Bent Pocket Clips

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Seanski

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Was wondering... I have a hell of a time and catch alot of my knife pocket
clips on edges of counters and such and have to take them off and re-bend
them and then they work fine again.

What I would like to know is, is are there any clips that resist bending and
just "snap" back or are they pretty much all prone to bending if hit?
How about the titanium one's on the spyderco's?

thank you,
Sean
 
Titanium clips are going to be your best bet. I'm sure they can still bend, but they'll hold up better than a lot of the cheaper stainless steel clips on most knives. :thumbup:

You might want to take a look at STR's neck of the woods he'll hook you up with some nice titanium clips, although he tweaked his wrist so he'll be on a break for a bit.
 
I find the best clips are those that resist getting caught. Ive found clips that hang close to the blade seem to work best. I find the spyderco clips are bad in this regard. Ive bent quite a few. Ive had the best luck so far with my BM 710 (yeah the ugly clip) and my sebenza. Ive had my bm get caught once or twice but it just didnt get bent.
 
Same here with the BM710 clip, I can tell its been hit a few times but there is no sign of bending, some real good marks in the power coat though
 
Yeah thanks guys. Today it was my Military at work got caught on a counter and the other day it was my Emerson that I had to re-bend. I wrote one clip off awhile back and it was a Meadowlark.
Anyhow, thanks for the info.

Sean
 
I found that I sprung less clips, if I 'tuned' the opening down tighter to the scale.

But, even then, given an unmoving catch point and the force the human body generates.... You will probably spring a clip or two.

But, they are pretty easy to fix.

1 Unscrew clip.

2 Pad the jaws of 2 pair of pliers with rag. aka Cover clip with rag.

3 Use one pliers to hold base(where it screws to knife).

4 Use the other pliers to bend clip back to shape and dimension.

I end up doing this for my friends and family from time to time, no biggie.

Marion
 
Marion,

Thanks for the advice. Will have a go at a few units. I guess I really have to think a little
more about how I move about usually at work.
 
Seanski said:
I guess I really have to think a little
more about how I move about usually at work.
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Yep. That's about all you can do, I'd say. I've caught a couple clips on stuff, and even bent a few, but really... it's a thin little piece of metal, and you're gonna bend it if your body weight is somehow applied to it. Better off just being more careful.
:foot:
 
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