clip design

[lorax]

Hi all,



I guess i've been lurking round here a lot, but just got round to signing up then....



Anyway, on the subject of clips, I see that people lament the fact that clips are sometimes unavoidably in the tip-up position because of mechanical reasons. Anyhow, I came round to thinking that you could have a clip that was just sort of doubled back on itself......you'll understand if you see the pic. (if I can post it)



Forgive me if it has been suggested before, but it just seems an alternative to one-way clips. It might be a little bulkier, but I guess that once you get used to it... (I find that my worker is fine now, but I had problems at first...)



regards,



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[Pachucko]

Welcome aboard; We love to &quot;see&quot; new people with new ideas. Please try to post your pic again.
Pachucks

[delicrazy]

i actually understand that. it seems as thoughit may be a little bulky as you say and you would haveto make sure that the clip was tight enough on the second loop but yes that would be cool

[lorax]

hi all,

Thanks for the welcome, sorry the pic didnt work...

Here goes again....

[Clay Kesting]

G'day lorax,

Welcome to the forum. It's good to see another Aussie turning up here. There used to be a couple of others but they seem to have drifted off somewhere. I like your clip idea although it may be a little bulky and tend to catch on things when the inside position is used. It would be a nice alternative to having unused holes in a knife which is drilled for both positions.

Clay

Life's too short to waste on instant coffee.

[Sword and Shield]

Howdy Lorax! Welcome to <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>Land! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Your idea, while it may be bulky, is appealing. While I love knives tip-up, having a way for tip-down conversion and vice versa is very useful.

Maybe one of the illustrious <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>Crew will see that and try it out.

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

[dialex]

Welcome aboard! Looks like a good ideea. Still needs some thinking, though. I don't know how would it feel in your hand when you keep your knife. Being bulkier, the clip is more susceptible to overtravel and play. It also may hang by other parts of the clothing when you try to take the knife out of the pocket. Anyway, it's a good start. As Edison used to say &quot;1% inspiration, 99% perspiration&quot; <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[ligaturejustice]

That's a neat idea. I thought of a way to
reduce the bulk.

You know how Meerkat's got the nice low-profile
wire clip? Well, by making the wire clip bend
back on its own path you could have the
advantages of your two-way clip design
without taking up more space than, e.g.,
a Delica clip.

This design has the advantage of snagging
things less.

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ligaturejustice

[ligaturejustice]

The forum software is ... hard to use. It
gives an error message on every reply and
did not get the image I set it to post.

I'm trying to post the image again.

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ligaturejustice

[dfmccarthy]

The picture showed up fine for me. I'm interested in making a change in the clip on my Rescue. The spare clip I ordered to try reshaping (black) seems to be an investment casting. First I tried heating the mounting end to red heat and letting it cool slowly to anneal it. (It's magnetic, so I assume it's a steel alloy.) It showed no signs of malleability. Next I tried bending it while heated. It finally bent a little at one of the preexisting bends. But the &quot;feel&quot; when it bent wasn't right. Looking closely, sure enough microcracks. Does anybody know if Spyderco makes a clip with the 10.5mm width and 8mm hole in spring steel? Or should I get some spring steel locally and start from scratch?
If I get good with a drawing program I'll try to make a neat picture of what I want to do like the guy that started this discussion. Also to repeat a comment I made elsewhere, I found black heatshrink tubing to be an effective cover for making silver clips black. Lasts for many years.