Importance of a good clip

corwise

corwise

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For Christmas, my wife bought me my most expensive pocket knife ever. $925 for a very nicely custom made 'hard use' folder. I'll skip putting the name, as it'd just depress me. Unfortunately, as I soon discovered, when the awesome hard use knife uses a small, flimsy wire pocket clip that looks almost artistic but is in no way tough, it's a bad combination. After a few days I noticed the clib had bent slightly from simply putting it into my pocket. I told myself I'd have to fix it that evening, unfortunately the clip failed to hold on for the evening, so someone has a brand new knife. It was either in church or at the BX, but either way it's gone.
So, important lesson. The knife was amazing, awesome, etc. The pocket clip was more artistic then useful. Bad f-ing call.
 
Wow, that really sucks. Have you called the BX and church and asked them to give you a ring if it gets turned in?
 
Yeah, checked with both, left numbers. Put a lost and found in the local online sites, etc. No luck so far, pretty much given up.
 
Man, that bites. Hope there's some kind of resolution....
 
I think if a person carries an expensive or otherwise valuable knife, that it's not a bad idea to have it engraved with your name and phone number. It could mean the difference between getting it back when lost, or losing it forever.

This is what I did with my Bradley Alias (expensive and valuable to me). But so far, fortunately, I haven't lost it.

I hope you get your knife back Corwise.
 
At almost a grand, it might be worth looking into seeing if your homeowner's or renter's insurance will cover it, depends on what your deductible is.
 
Plead with the maker?

Honestly if it were a knife I made and this was the result of a wire clip failure I'd be inclined to replace it. That very well may not be the case with whoever made your knife, but it couldn't hurt to ask right?

The most expensive part of the knife he made for you (barring exotic material) would be his time. It may be worth it to him in return sales and cs to just replace it.
 
Strigamort said:
Plead with the maker?

Honestly if it were a knife I made and this was the result of a wire clip failure I'd be inclined to replace it. That very well may not be the case with whoever made your knife, but it couldn't hurt to ask right?

The most expensive part of the knife he made for you (barring exotic material) would be his time. It may be worth it to him in return sales and cs to just replace it.
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+1. The positive feedback they'd get from you posting your story of your nice lost knife being replaced would more than make up for what they would expend in duplicating your knife.
 
Sorry to hear.
I am hopeful you will find it in the crease of your carseat or under a couch cushion.
 
gooeytek said:
(1) Who's the maker?

(2) Who designs an expensive hard-use knife with a flimsy clip?
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#1 is a reasonable question.
#2 is NOT reasonable, IF we hope that the maker will produce a replacement.

$925 is heavy-duty money. Gosh, my XM-18 was $725 and I thought that was expensive. Sold it, of course.
I'm drawn to production folders that run from about $300 to $450. I'm happy with those. Pronounced "SEBBIE" :)
Sonny
 
corwise said:
For Christmas, my wife bought me my most expensive pocket knife ever. $925 for a very nicely custom made 'hard use' folder. I'll skip putting the name, as it'd just depress me. Unfortunately, as I soon discovered, when the awesome hard use knife uses a small, flimsy wire pocket clip that looks almost artistic but is in no way tough, it's a bad combination. After a few days I noticed the clib had bent slightly from simply putting it into my pocket. I told myself I'd have to fix it that evening, unfortunately the clip failed to hold on for the evening, so someone has a brand new knife. It was either in church or at the BX, but either way it's gone.
So, important lesson. The knife was amazing, awesome, etc. The pocket clip was more artistic then useful. Bad f-ing call.
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That sucks. Alot.
Sorry to hear this. I'd be devastated.
 
Couldn't you carry it without using the clip? Especially since you noticed that it was flimsy.

I think it's unreasonable to ask the maker for a new knife when you lost it. I could never imagine asking spyderco, kershaw, CRK or any other companies for a new knife if I had lost one because the clip was flimsy.
 
Sonnydaze said:
#1 is a reasonable question.
#2 is NOT reasonable, IF we hope that the maker will produce a replacement.

$925 is heavy-duty money. Gosh, my XM-18 was $725 and I thought that was expensive. Sold it, of course.
I'm drawn to production folders that run from about $300 to $450. I'm happy with those. Pronounced "SEBBIE" :)
Sonny
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I highly doubt the maker will replace his knife. just being realistic. However, if the maker is called out for the shortcomings of his knives' clips, maybe he'll step up his game and future patronizers won't suffer the same loss. It might be a learning experience.
 
I agree, if I were considering a knife that cost almost a grand, I'd damn well like to know if it had any shortcomings!
 
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