should I heat my clip before bending?

[paul brown]

I just need to raise the tip of the clip a little at the first bend (so there is more room to feed thicker pockets into) by placing it on a anvil and tapping. Don't know if I should do this with the metal cold or hot?

 

[jlauffer]

I just need to raise the tip of the clip a little at the first bend (so there is more room to feed thicker pockets into) by placing it on a anvil and tapping. Don't know if I should do this with the metal cold or hot?

I've adjusted several clips without heating them. Being such a slight tweak, wouldn't worry about it.

 

[jbmonkey]

^done the same being cold. should be okay if not too hard, too fast and too much.

 

[jux t]

Agreed, no heat necessary.

 

[paul brown]

Success thanks gentlemen

 

[Lesknife]

I had a leatherman clip that snapped when I tried bending it cold. So the replacement I got for it I heated it in the toaster oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes then it bent without snapping but still had good temper to hold in place. Some clips aren’t tempered and can be brittle and some are tempered so you don’t know unless you try but I don’t think tempering it would hurt just to be sure.

 

[nephron]

I would hope they use spring steel for them.

 

[Chris_Texas]

Agreed, no heat necessary.

I bend all of them. Never even considered heating it. Just go slow and bend it less than you thing you need. I usually use the blade of another knife to do this.

Edit: saw your post.

 

[SALTY]

I have patiently, though not always with the level of success or rate of accomplishment that I would like jammed pennies under the clip for a week or so to make the clip (a little) more pocket friendly.

Are you guys that are bending the clips cold removing them from the handle slab first or doing it while the clip is still on the knife?

 

[paul brown]

I was just bending the tip (not the screw side) upwards by removing and tapping on a anvil.

 

[whp]

When just bending the tip, I don t even remove the clip from the handle anymore. I just use a needle nose pliers, careful not to scratch the handle, and bend the tip a bit at as time. Works fine and the new clip configuration stays in place.

 

[The Hawk]

I just bought a Cold Steel Voyager with the 4" Tanto plain blade. Great knife, but that clip is too tight. I'll be trying to bend it later today. I appreciate the info I get on here.

 

[jbmonkey]

I have patiently, though not always with the level of success or rate of accomplishment that I would like jammed pennies under the clip for a week or so to make the clip (a little) more pocket friendly.

Are you guys that are bending the clips cold removing them from the handle slab first or doing it while the clip is still on the knife?

I do the pennies sometimes if clip isn't too tight. I also either remove and bend using vise and hand clip wrapped in something. to stop scratches.

sometimes I just use a flat head screw driver and cover in blue tape and use leverage to bend that way when it attached. depends on how its attached and what is the scale material and screws in steel liners or not. consider all the angles first. also under bend, once bent too far ya have to undo clip and bend back. best to not have to do and redo.

 

[razorburn]

No heat ever and I always bend the clip cold.The only clip that I have ever broke was for zt 0630 which literally snapped in half.