can't use them as daily tools...
Excuse me sir, but I’ve broken 19 folders since I started listening to my Navy SEAL affirmation tapes. So now I carry a samurai sword. It’s extremely cumbersome, but the upside is that I no longer have people confronting me in public about my cars extended warranty. So I consider it a win. 👍🏻
I carry a neck knife rarely but I do edc small fixed blades over folders any day. I also prefer to use smaller fixed blades in the woods. The biggest knife I actually use in the woods is a Mora Garberg everything else is smaller than that. It entirely depends on your skill set and use in the woods. If I'm camping I dont need a giant slab of steel that bounces on my hip, that is what an axe is for. I dont baton wood, pretty much ever unless it's with a hatchet or axe or wedge. I've used an izula for about 5 years as my primary outdoor and edc knife. I've probably made 100 fires with my izula ...
Izula all day everyday...10 years and still going STRONG.
If you don't wear it on your neck, it's not a neck knife. Just a tiny fixed blade. The only point of them is to wear them around your neck. One handed access standing, seated, in a hammock, etc.
If an animal pins you down, it's easier and quicker to draw a knife from a sheath that's hanging from your neck than to pull out a folder from your pocket and fumbling with it to get it open.
I quit at the 14 minute mark. I'm not offended that you don't see a purpose for neck knives, but you completely failed to make a case for anything being wrong with these knives if they fit another person's system. When I hear someone say that something "sucks," I expect that person to be able to make a compelling case that the object of their disdain has key fundamental flaws that make use of that object wrong for anyone in any circumstance. In your first 14 minutes, you made no case for that idea, and nothing suggested that you were going to make a case.
This should be titled : Why My Neck Knives Suck
The issue of self defense is also not addressed in this review...
My understanding of A neck knife is that the advantage is the size enables it to be easily concealed under the clothes and the fact that it's a fixed blade enables it to be drawn considerably more rapidly than the vast majority of folders. It also has The added benefit of having no moving parts whatsoever so things like Springs and mechanisms won't fail over time. I love big fix blades myself but in a place where it might be difficult to say carry a gun for self defense a neck knife as a concealed EDC self defense tool is not a terrible option.
I carry a small fixed blade horizontal on my belt. Carrying this way, I hardly notice it's there. Plus, this allows me to access it quickly and easily with either hand. I find this very useful, and not possible with a folder. Cleaning and maintenance is also much easier with a fixed blade. No pivot to worry about, no lock to worry about. I like a comfortable handle though. The izula and other skeletonized knives just aren't comfortable to use. The Fallkniven WM1 is about perfect for an edc fixed blade in my opinion. I don't even carry a folder a lot of the time anymore...just don't really have a use for them since I find a small fixed blade so useful and reliable.
okay not to throw a nutnfancy term at you but Philosophy of Use. If you take a neck knife camping and intend to perform all of your tasks with it, the knife doesn't suck, you suck. You brought the wrong tool. For EDC I carry a Rajah 2 by cold steel everyday. I also carry a Kiku Matsuda Karambit Claw (KM-635) Neck Knife on a lanyard under my shirt just for a last ditch defensive option. If anyone picks up a neck knife and thinks "Yeah this is awesome, I want to take this camping and split wood with it all day" They need their head examined. In that regard neck knives suck. But that's not what they're for. Good vid tho bud. I enjoy the discussion.
Esee candiru over a folder any day. But a neck knife is a back up to my primary blade for me.
That Izulla 2 will run circles around any of those folders in a real-world application outside of cutting a tomato or opening a letter.
I think you're right, you convinced me! Thanks, you made me discover the Finn Wolf, looks like an amazing folder. Any advice for an axe?
The examples you gave of the durability of folders were Cold Steel knives with triad locks, known as being some of the most durable folders. Many folders are much less durable.