River City Sheaths Neck Sheath

Defensive Concepts

Mike Sastre of River City Sheaths has another winner with his neck sheath. Designed as an extremely low profile way to carry a folder this design fills the bill. Some

would ask why this is needed. Suppose you work somewhere that having a knife is either

forbidden or discouraged. (yes folks these places exist)  It's a stupid rule or attitude but

one that will either put a crimp in your career path or knock you right off it. A few years

back I had a brand new Spyderco Police model clipped in my uniform pants pocket. A

lieutenant asked me what I had. I thought he knew it was a knife. I brought it out and

showed him. His reaction was.....vocal and memorable. You would have thought I'd

grown horns. Never mind the fact that most guys had a Buck 110 sheathed on their duty

belts. Something about a big folder that could be opened with one hand (I know,

apparently he never heard of a biker flip either) really set him off. A neck sheath would have saved me a small and unneeded hassle.

    The sheath is made of a high end polymer. It's molded to the specific folder and holds

it securely. There are four brass eyelets in mine for attachment points. The chain is a GI

style dog tag chain. It will break if someone tries to strangle you with it. A feature that I

like is that the sheath is molded around the pocket clip. This does two things. First it

makes for a more secure hold on the knife. Second, especially in the case of a Spyderco,

if you carry the knife for defensive purposes you can grab the blade by the hole, draw and

open it in one motion. It takes a little practice and you do have to make sure the knife is

clean and lubed, particularly if you have a small, light model like my Delica. When

opened in this fashion you end up in a razor fighting type grip that works very well if you

have to fight with a folder.

    When wearing the sheath it will generally hang along your sternum. If you are in a

shirt and tie simply leave one button undone. The tie will cover it and you have easy

access to the knife. If you're in more casual attire leaving the shirt untucked will also give

you easy access. If you have to tuck things in you'll have to either bring the sheath out the

neck and then draw the knife or pull the shirt tail out to access it. Anyway you go you

have quick, easy access to your blade.

    Like all of River City's products the construction and materials are first rate. The

design is well thought out and very practical for it's intended use. If you have need of

something like this contact River City through the link. Tell 'em you heard about it at

Spike's Place.

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