Spyderco Military Clip

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Hey STR, I got referred to you over here. I just got a brand new Spyderso Military for christmas. It's the all black, S30V version. I was wondering what clip styles you have for it, what colors, and do your clips use all three holes?
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
Hey STR, I got referred to you over here. I just got a brand new Spyderso Military for christmas. It's the all black, S30V version. I was wondering what clip styles you have for it, what colors, and do your clips use all three holes?
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No the clip I make for that knife uses two of the three holes and I offer one clip for that model that has been very popular with folks.
Lets see. How to get one and all you need to know is found here in a sticky post top the page somewhere here on page one all the time. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=525771

Picture thread here http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=474676

And low rider picture thread here also both sticky posts always somewhere at the top of the page on page one. I'm sure there are at least a few Military and Para Military models there that show the clip. They use the same clip so other than the point where I fold one over which is slightly different they are the same. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652895

Here is a good shot of a Military with one of my low riders installed from the last link I gave you above. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9026679&postcount=60
Thanks

STR
 
I really like your work but the only pain in the butt thing i see is adjusting the pivot. Is there a way you can make a low rider with a hole for the pivot through the clip & also make the triangle to screw to all 3 screws? Maybe make a hole small enough through the clip for the top screw, and drill a hole just big enough to adjust the screw without ruining the integrity of the clip?
 
How often are you having to adjust your pivot? I've got a Military and two Para Military models both original and the P2 model and I don't find I'm having to fuss with the pivot on them at all. If yours needs frequent adjustment I'd suggest blue loctite to secure it so you don't have to continually adjust the screw. I weighed the options of how to make this clip when I was first approached about them years ago and the issue you just brought up was discussed with some back then. The general consensus was that most people remove the clip to disassemble the knife and that they rarely messed with them other than this. Pivot adjustment can be controlled by using loctite or Goop or teflon tape. However, if one wanted to drill a hole in the pocket clip to insert a driver tool one could do that on the existing design by just making it big enough to let the 1/8 shank of the driver fit through so you could reach the pivot with the proper torx driver but I don't think I'd suggest a bigger hole than this. The first few clips I made did incorporated all three holes but over time it became more and more obvious that its really not necessary to make them this way to get a good reliable clip that works well.

Well, edit that last statement. I don't believe the existing clip I'm making centers exactly over the pivot so I doubt the hole could be centered on the clip to allow for the driver to work to adjust the pivot. About all I could suggest for you would be to send it to me to flip the clip to tip up carry as another way to work around that. Of course it would be a different clip but that would allow you free access to the pivot since that concerns you.

STR
 
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