Honeybee Tie Clips

[bflying]

After I recently became a certified Spyder Knut, I made a tie clip out of a honeybee slip-it. The Bug was too small, and the Grasshopper was a tad heavy. Friends and family saw it and I kept getting gift requests.

Most have been given away, though I do have one neighbor that saw mine at church and wanted one, then another, then a bunch for his grandkids. Also gave him a few .223 clips. I've given him a number of knives over the years because he is so enamored with most knives that I have carried. So when he made the request of me, he offered to pay whatever I wanted. I only charged him my raw cost because they were really just for fun, not trying to turn out a product. But they do turn heads. I guess a plus is that you always have at least a tiny edge with you...hidden in plain sight.

Probably a bigger hit then the year I gave .280Rem brass screwdrivers (and full kits to a select few) for Christmas.

Crap, why does TinyPic host always rotate my pics? Sorry for that. I have not found a rotate feature on their site yet.

 

[inkynate]

Awesome idea, thanks for the pics!

I also host on tinypic. I usually take and post pics from my phone. I used to have the same problem, but realized any time I cropped a pic the correct orientation would "stick."

 

[bflying]

Awesome idea, thanks for the pics!

I also host on tinypic. I usually take and post pics from my phone. I used to have the same problem, but realized any time I cropped a pic the correct orientation would "stick."

Apophis, thanks for the tip. Where you cropping on your phone, or did you find some edit feature on Tinypic?

 

[Barman1]

Care to share your method of affixing the clip to the knife??

 

[inkynate]

Apophis, thanks for the tip. Where you cropping on your phone, or did you find some edit feature on Tinypic?

Just on my phone. The Android Gallery on my Samsung has a crop tool built in. It also doesn't seem to matter how much or little you crop at all.

 

[bflying]

I actually just used basic super glue. I purchased some epoxy originally, but decided to try one out with super glue because it was fast 'n easy, and it held just fine. So I just kept using it. Probably given out about a dozen of them now.

I also tried using a magnet on the back. It takes a fairly strong little rare earth magnet to stick through both layers of a basic silk tie. But the day I wore it, seemed to move around a bit, and was afraid of losing it at speed on my bike. The clip seems much more solid, although unable to center on the tie like the magnet.

Now if I could find a raw flat topped tie/lapel pin at the hobby shops (tried locally, no luck), then was thinking of using the little "Bug" as a lapel pin. Dang, I'm a walking advertisement on the one day a week I don't wear jeans.