Mcusta Basic Series clip failure

[Yahmanin]

I picked up a Mcusta Basic, damascus and quincewood folder a month or so back. Looked like a nice folder, and the owner made me a pretty nice deal on it (thanks again!) Sweet little knife, I've had a had time letting other knives back into my edc rotation, I like it that much. Couple of days ago, the great limitation of the pocket clip reared it's head, and I snagged the clip on something. Can't even recall what, striker plate from a door jamb, maybe. At any rate, one of the points of attachement for the clip bent out, and failed. Just broke clean through at the top of the arc, the arm on the top on the pic below. The Mcusta's clip is actually a folded over extension of the liner, so I'm having a little trouble visualizing how I'm gonna replace/fix this. Any suggestions? I'm not equiped for a weld, and suspect it wouldn't hold even if I was. I imagine I could easily cut it off and grind it down pretty close to flush, but I'm wondering if I can get an aftermarket clip on it both securely and in such a way as to not ugly a pretty knife up too badly. Anyone have any words of wisdom for me? Beyond, "Have G2 make a belt sheath for you.", that is.

 

[cerulean]

Dang… that certainly sucks! :thumbdn:

I don’t know if you can contact Mcusta directly to see if they’ll replace the knife. It would be interesting to hear how their customer service is. The website of… I guess their North American distributor…www.cutlerydistributors.com , doesn’t seem to be working currently. They listed a toll free phone number in a magazine ad though: 866-862-5233.

Since the knife is easy to take apart, it probably wouldn’t be terribly difficult to remove the remnants of the integral clip and screw a new clip on. There are knife maker supply stores on the internet that offer various pocket clip styles and screws.

 

[Yahmanin]

The problem is the clip isn't modular, it's actually part of the steel liner, an extension of it that's just folded over. Aftermarket isn't gonna cut it without tapping screw holes, which I'm loathe to do in an unfamiliar wood (never messed with quincewood before, no idea how durable/brittle it is). Thanks for the # though, I'll give it a try later today.

 

[sticknrun]

I am sorry that happened to you. I held back from buying one because of this. Please keep up informed if you contact "Mcusta". If they make it right I may feel better about picking one up. I just don't like how the clip is folded over, but I love the knife.

Mike