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Just thought I'd share a recent tragedy.
Last Sunday I pulled my beloved dodo, which I've carried for a few years, from my back pocket. Alas, the wire clip, my favorite kind of clip, was no where to be found. Confused, I looked more closely to see some of the G10 rubbed off on the clip-side, and that the little bolt holding the clip in had been sheered off, removing some of the G10 around it. Later, I found the broken clip and the head of the pin (or whatever) in my car seat.
I've carried my dodo in my back pocket several days a week for a couple years at least, sometimes in my front and it has never given me any problems. It was my primary EDC, but minus a pocket clip, it shall be retired. I'm one of those people that can't stand to see their favorite knife wounded anyway. My Kershaw Avalanche has stepped up to replace it in the mean time, although it may be replaced by my 960 (black is preferable in my slacks at work). I'll probably be replacing it with a Khukuri or Phoenix.
I don't know why it broke, but perhaps the very cold weather I had been in before sitting in my car (about 30F) assisted in the brittleness. I suppose in the future all my EDCs will have full steel liners to make this less likely, although the wire clip itself may be vulnerable. This is my third wire-clip Spydie and none have given me trouble though (and the wire clip is far and away my favorite clip in the industry).
Last Sunday I pulled my beloved dodo, which I've carried for a few years, from my back pocket. Alas, the wire clip, my favorite kind of clip, was no where to be found. Confused, I looked more closely to see some of the G10 rubbed off on the clip-side, and that the little bolt holding the clip in had been sheered off, removing some of the G10 around it. Later, I found the broken clip and the head of the pin (or whatever) in my car seat.
I've carried my dodo in my back pocket several days a week for a couple years at least, sometimes in my front and it has never given me any problems. It was my primary EDC, but minus a pocket clip, it shall be retired. I'm one of those people that can't stand to see their favorite knife wounded anyway. My Kershaw Avalanche has stepped up to replace it in the mean time, although it may be replaced by my 960 (black is preferable in my slacks at work). I'll probably be replacing it with a Khukuri or Phoenix.
I don't know why it broke, but perhaps the very cold weather I had been in before sitting in my car (about 30F) assisted in the brittleness. I suppose in the future all my EDCs will have full steel liners to make this less likely, although the wire clip itself may be vulnerable. This is my third wire-clip Spydie and none have given me trouble though (and the wire clip is far and away my favorite clip in the industry).
at the Spyderco booth. My soon and I talked to the wonderful people there, and when I was putting the Dodo back in my pocket, the head popped off of the retaining screw! This was a knife that I had bought new, not a mark on it, and was the first time I had carried it. Maybe they had a small run of bad screws? 
