Horizontal belt fixed blade?

[Randall53]

I'm wanting one to carry all the time. I've looked quite a bit online but they don't seem to be so plentiful. Do any of you have a horizontal that you carry daily? If you do, I'd be very interested in seeing them.

[Luap]

Carry one of the Kydex cross draw horizontals every day. These are made in olive branch, ms. Doug is very easy to work with, buy from and all that jazz.

http://brunsonknives.blademakers.com/List_Knives.asp?Group=Example_YN&Category=Other&Sub_Category=All

http://brunsonknives.blademakers.com Edited March 24, 2015 by Luap

[Jamie Jackson]

I've carried a Clinch Pick since '04 ...but they are a bit of a challenge to find these days:

 

http://monderno.com/knife-reviews/shivworks-clinch-pick/

 

 

 

Another option, and certainly more affordable is TDI knife with an NSR sheath... This is the setup I am currently running and it serves my purpose well.

 

http://nsrtactical.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=43&products_id=84

[Spots]

Question. Are you wanting to carry it as a work knife, or as a self defense backup? Or both? I carried a small 3" fixed blade in an angled small of back sheath for a while as a self defense option. Let me see if I can find a pic.

[JAB]

I generally think of a knife as more a 'tool' than a 'weapon'.  I have zero experience or training in knife fighting.  If someone had me cornered with no way out, my life in danger and my only choices were to try strong language or get stabby, I'd have to choose the latter option and hope but that isn't my main focus for a knife.

 

I do like the idea of carrying a small, fixed blade because it eliminates the potential 'weak point' of a folder - the spot where it folds.  The problem I find is that a lot of neck knives, etc. run into the problem of being pretty thin and I wanted a heavier blade.

 

What I ended up doing was getting an inexpensive knife from the Buck Packlite line and making my own kydex sheath.  I wanted horizontal carry just for ease of concealment as well as keeping the knife out of my way.  Because when I can carry I have a handgun on my right hip or in my right pocket, I wanted to keep that area clear.  Also, because if I carry a semiauto I have a spare mag on the left side I wanted to keep that area clear, too.  By going with horizontal carry, I could have the knife SOB without it getting in the way when I sat down, etc.  Therefore, my idea was to carry the knife SOB.  I also did a woven paracord treatment on the 'skeletonized' grips.  The Kydex I ordered was a little thicker than what I really needed which made it a bit harder to mold, etc.  The texture came from heating the Kydex in a baking pan that was protected by laying the Kydex on a (previously used and therefore a little crumpled) sheet of aluminum foil.  It bothered me a little, at first, but then I decided that it was a happy accident and I actually like the texture.  Anyow,  these were my results:

 

 

Unfortunately, I did all of this shortly before having to have emergency surgery to remove a colon blockage that turned out to be a cancerous tumor.  Due to my surgery scar still being tender and having a (hopefully reversible) colostomy, I am currently unable to wear a belt so, obviously, I can't carry a belt knife - meaning I haven't had a lot of opportunity to carry this one since making the sheath, etc.  I can say it worked well during the limited opportunity I had to carry it and I will carry it some more once I can go back to wearing a belt.

Edited March 24, 2015 by JAB