Let's talk pocket clips! Tip Up? Tip Down?

Belt Clips. Tip up or Tip down carry. Which do you prefer?

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I would prefer that the user has the option to transfer the clip for either tip up or tip down, right hand or left hand carry.
 
Prefer tip down. User choice is probably the best for marketing.

Just spend a few moments "deploying" a Spyderco Military which is a tip down set-up. Then tell me that tip-up is faster. It's the hole that will get you quicker deployment. That, and the SpyderDrop.
 
99+% of the time I do not use the clip on my AFCK, I just carry it tip up in my pocket (along with a little lubrication, check the blade tension once in awhile and adjust it if needed, and an accidental opening should not happen). When I do use the clip, tip down is preferred. I feel it is a different motion, deploying from deep pocket carry vs. using the clip.

Gene
 
I second cgd160's comments. Up/down, left/right is the only way to go. Unless there's a manufacturing issue that prevents it, why not give your users the flexibility? So it costs a few bucks more to drill 4 sets of holes instead one just one. I'll gladly pay it. Besides, that's not going to add appreciably to the overall cost of each knife.
 
I like tip-down on large knives. The quicker I can get my thumb on the opening device, the quicker I can open the blade. If the knife is long, my thumb can't contact the thumbstud or hole--deep in the pocket--while the knife is clipped tip-up; re-gripping--at the expense of more time used--will be necessary after the knife is extracted from the pocket.

Of course there is the flipper/flicking and Emerson Wave options but that's another story. Then, there's the urban legend of humanoids with ultra-extended appendages for breeding and adult movie purposes that would likely also have long enough thumbs for opening large tip-up knives. ;)
 
There's a lot of wisdom in these pages, but ultimately, to be competative in the market you need up, down, left and right. Many of us have developed our tastes on the job, with very valid reasons. We don't want to get caught short with an unfamiliar system that is the only one available. Besides, all those holes will make the knife lighter without sacrificing strength.
 
There's a lot of wisdom in these pages, but ultimately, to be competative in the market you need up, down, left and right. Many of us have developed our tastes on the job, with very valid reasons. We don't want to get caught short with an unfamiliar system that is the only one available. Besides, all those holes will make the knife lighter without sacrificing strength.
 
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