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I like fixed blades too but that is way too impractical in the real world.

You either have to commit to a folder that is easy to carry or a fixed blade that is big and bulky no matter what style you carry it in.

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Just go complete tard and get one of these...

Or better yet...

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Amazing...was just thinking about picking up a knife for EDC...
Got a couple questions (yes I know, you're not a lawyer. Don't take this as legal advice etc etc)
1. Fixed blade can't be concealed?
2. This is more dangerous..


Then this..


Because it's a 'dive knife'?

Any blade length is ok? I am looking a 3-4" not 8 inch Rambo knives.

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Esee has stock sheathes that are designed to be worn on the belt. Some can even rotate.

+1 what new guy said

I think the speedsafe kershaws are great edc 4 sd

A 3" edge can still do a lot

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I think, carrying a fixed blade front cross-draw (like the samurais) is safer and faster compared to the back position (somebody from behind can grab it, and a bad person can stab you from behind with it)

I have a few fixed blades with the option for scout style mounting.  For awhile I thought it was cool, but I ending up not liking it too much.  It just seemed to get in the way more, and didn't like the way it bounced while running.  I much prefer a more traditional carry, usually at about my 4 o clock position. 

I do wish carrying a fixed blade around was more socially acceptable.  I have on occasion carried small utility blades as an edc, and no one had ever given me any problems with it.  Just small blades such as moras or the cold steel finn bear.

If I'm wearing a larger "defensive" fixed blade, I much prefer an inside the waistband style on my strong side carry.  I really don't like crossdraw style for blades.

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Strap the big blade to side of your backpack, keep another at your side, nobody say nothing when hiking.

Go to Long's to shop like that is another story   Plenty fixed blades you can slip into your pocket or down waistband and still fairly comfortable and accessable (goldangit spelling).  Handle sticking out so not concealed eh?  Ring handles most stealth.  Shop till you drop!

Generally, your beltline spans the L-4, L-5 vertebrae, which is approximately in line with your illiac crest (hip bones). A hard object, such as a knife or a gun, placed in the small of your back, could cause injury to these anatomical structures should you fall on them. There have been a few recorded instances of injuries that I could find. The sacrum is the big, fused bone that forms the back of the pelvic girdle, while the coccyx is the very end of your spinal column, our vestigial tails....

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Yes, but the end of the lumbar tract also runs in line with the belly button, where as I wear my belt about 2-3in lower than that, which puts it on the coccyx; fat man problems 

Also, because the lumbar spine's primary function is to support the weight of the torso and assist in anterior and posterior pelvic tilt, so I'd be more worried about bearing too much weight that the lumbar cannot support over an extended period of time, subjecting the lumbar to continuous impact stress via running/rucking with heavy loads, or conducting a hip flexion or twisting movement that would stress the lumbars beyond its normal range of motion or load support; i.e. forward bending with weight loaded on upperback/ thoracic area, or holding a significant amount of weight on the back or in front of the body and twisting. Its far easier to injury the lumbar from improper body mechanics than it is via direct impact. While the potential for injury is plausible with high velocity impacts to the spine, this would also contradict people receiving chiropractic care on a regular basis, as these are high-velocity realignments conducted directly on the spine.

While there are far more injuries to the LS spine due to improper body mechanics or poor body habitus, injuries from falling on a solid, unyielding object, are documented. It comes down to the amount of force directed at the spinal structures and the ability of those structures to absorb the forces.

I would have to argue against your analogy of chiropractic care and high velocity impacts. Chiropractic adjustments are not high velocity impacts, but rather vectored forces against the associated structures with the intent to align them to their intended "positions."

And, as the photos I posted should illustrate, wearing your belt at the level of your coccyx is unlikely...even the butt crack flaunting gangster wanna-bees don't wear their pants that low...most of the time