I really would have been a headcase if I lost my Hinderer or something like an HDS. I was pretty wound up after losing a pen that I planned on ordering a replacement for ASAP. It's funny- I've only ever legitimately lost 2 knives (one was found a couple of days later, the other forever lost in the sands of time). The first, I lost from my back pocket almost exactly a year ago and it is what prompted me to join bladeforums. I figured if I was going to replace the lost knife, a benchmade, I might as well make it something good and with a better clip. I really had never even seen many people who clipped there knives in their front pockets before here, since where I'm from most guys carry in their back pocket (better access from a saddle and whether you ride or not it's tradition). Fast forward roughly 3 months later, I've worked my way through a few Kershaws before deciding I must own a Sebenza. First knife I ever carried in my front pocket and literally lost it two weeks later. I found it out in the pasture after a few days and sold it not long after because some deviously brilliant guy at a knife shop in Fort Worth let me try out his Hinderer. Since, I've gone back to my back pocket. It feels more comfortable to retrieve for me and oddly enough I seem to almost never get it caught whereas anything in my front pocket was for getting stuck in seatbelts or bailing wire or even once in fly fishing line as I was untying a knot (obviously I'm not very good).
it's nice to know that there are honest people out there. You owe that guy a 6 pack.