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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Kristi:
A jumping JM has a limited number of places to put a knife where it will not interfere with his parachute or his equipment, yet he can still access it quickly if need be to cut loose equipment or personnel.
Traditionally, it has been a calf or boot mount, though you could conceivably carry it on your thigh. The belt line is out, becase of the parachute and combat equipment. The reserve parachute takes the chest out of the equation, and the main parachute the back. A forearm or bicep rig might be an option, but would present too many entanglement opportunities for me to try it.
I would consider making the sheath flexible and capable of several different mounting options for either hand. A small kit with small straps for boot or calf mount, a belt or strap loop, and a MOLLE mount, all easily interchangable might be a viable option. It should also retain the knife securely enough that an invert4ed carry is possiblem as some people prefer that orientation and others might find themselves in that position inadvertently and need the blade quickly, hopefully before impact.
Maybe we can look at it at SHOT and give you some more feedback there.
Nice looking blade, BTW.
TR
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TR,
I'll have both the Jumpmaster and the prototype of the new model (we haven't picked a name for it yet) at SHOT. I would love to share them both with you.
Thanks for the feedback and Happy (almost) New Year!
Kristi