Wowbagger
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bagger is still obsessing about his pocket clip.
I have a question for those who have both the Cold Steel Hold Out I I I ( the smallest one ) AND the Hold Out I ( the largest one );
Will the large clip fit the smallest knife ?
The bolt pattern looks the same in the catalog photos.
They say on the Frequently Asked Questions that I can get a replacement clip for $5 + shp. They didn't indicate how to order one. I saw no listing for them. Do I have to call them or is there a contact e-mail that is better to use than the others. California vs Arizona etc. ?
Bottom line , after all my semi epic blabbing about modifying my clip by cutting away a third of the width of the clip
I discovered that the gap between the side of the knife and the clip had widened. This was from me repeatedly forcing it onto my thick work pants to see if it was any easier to get back off after each modification.
It was getting easier; partly because the gap was getting wider.
You cant see it but I am now slapping my forehead with the palm of my hand.
If one of you were here you would now be administering a much deserved DOPE SLAP to the side of my head.
Honestly I wish I could then pass that highly effective and instantaneously recognizable communicade on, to the pilot of the big desk at Cold Steel.
Once I saw the big gap between the clip and the side of the knife I realized that clipping it to my shirt pocket was no longer going to keep the knife in my pocket when I bend forward.
I immediately removed the clip for the umpteenth time and carefully bent the clip a tad so it just cleared the knife side, I could slide a sheet of printer paper between with no resistance but a business card would start to drag. That was about where I had it when I adjusted the clip when I got the knife so it would work with summer weight cloths and not get a death grip on the pocket.
So now . . . guess what . . . it is getting a death grip on the lighter of the winter work pants. See last photo for example of pocket. I am not asking too much am I ? ? ? ?
Not gripping as bad after removing metal but . . . unacceptable. Mean while several of my other EDCs work fine with no mods not only with the above pants but with the thicker ones AND my tool belt pouches. AND my shirt pocket. See photo of tool belt pouch.
A nine dollar Gerber box cutter clip . . . .GOOD.
A hundred dollar Cold Steel Hold Out I I I . . . NOT GOOD . . . he has to stay at home until the weather warms up. What ? There is a problem here.
So
before I put a laniard on this other wise hard core, bad boy, fearsome cutting machine . . .
somebody please tell me if the Hold Out clip on the largest knife is longer but still thin.
Maybe I could get my mits on one. Maybe I could put it on my baby Hold Out.
Im not so hot on the laniard.
If you have made it this far with all this yammering, you are a better man than I Gunga Din.
(and thanks for listening)
I have a question for those who have both the Cold Steel Hold Out I I I ( the smallest one ) AND the Hold Out I ( the largest one );
Will the large clip fit the smallest knife ?
The bolt pattern looks the same in the catalog photos.
They say on the Frequently Asked Questions that I can get a replacement clip for $5 + shp. They didn't indicate how to order one. I saw no listing for them. Do I have to call them or is there a contact e-mail that is better to use than the others. California vs Arizona etc. ?
Bottom line , after all my semi epic blabbing about modifying my clip by cutting away a third of the width of the clip
I discovered that the gap between the side of the knife and the clip had widened. This was from me repeatedly forcing it onto my thick work pants to see if it was any easier to get back off after each modification.
It was getting easier; partly because the gap was getting wider.
You cant see it but I am now slapping my forehead with the palm of my hand.
If one of you were here you would now be administering a much deserved DOPE SLAP to the side of my head.
Honestly I wish I could then pass that highly effective and instantaneously recognizable communicade on, to the pilot of the big desk at Cold Steel.
Once I saw the big gap between the clip and the side of the knife I realized that clipping it to my shirt pocket was no longer going to keep the knife in my pocket when I bend forward.
I immediately removed the clip for the umpteenth time and carefully bent the clip a tad so it just cleared the knife side, I could slide a sheet of printer paper between with no resistance but a business card would start to drag. That was about where I had it when I adjusted the clip when I got the knife so it would work with summer weight cloths and not get a death grip on the pocket.
So now . . . guess what . . . it is getting a death grip on the lighter of the winter work pants. See last photo for example of pocket. I am not asking too much am I ? ? ? ?
Not gripping as bad after removing metal but . . . unacceptable. Mean while several of my other EDCs work fine with no mods not only with the above pants but with the thicker ones AND my tool belt pouches. AND my shirt pocket. See photo of tool belt pouch.
A nine dollar Gerber box cutter clip . . . .GOOD.
A hundred dollar Cold Steel Hold Out I I I . . . NOT GOOD . . . he has to stay at home until the weather warms up. What ? There is a problem here.
So
before I put a laniard on this other wise hard core, bad boy, fearsome cutting machine . . .
somebody please tell me if the Hold Out clip on the largest knife is longer but still thin.
Maybe I could get my mits on one. Maybe I could put it on my baby Hold Out.
Im not so hot on the laniard.
If you have made it this far with all this yammering, you are a better man than I Gunga Din.
(and thanks for listening)
