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Tip up vs Tip down

When you carry your knife do you use4 Tip up or Tip down? I personally use a Tip up carry.

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Permalink Reply by Keelen Grimm on May 23, 2009 at 19:40

For the most part I like tip up. I can orient my hand better on the initial grasp of the knife which makes deployment faster for me. There are a select few that I like tip down like the BM Barrage.

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Permalink Reply by Joe D. on June 7, 2009 at 10:05

I prefer tip up carry although I am a little bias since most of my folders are of the Emerson Wave variety.

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Permalink Reply by Frazer on June 9, 2009 at 21:21

I like tip up! It's much more comfortable for me

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Permalink Reply by kage on January 3, 2010 at 10:27

I generally prefer Tip Up carry for knives carried on or below the waist, and Tip Down carry for knives carried above the waist. Although a specific placement with a specific knife/deployment design might dictate whether it will be TD or TU, regardless of preference.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Wong on May 2, 2010 at 2:25

Tip up for me

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Permalink Reply by Halicon on June 11, 2010 at 12:05

Tip up since it flows with my training. It's also rather easy to just flip the sheath and knife to tip down if you want to do a low draw slash, at least easier than it is to flip a tip down knife up if you're deploying it against the wrists or something.