The clip point --simple formula, endless variety

Here's one I bought just to collect, it's a bear cutlery, I thought it looked good at the time and the price was right so why not? When I received it the scales didn't match, chips in the bone, stray grind marks, etc and it pretty much became my most hated knife after having less than ideal dealings with the seller.

On the other hand, it locks up like a bank vault, opens easily and took a hair popping edge with ease, so it's gonna see some use now.

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Jack Black said:
Like what you've done there Jeff. Does the blade sit any lower in the frame now (when closed)?
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Not from the edge regrind, Jack, as I stopped short of the tip. But I did take a smidgeon off the kick to lower the clip in the frame, since quite a bit of the long pull was accessible above the pen blade.
 
black mamba said:
Not from the edge regrind, Jack, as I stopped short of the tip. But I did take a smidgeon off the kick to lower the clip in the frame, since quite a bit of the long pull was accessible above the pen blade.
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Thanks for the info Jeff, was just interested, Nice work :)

Jack
 
scruffuk said:
Glad it arrived okay P. I fugured it woudl be up your street. And thanks to Jack for playing middleman.
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I'm still happily laughing, over here. What a great surprise. :)

Make sure to retrieve your mail from Jack, when the time comes (yours is inside the envelope on the right, addressed to Jack):
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Wait, let's open that clip blade (a favorite!) to keep this thread on some semblance track. :-)

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~ P.
 
I was just waiting for your response so I could post that! :D :D
 
rune1279 said:
:D I know that baby clip profile all too well, having carried a Wenger SAK throughout college.
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Your words reminded me of something, so I went to look. Lo and Behold, and as discovered/identified only after spending time here, the Victorinox Small Tinker I bought when I was 10 or 12 also sports a small clip blade secondary:

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Perhaps that old Tinker, with its own smaller-clip-blade-to-handle ratio, set that "preference" hook deep early on. ;)

Looking at it now, I think I can do a better job sharpening it and restoring its tip than I did as a young'un.

Maybe.

~ P.
 
ISKski said:
I don't remember who it is, but someone on this site has either a primbles or robeson green bone stockman with a long skinny clip that is the most ideal blade shape for me.. (hoping they'll quote me with a picture)
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Or I'll just have to quote myself, Black Mambas photo - but I am talking about the green bone in the middle, that clip point is what dreams are made of (master blade)

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This one could just as easily go in the 'humble rough & ready' thread, but I just finished putting an edge on this:


Long pull, big swedge, bit of belly without getting chunky. (It's also a single-spring pen knife in a frame you'd normally expect a 3.25" stockman to be in -- which is a knife I've been trying to wish into existence for months now, so woohoo!) It sits just high enough out of the frame when closed that you can pinch it open if you like -- another thing I like about a slightly thicker clip point.
 
The Old Timer 8OT and Buck 110 set the standard for me when I think of clip points.
Although I like the clip blade on my Boker Barlow pretty well and Opinel clip points have a nice shape to them
 
Can anyone tell me what type of clip blade that might be in my post a few s up^^^^^^

California? Turkish? Muskrat?

(Reviving this thread because clip points are the best)

 
I've always liked the Case Copperlock clip point; it's kind of got a bold 'yar matey' look to it that gives it some swagger... :)

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Case Mini Copperlock SS in pocket worn Bermuda Green jigged bone

-Brett
 
ISKski said:
Can anyone tell me what type of clip blade that might be in my post a few s up^^^^^^

California? Turkish? Muskrat?
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I would call the green bone a muskrat clip. In the same picture, the stag knife (Moore Maker) on the left is a California clip, while all the rest are regular clips.
 
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