Best way to conceal a KA-BAR?

[goon]

Although it wasn't really intended for concealment, I had a custom sheath made for a Becker BK7 that does very well for that.

It is made from Kydex and I used this as the general description to give the maker an idea of what I wanted.
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(14...atId=9&subId=57&styleId=217&partNum=SHEATH-7R

His site was www.sheathmechanic.com but I don't think he's still in business.

Anyway, the sheath works great and holds the knife higher than most sheaths and securely against my body. I prefer to carry it strong side behind the right hip but drawn with sort of a calvary draw. It just seems very natural.
I could probably carry it just about anywhere without drawing suspicion.

I carry this knife when I'm in the woods so concealment isn't the intention, it's just a lucky side-effect. But it might give you a place to start.

 

[T.R.]

Seems like a guy could carry a baseball bat anywhere if he is wearing the right hat and shirt to go along with the deception.

TR

 

[highorder]

to me, a knife is an offensive weapon or a last ditch defensive weapon. I dont know how you would successfully emply a knife as a primary defensive tool.

having said that, I have seen some basic shoulder rigs that hang pommel down.

 

[sadlsor]

Disagree. Many robberies and assaults are comitted with edged-weapon-carrying thugs. (No, I don't have statistics... but I read local crime reports.) A highly-trained martial artist wielding a blade while using proper technique, is a deadly opponent.

I daresay, even a non-trained individual who is properly motivated, will dissuade the creep looking for an easy mark.

And I'm not talking Hollywood-willing-suspension-of-disbelief scenarios. If the blade-carrying defender is up against a gun, however, it's a different story. Even then, it depends on the specific conditions. How many Cops videos have we seen, and how many accounts have we all read about where 2 shooters empty their magazines at close range, with no hits? And one is a uniformed LEO?

As usual, and generally speaking, it may not be wise to generalize.

 

[Stainz]

Last fall, at a local gunshow, my lovely bride went back to a friend's table and bought me the older LN Puma 'White Hunter' I had drooled over. She, a fair sized lass (5'10"), stuffed it, sheathed, of course, down her jeans along her side. I noticed her walking funny, and thought her hip was hurting her, so we left. In the Jeep, she straightened out as much as possible, reached back and down her pants, returning with the White Hunter, saying it was for me. Thinking I had married the 'Golden Goose', I offered to buy Mex for lunch - hoping she'd 'produce' a Busse or Sebenza. Her reply was 'Only if they are on closeout at Wally World!'.

I mention this for a reason - that Puma is huge - but the Kabar is larger. Where would it go? And - my late Dad's old WWII KaBar has no evidence, but the new production variants, including commemoratives, have the short side end sharpened - double sided blades are illegal in most states, regardless of length. Of course, then there is that length of the blade - check local laws carefully. On a belt, it is a great camping knife. For fiending off evil-doers, I prefer louder devices.

Below, bottom-up: Puma Original Bowie (A tad longer than the White Hunter.), recent KaBar (Note the other edge.), Bear MGC Damascus Bowie (Made in Alabama!).


Stainz

PS The Mex lunch didn't work... but Christmas saw my first Bark Rivers arrive.

 

[Browning]

Try a custom horizontal knife sheath located in the small of the back with the shirt tail flipped over it, I believe that you'll get what you're looking for with that.

Something like this.

Now whether it's legal or not to do so in your state is an entirely different subject that should be (and that probably has been) explored on a different thread.

Bob Dozier, the Graham Brothers and Red Hill Sheaths all make custom horizontal sheaths.

http://www.dozierknives.com/

http://www.grahamknives.com/sheaths.htm

http://redhillsheaths.com/_wsn/page3.html

 

[hobgob]

as the saying goes "don't bring a knife to a gunfight."

 

[highorder]

I've said it before; I don't want the get that close to defend myself. The list of potential pathogens in some rock-monster bad guy makes me reluctant to cut one of them and get bathed in warm blood.

I'll take potential exposure from a GSW any day.

but as I said, as a last ditch/close quarters role; or a in the hands of a trained martial artist is a different story.

 

[Dksimon]

I think that a large knife such as the ka bar is a decent deterent of crime but it would be difficult to conceal. I know i wouldnt mess with a guy with a knife that large but then again i am not a stoned drug addict!
A gun would be better (and easier to conceal) in my opinion.