Insingo Clip Mishap

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Wicked Sharp

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I've carried my large plain Sebenza Insingo every day, for weeks, clipped to my right front jeans pocket. This evening, as I rose from my office chair to go home, the clip hung on the wood armrail and sprung horribly out of shape. It didn't just pull straightaway from the lockbar. It pulled AND twisted. I removed it and attempted to straighten it with two pairs of pliers, but I was unable to return it to it's original condition. It's back on the knife, and I don't consider it to be a big deal; however, I was wondering what YOU would do and WHY. New clip??? Sprung clip with character??? Repaired (best effort) clip?? Clip insert??? Pocket carry (no clip or insert)??? Pocket carry (leather slip)??? Leather belt sheath??? Or "other"??? I must admit..., I ENJOY carrying the knife where it can be seen. You know..., that whole "pride of ownership" thing like a Rolex watch or full custom 1911? Thanks for your suggestions and comments.
 
Personally, the bent clip would drive me crazy. I have done similar things (i.e. drop on concrete) and always end up fixing it because I like perfection. If you appreciate a 400+ knife, then I would think you would want it perfect.
 
It is true that I am a clip hater but if you find it convenient to clip a knife to your pocket then contact CRK and see about getting a new pocket clip.


Clips are evil incase you were curious.
 
Thanks for the input, thus far. I am okay with the clip "as is". I want to know how YOU would deal with it and WHY. Thanks again.
 
Scrapes and scratches add character. Deformaties should be corrected. An analogous scenario - dropping your knife blade first onto the ground resulting in a bent blade. Do you take out the hammer and get it pretty good, or do you send it off to have it professionally corrected?
 
I bent the clip on my Umnumzaan right out of kilter but was able to bend it back to just about the original shape. It doesn't bother me really as it's all scratched up and dinged from being used anyway. :thumbup:

ganagati said:
Scrapes and scratches add character. Deformaties should be corrected. An analogous scenario - dropping your knife blade first onto the ground resulting in a bent blade. Do you take out the hammer and get it pretty good, or do you send it off to have it professionally corrected?
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If you drop the knife you will lose the tip not bend the blade, I have done it. I also sharpened out the lost point, I'm not about to start sending a knife back for silly stuff like bent clips and lost points.
 
i have a cf sebenza. I originally took the clip off to see how it would be without a clip. The screw stripped out due to how the clip is designed ever so slightly misaligned. Others chimed in and said they had this problem too. They sent out a new screw and it was good for a week. My girlfriend sat very close to me and the clip of the knife caught on her pants as she stood up and bent the clip out. Trying to be careful i removed the clip but the screw stripped again. I did fix the clip, and actually made it a bit tighter than it was previously, which i like. So another call for a clip screw. They sent me two, lol, frequent customer i guess. Anyways, i considered taking the clip off and getting that plate filler, but the clip is too good to give up on. If it lost it's ability to hold your knife or it's ugly, order a new one. No need to worry about losing your knife or having it look fugly.
 
I did something similar with my large sebenza. I just popped it in a vise and bent it back.
 
I'd grap the lil insert plate and then go with slip sheath and then you can carry another folder for harder work then you wouldn't thrash that nice crk lol.
 
Haze said:
If you drop the knife you will lose the tip not bend the blade, I have done it. I also sharpened out the lost point, I'm not about to start sending a knife back for silly stuff like bent clips and lost points.
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I've had more catastrophic results than a lost tip, and that is what I was alluding to. As for sending it back for the clip, would that be required? Would it not be possible to just receive a replacement clip?
 
So was this more catastrophic result as you put it "analogous" or actual ? It sounds rather unlikely you could bend the blade from just a drop so I'm interested in what happeded ?.....I even went to the lengths of starting threads to moan about my mishaps.
A new clip can of course just be fitted after purchase but you state deformaties should be professionally addressed and this thread is about bent clips. I could easily have misread you there though.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...m-that-s-not-good-(warning-bent-clip-content)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/885964-I-m-not-having-much-luck-with-my-Umnumzaan

ganagati said:
I've had more catastrophic results than a lost tip, and that is what I was alluding to. As for sending it back for the clip, would that be required? Would it not be possible to just receive a replacement clip?
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throw in a filler and slip it in the pocket or pop it in a sheath. Lately all these stories of people losing their knives because the clipped snagged something kinda puts a tweak in the back of my head for clips.
 
My small Sebenzas have the clip removed and they go directly into my front pocket with my keys. My two large Sebenzs still have the clip but on my classic I have had it catch and bend. No twisting so it was not to hard to bend it back into shape. I do have to watch though because it does seem to snag on different things.
 
Wicked Sharp said:
Thanks for the input, thus far. I am okay with the clip "as is". I want to know how YOU would deal with it and WHY. Thanks again.
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I would throw the clip out into a field and use it as is or get a clip insert. Which reminds me that I need to call CRK to order one for my small sebenza.
 
Haze said:
So was this more catastrophic result as you put it "analogous" or actual ?
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Actually happened, but with a kitchen knife rather than a pocket knife and with a slightly different story. I clipped the tip of my finger and jumped - the knife went to the ground, catching an open drawer along the way, which ended up bending a portion of the blade. Too much wine while cooking and being stupid about safety... Either way, my point remains - for me, a deformation that could not be fixed to like-new would result in getting it fixed - whether it be sending the knife of to be professionally reground as I did or ordering a new part to replace a mangled looking clip.
 
If it still works fine I would leave it as is. If it didn't grip the pocket as well as before, I would get a new one.
 
I usually try to fix them by clamping in a vise and carefully reshaping them. After a couple of re-bends they need replacing, though. I find that after 20 years of carrying a knife clipped into my left front pocket I seem to have developed an awareness of where it sits and how to avoid snagging it on stuff. Also, at some point I retrained myself to clip the knife as far toward the inner, (belt buckle) side of my pants pocket as I comfortably can. Much less chance of it snagging on anything in that position.
 
So you're not even talking about a CR knife ? There's the problem right there, this happens to be the CRK forum where we talk about Chris Reeve knives. :p

ganagati said:
Actually happened, but with a kitchen knife rather than a pocket knife and with a slightly different story. I clipped the tip of my finger and jumped - the knife went to the ground, catching an open drawer along the way, which ended up bending a portion of the blade. Too much wine while cooking and being stupid about safety... Either way, my point remains - for me, a deformation that could not be fixed to like-new would result in getting it fixed - whether it be sending the knife of to be professionally reground as I did or ordering a new part to replace a mangled looking clip.
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