Sgian Dubh Outside the Hose?

[madmacs]

There is a physics problem hidden here somewhere: Does a knife IN your sock exert more or less downward force than one clipped to the top of your sock?

That actually sounds more like an engineering problem... The downward force is im guessing techically the same... Mass x gravity... But if it's in your sock its only really got the lever arm above the sock trying to tip it over, but if it's pivot point on the outside, then that's not the case... But it's been 20 years since I had to do that stuff in school, so i'll leave it for a proper Engineer to answer... I can make water go uphill though...