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Who's Lost a Pocket Knife???

I never use the clip. Instead, I´ve sawn pouches to all my knives and carry them deep down my pocket. BTW the pouches are made out of soft leather with velcro closings and I´ve never lost a single knife
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I regularily check to make sure the knife is still clipped securely and isn't starting to loosen. When running (across the street or something), I place my hand on my knife clip and make sure it stays down. Also, if I feel the pocket's fabric isn't thick enough to allow a good "bite" with the clip, I move it to my waistband where my lard will hold it down as it sags.
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This is usually in the summer when I'm on vacation because that's when I have enough lard to roll over and keep the knife down in my waistband. During school, I'm usually more physically fit and don't have enough lard to do this.

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Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
 
U tell me...what's worse, losing the knife forever, or having it fall in the toilet/urinal at a PUBLIC restroom?

As far as lost knives, my girlfriend FORGOT our CS BUSHMASTER in the woods of upstate NY after a hiking weekend.

I have lost three folders; Police model, Delica, and Native. They were all spydercos, so I feel that the old plastic clip design was subject to criticism. However, I have since located EVERY one of these lost knives! A few weeks away at Spyderco, and they were in tip top shape.

I lost my Police Model in a move from my mother's house; turned up under a frige TWO YEARS later. I lost the Delica in a car wreck; turned up in the torn/ripped clothing I had on that day, which was put away for "posterity." I lost the Native at school; thought I would never find the damn thing, but to my astonishment, one of my peers, who knew I was into knives, found it, and brought it to me thinking it may have been mine! Cool guy! I bought him a few beers...good old college days!

My rek'mndation...Use Epoxy to secure the lock screws, and keep tabs on the clip's tension.


Steve in NYC

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Sheesh! Who hasn't lost one? There's the nice little SAK from my Aunt Phoebe which I lost the next day (about age 10), then numerous Scout knives, a few Case two and three blade folders, the trappers, the nice Solingen hunting knife I got one year for Christmas... a few that were stolen... Maybe we should start a new forum here, Lost Knives and Memories...
 
Endura 98 half serrated, like new.

What I was going to do before I lost it was super glue a piece of ping pong paddle rubber under the clip.
 
Probably my own echo, but I bought an ATCF from Terzuola in the mid-80's. I wasted no time misplacing it. Didn't see it for about 10 years. After finally finding it, I promptly lost it again after about a week. Haven't seen it since. That folder just did not like me.
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While assigned to Marine Safety- watercraft patrol, I let a boater use my Spyderco Police, which had been an academy graduation gift from my father, along with the passing of the badge (2nd generation leo). The boater was stranded with a ski line wrapped in his prop. Needless to say he dropped it in the water, lost forever. I was not happy, replaced it with an Endura, lost it the same way less than a month later. After that I learned to put a wrist lanyard on knives near watercraft and not to let other people use my knives.

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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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"Those who hold the thin blue line keep order, and insure that anarchy and chaos will not prevail."
 
I have lost several knives and some stolen can't figure out whicch one hurts the worse. Lost my endura only to find it in the Chair that I was sitting in. The same happened to my leatherman in a aftermarket sheath which clipped to the belt it was a while before I realised I lost it found it at my brothers it to fell of in the chair. I have had to many knives stolen from me and now try to hide all my knives.I still cry alot

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I rotate my carry knives from my collection. So, it's like russian roulette for me. I never know which one I'm going to lose. I've tried to forget about the knives I've lost so I can sleep at night. Sometimes, when I have a memory accident, I cry myself to sleep just wishing I could hold my lost kinfe one more time.

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M.Ogg

"It's better to be thought a fool and remain silent, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
 
The last knife I lost was the SAK that I carried for three years. It slid out of my pocket while I was turkey hunting this spring (the pockets on fatigues aren't very deep). I know where it is and will probably retrieve it during deer season, but it wasn't worth the 1.5hour round trip to pick it up. Luckily, it's not a high traffic area.

Chris
 
I was goimg to reply to this yesterday and tell how I lost my first Syderco while hunting a few years ago, but time did not allow me, we were running late for a wedding. Well guess what ? I lost a knife at the wedding! I had a small all stainless Kershaw that was a gift I received when I was in a wedding anumber of years ago. Those damn baggie dresspants, must have slid right out the pocket. Oh well I did'nt lose my G10 Rookie that I had in my other pocket plus my LCC is due to come sometime next week
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As a grade-schooler, I lost quite a few cheap knives. In junior high, I got a 4 bladed Case knife for my birthday. I lost it out of my dress pants at a church thing, and was VERY upset. I've lost a few other folders, but none made me as mad as that Case. I was almost ready to have my parents drive me the 2hours back to where we were. Luckily, I haven't lost another knife since '92. (Knock on wood), and with the price of my toys going up all the time, it's a good thing.

Daniel D.
 
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