Shabaria clip

[Klesk]

I just got a nice early Shabaria (#068, VG-10, closed back) that has no clip. I have a spare "standard" Spyderco clip, but the screws are too small. It's strange because the screws I have fit almost all my other knives (Spyderco, CRKT, Buck, etc.). Does the Shabaria have a special clip and/or screws? If so, where can I get a replacement?

 

[Zardoz]

Hi Klesk - those early Shabarias (and probably all of them?) had a gloss black clip with gold Spyderco emblem, and a small hole beneath the middle screw hole that allowed access to the blade pivot screw without removing the clip.

 

[The Deacon]

Klesk,

If the clip and screws from a newer Shabaria (VG-10 but open back) would fit, send me an email with your snail mail addy. Took the clip off mine, got Vess to make me up a nice sheath to fit it without the clip, could not find set screws to fill the holes, so I filled the screw holes peramanently. Clip is as Zardoz described, black, gold spydie bug, three screw holes with a larger 4th hole below them for access to the pivot screw.

Edited to add: Oh, and I just checked, the hole pattern is way different from the three screw clip on my Vesuvius, but looks about the same as that on my Herbst.

 

[Klesk]

Thanks for the info Zardoz.

Deacon: e-mail on the way. Thanks a bunch for the assistance!

 

[The Deacon]

Glad I could be of help Ross, us NRA lifers gotta stick together.