Recommendation? 110 sheath/deployment question

GregNYC

GregNYC

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Carrying a large folder is new to me - but then I fell in love with the Buck 110!

Those of you who carry your 110 in a sheath, which orientation do you find the most convenient? Vertical as with the Buck's own sheaths? Horizontal? Cross-draw? Angled? Behind the back? I have some custom 110's and 112's coming and am looking to have custom sheathes made.

Thanks in advance!
 
Buck standard leather sheath or similar. Worn on the right side, carried vertically, with the blade to the rear and the pivot down. Been carrying it that way for 45 years now. My right hand knows exactly where it is and how to get it open. I don't even have to think about it. Some of those horizontal, and cross draw type sheaths look interesting. But then my hand wouldn't know where to find the knife, and I would probably cut myself trying to get it open.

O.B.
 
Old Biker said:
Buck standard leather sheath or similar. Worn on the right side, carried vertically, with the blade to the rear and the pivot down. Been carrying it that way for 45 years now. My right hand knows exactly where it is and how to get it open. I don't even have to think about it. Some of those horizontal, and cross draw type sheaths look interesting. But then my hand wouldn't know where to find the knife, and I would probably cut myself trying to get it open.O.B.
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Right on OB,I carry the same way.

BTW I ride an Electra-Glide Ultra Classic.
 
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Factory leather or nylon sheath, vertical, flap end up*, right side, at roughly 3:00, between the third and second belt loop, and against the second belt loop. Tip up, blade to the rear.

I've carried the 110 or a Old Timer 6OT/7OT the same way since 1968 or 1969.
I've long since stopped noticing the weight ... if I ever did.

I tried horizontal carry with the factory nylon sheath, but didn't/don't care for it. Too many years of muscle memory, I suppose.

* I had a friend in high school (1974) who carried his flap end down ("It's faster to take out of the sheath ...") until the flap snap failed and he lost the knife in the dirt at the vocational wood shop class he was taking at the time. :( (they were building a house, he lost it somewhere in the future yard.) He carried the replacement 110 flap end up. :D
I haven't seen or talked to him in probably 34 or 35 years. He was still carrying his 110 flap up the last time I saw him.
 
GregNYC said:
Wow, thanks jbmonkey, David Martin, Old Biker, guy g, neo71665, sportingspecialist, eveled, Jeff of the North! This is very illuminating. I will give the vertical sheaths another try.
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It appears like you might live in New York city? I have read that the police there consider the 110 to be a gravity knife and illegal. But I live on the opposite side of the country, so I don't know anything. If true it might be something to consider when deciding how, where, when or if to carry your 110.

O.B.
 
I like a open top carried vertical for 110/111 Bucks but most of the time I just drop my 112's in my right front pocket..Especially LT's and other lighter versions.
 
I agree with OB mostly, except I wear mine (when I'm carrying a 110 or 112) on my left side. I am a lefty, and right eye dominant, so my pistol is on my right, and the knife and spare magazine are on my left.
 
I carry mine in vertical sheath right side at 4 o’clock with the pivot down and blade spine to the rear. I’ve done it that way from the beginning. It’s always in position to open and after closing it’s in that position to return to the sheath naturally. I’ve considered a cross draw open top sheath for my suspenders on the left of belly position if I can find the proper suspenders and sheath. I might try the nylon sheath and see how it works.
 
Old Biker said:
It appears like you might live in New York city? I have read that the police there consider the 110 to be a gravity knife and illegal. But I live on the opposite side of the country, so I don't know anything. If true it might be something to consider when deciding how, where, when or if to carry your 110.

O.B.
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I’m OK on that. It’s not one-hand opening. I’m not using a thumb-stud. A friend of mine actually got arrested in front of his posh apartment (Central Park West, where celebrities live and there’s a Trump Tower). He was carrying a thumb-stud knife in his back pocket and the cops saw the clip. He actually spent $20,000 on a good lawyer who got him off. The layer argued that even though it was a one-hand open knife, it was not assisted by springs or gravity. My friend got off.

I think I’m OK. Anyway, I’m willing to risk it. I’ve been wearing fixed blade knives and no one has stopped to check for blade length, for which the legal max is 4”.
 
afishhunter said:
Factory leather or nylon sheath, vertical, flap end up*, right side, at roughly 3:00, between the third and second belt loop, and against the second belt loop. Tip up, blade to the rear.

I've carried the 110 or a Old Timer 6OT/7OT the same way since 1968 or 1969.
I've long since stopped noticing the weight ... if I ever did.

I tried horizontal carry with the factory nylon sheath, but didn't/don't care for it. Too many years of muscle memory, I suppose.

* I had a friend in high school (1974) who carried his flap end down ("It's faster to take out of the sheath ...") until the flap snap failed and he lost the knife in the dirt at the vocational wood shop class he was taking at the time. :( (they were building a house, he lost it somewhere in the future yard.) He carried the replacement 110 flap end up. :D
I haven't seen or talked to him in probably 34 or 35 years. He was still carrying his 110 flap up the last time I saw him.
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Muscle memory, yes! Thanks for the story!
 
I like the vertical Buck sheath ok. I know this might not sit well with some of you, but I like my Schrade leather sheath better than the Buck leather sheath. The Schrade leather sheath has slots cut in the back where the belt goes through as opposed to the belt loop that's on my Buck sheaths. The slots keep the knife closer to my body and it doesn't slide around on my belt at all. So, my new 110 rides in Schrade leather sheath at about the 3:00 position.

Now, I have read somewhere around here of a fella who liked the belt loops because he had "love handles" and the belt loop allowed the knife to ride slightly away from said "love handles". Me, I like mine snug up against my person. So, it's what works for you.
Mike
 
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_mike_ said:
I like the vertical Buck sheath ok. I know this might not sit well with some of you, but I like my Schrade leather sheath better than the Buck leather sheath. The Schrade leather sheath has slots cut in the back where the belt goes through as opposed to the belt loop that's on my Buck sheaths. The slots keep the knife closer to my body and it doesn't slide around on my belt at all. So, my new 110 rides in Schrade leather sheath at about the 3:00 position.
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Schrade USA made sheaths both ways.

My circa 1977 to 1982 Schrade 7OT's sheath has a turned back loop.
My circa 1987 to 1993 Schrade 6OT and 70T's sheaths have the slits. (I'm not sure when I bought these two. It was sometime between 1987 and 1993.)

None of my post 2014 Buck 110 leather sheaths have a turned back loop. Just a piece of leather sewn on both ends. A "flat loop"?
I bought my first 110 in 2014, so I don't have an earlier example.
I'm pretty sure the 110's some of my classmates in Jr. High and High School carried (1968-1974) had a sheath with a turned back loop.
 
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