Clips... A couple more technical questions.

[Marion David Poff]

OK

Are the plain clips coated in any way? I am asking so as to figure out how to anodize or re-coat in a way as to give varying color. Maybe even purdy rainbows....

How many sizes of three screw clips are there? Two? One that fits the Toads and Crickets and another that fits the rest...

Are washers supposed to come in the reversible clip assembly? I know I already asked, but....

Then there are the Kraton augmented clips. Two sizes? Civilian and Pro-Venator or Spur?

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[Marion David Poff]

Oh and then there is the pivot hole three screw clip found on the Military and Starmate.

Any others I forgot?

MDP

 

[Marion David Poff]

Oh,

And what spurred the idea of the clip?

MDP

 

[Sal Glesser]

Marion - The normal clips are not coated and can be with any coating that will stick to stainless.

3 screw clips; Original, which is on most of the models. Small stainless like the CoPilot and Cricket. Military (around the pivot). Starmate has it's own around the pivot clip. G10 Police soon to have a lower profile around the pivot clip.

The washers on the left right clip assembly are for a tighter fit. We'll probably adjust that in the future. New concepts always take some field time to evolve.

You are correct on the kraton. Although the Spur is a rare bird. Hope to bring in a batch of those one of these days. The cowboys liked them, solid and not too large.

The clip idea came from a brass frog - key chain that an artist custom made for me. The arms and head of the frog clipped to the top of the pocket to make the keys more acccessible and not be a heavy pile in the bottom of your pocket.

I've seen a few people carry CoPilot models with keys attached to the lanyard hole. does the same job and you have the knife. Hope that helps.
sal