Lowsy clip constuction of the D4

[spydutch]

Greetings you all :)

Today I decided to give my D4 some pocket time to see if the knife woud grow on me. After all I figured if you buy a new car you have to get used to it as well. ;)

Well I wanted to know how the knife would feel and fuction tip up so I changed the clip position. I liked tip up better, so I tried to change it again. All went well for the first 2 screws only the last screw didn't catch anymore.
I used a perfectly fitting torx key and did very careful.

I was pi :mad: :mad: ed off like hell because this is the second D4 in my posession with this problem. The first was send to Golden by my great knife brother Jurphaas.

I won't send this knife to Golden, because I'm a little fed up with it.

I have 1 user D3/SE and 2 NIB back ups, so I think I will stick with those(I like them better anyway ;) )

I'm very sorry about this Sal and crew :o You made a fine knife but the clip construction unfortunately leaves much to desire :(

[spydutch]

I'm sorry you all, I should have posted this on the General Discussion :o

Maybe Kristi will be so kind to move it?

[David Lowry]

So do you mean that the liner is now stripped where the screw threads into it? Or are the threads on the screw stripped? Or......do you mean the torx head stripped?

I have had the pivot screw and the one of the stop pin screws on my Paramilitary both strip. I was using the Husky torx driver kit from Home Depot. It's weird it's like some of the torx heads on the screws are correctly shaped and some are not. My Para is apart right now and I am waiting for the new screws to put it back together. ;)

[Episteme]

sorry to hear about the clip troubles; for what it's worth, I've had my D4 for about 2 months now, and it's seen some substantial pocket duty. I havn't had any problems with the clip, and I have switched it back and forth a couple times. However, I think I do prefer the older clips (the ones without the screws on the FRN models), they seem to be less harsh on the pockets, and easier to draw. My FRN E4 requires quite a tug to draw from the pocket.
Mike

[STR]

Very rarely does the liner strip out. Its 99.9% of the time always the screw and probably just the tip at that. If you can try swapping it to another hole sometimes it will catch in one when it doesn't in another.

STR

[David Lowry]

Very rarely does the liner strip out. Its 99.9% of the time always the screw and probably just the tip at that. If you can try swapping it to another hole sometimes it will catch in one when it doesn't in another.

STR

That's good to know. I was thinking that the screw should be softer than the liner. The heads of some of the screws seem very soft just by the way the strip out. Other screws on the exact same knife wouldn't strip out if I tried real hard to strip them on purpose. ;)