The knife can be easily accessed even when you have a jacket on or a large backpack with a hip belt. With a Dangler it also becomes easy to sit down without the knife getting in the way. When the pouch or sheath hangs it can be bent at the height of the hip joint which allows the knife to smoothly follow your lags movement if you anchor it to the - you can run, climb and bend almost without noticing the knife. You can easily take the knife off without having to open your belt, you can easily move the knife to your backpack for example, or just quickly take it off if you are approaching a populated area.
Note that the D-ring should not be used for climbing since a bad fall can create forces that exceed 400kg even if the person is not heavy.
Breaking strength: 400 kg
The loop can take belts with a width up to 6cm
D-ring will take knife sheaths with a belt loop up to 34mm wide