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How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:07 pm
by Oldwolf
I really like my 301, but have not found a way to pocket carry without printing. It is a large knife, as you know. My smaller knives are comfortably carried in the Watch pocket of my jeans. Alas, the 301 is way to big for this small pocket. How do you carry the 301?

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:24 pm
by Steve Warden
What do you mean by "printing"?
I carry mine in my front pocket with my keys.
Nope, not worried about getting worn.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:35 pm
by Oldwolf
Printing. Seeing the shape of the knife in my pocket.
It looks like I am carrying a large Bolt in my front right pocket.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:56 pm
by Steve Warden
Gotcha.
I don't worry about it. Along with my keys and nail clippers, just looks like I have stuff in my pocket, which is what pockets were made for.
To be truthful, I will carry a smaller, slimmer knife when wearing dress slacks or a suit.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:21 pm
by Mumbleypeg
Oldwolf wrote:Printing. Seeing the shape of the knife in my pocket.
It looks like I am carrying a large Bolt in my front right pocket.
Just remember Mae West had something to say about that! :lol:

The Buck 301 is 3-7/8 inches closed IIRC. The Case 6347, which they call a "medium stockman" is 4 inches. The Schrade 881 is also 4 inches. My conclusion is............your pants are too tight! ::sotb::

Do you live in a knife-paranoid city or state?

Ken

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:21 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
An option I sometimes use is a leather or nylon belt case. The ones shown are a bit oversize for a 301, as I frequently use them for 4 1/4" trappers, but will work.
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Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:53 pm
by jerryd6818
Put it in a "slip". That will break up the outline of the knife in your pocket. I think there are some guys who carry large folders in their hip pocket along side their wallet. ::shrug::

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:23 pm
by tallguy606
Never could figure out how you sit down with a large folder in your back pocket.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:13 pm
by Oldwolf
NC is knife friendly.
Right now I have a 303 in my Watch pocket and it fits perfectly.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:33 pm
by Mumbleypeg
tallguy606 wrote:Never could figure out how you sit down with a large folder in your back pocket.
I'm sitting on a 4-7/8 inch lockback as I type this. Carry it most days, back pocket alongside my wallet, and can't even tell it's there. If you sit on a wallet, you can sit on a knife alongside it. The wallet keeps the knife vertical in the pocket, so it doesn't slide down crossways into the bottom of the pocket. ::tu:: I prefer to attach a short lanyard to a knife with a bail or lanyard hole. But a clip works also and you don't need a wallet to keep the knife in the vertical orientation.

With large folders I find back pocket carry a LOT more comfortable than front pocket, and a lot easier to access your knife - no pocket junk in the way. Only way to know is, give it a try! ::tu::

Ken

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:36 pm
by XX Case XX
Mumbleypeg wrote:Do you live in a knife-paranoid city or state?
It's called: C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A...

___________
Mike

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:22 pm
by jmh58
RFP.. Don't even know its there.. ::tu:: I will carry up to a CASE Trapper there too.. They are 4 1/8 in length.. I guess I really don't think about printing.. ::shrug:: John :D

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:21 pm
by Woodly
I almost always have a CASE large coke bottle in my backpocket. I don't know its there until I need it. Its slim and fits right in. Fat stag would be different.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:30 am
by Old Hunter
As I don't like back pocket carry my pocketknives ride in my left front pocket regardless of size. I find jeans to be great for knives up to the Buck 307 Wrangler size (4-1/4"). For looser pants I prefer the Buck 303 size but am especially fond of the Case 6318. I don't worry about "printing". OH

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:39 pm
by Dinadan
I do not carry a 301, but I do carry a 4" Schrade or a GEC. I carry the knife in my left front pocket and in order to keep anyone from freaking out over my knife I carry a .22 magnum revolver in my right front pocket. I have been doing that for several years and so far no one has ever once mentioned the knife!

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:06 pm
by Colonel26
LFP = 4"-4 1/2" pocket knife and a can of Copenhagen.
RFP = SAK Spartan and keys with a Spyderco Military clipped to the pocket.
IWB = Commander size 1911 45 acp

I've never worried about printing, just wear looser britches it it bothers you. Me, I live for that moment some one says, "hey, you don't happen to have a ....... do you?" "Why yes I do!", says I!

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:03 pm
by jmh58
RFP.. Today!!! ::tu:: 8) John :D

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:29 am
by deltaboy
In my right hand pocket!

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:49 pm
by cody6268
Usually, I just dump it in my pocket (aside from the fact my 301 is a shelf queen due to it advertising a local quarry, but I do regularly carry a 303) but most large and jumbo Stockmen just go in the front left pocket. If it weren't for the cost (3 times what my Mexican-made belts from a local farm supply store have cost then add in $15 shipping), I'd buy one of these belts. The pouch measurement of 8 centimeters by 2 centimeters would roughly equate to 4"x1" which is around the same size as a 4" Stockman. With it, I'd have no worry about having a sheath slide off when my pants are hanging up on the over-the door hook in my room.

https://www.australiangear.com/akubra-l ... pouch.html

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:37 am
by Oldwolf
That's a very neat belt and a great solution to carrying the 301.

I have discovered that the 301 fits, a bit tightly though, in the watch pocket of my Lee jeans.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:27 am
by 300Bucks
I have written of this in one of the 'other' forums. I principally took a leather slip, like the one shown above, and punched a hole in it and used my old Boy Scout skills and braided a lanyard into a loop that fit over your belt and the slip hung in your pocket at just the right height to stay against the hem side of your pocket, not on your bragging side. For many a year I carried a Buck slippy, usually a 303, in my uniform jeans watch pocket. I never needed a bigger knife to fight off grizzly bears or hack down trees. But all things change and we went up-scale and wore lighter weight cargo type pants with deep pockets and no watch pocket. Used the same method, until I was drawn in by the dark side and started carrying a Vantage with a clip. I retired and found my favorite pants to be the khaki "fisherman" pants with plenty of pockets. I took needle and thread in hand and as the pockets were loose and not sewn to pant legs, I made a pocket against the hem side of the pocket just long enough to hold the knife under the hem.
the only problem I saw was that it would fall out if I stood on my head and I cured that by never standing on my head again. 300Bucks ::huff::

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:54 am
by UnderDawgAl
300Bucks wrote:The only problem I saw was that it would fall out if I stood on my head and I cured that by never standing on my head again. 300Bucks ::huff::
Nice post all the way around, but the closer was the best.

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:11 pm
by jmh58
jmh58 wrote:RFP.. Today!!! ::tu:: 8) John :D

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:21 pm
by jmh58
jmh58 wrote:RFP.. Today!!! ::tu:: 8) John :D

Re: How do you carry the 301?

Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:27 pm
by jmh58
jmh58 wrote: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:11 pm
jmh58 wrote:RFP.. Today!!! ::tu:: 8) John :D