Folder keeps slipping out...suggestions?

[RichardMT]

My wife has a favorite folder, the KaBar Phat Bob. The only problem is...she cant carry it.

The clip is decent, but slick and the handle slabs are fairly slick too, so the knife easily starts to work its way out of her pocket when carrying.
She does not carry it now for fear of losing it and wants me to "fix it"...so now I am asking, how do it fix it?

[XXet]

why dont you try scoring the grips in a diamond pattern .........

[jekostas]

Before you do that, try putting a thin strip of cloth tape on the handle underneath where the clip is.  That should add some friction to the handle without putting it in to "pants-shredding" territory.  I do that with a couple of my folders using hockey stick tape (you can get it at any sporting supply store).

For a more permanent change, you could mask off the area underneath the clip and roughen it up with some 80 grit sandpaper.

[Benner]

Skate board tape cut to the shape of the clip and placed on the scale underneath would sort that problem and still look good.

On a different note, I like that folder.  I may have to check those out.

[RichardMT]

Will definitely try the tape route!!

[ducktapehero]

Remove the clip and pocket carry it? 

[nuphoria]

If that's a lanyard hole at the end, how about a little piece of cord attached to a belt or something as a back up measure.

[RichardMT]

If that's a lanyard hole at the end, how about a little piece of cord attached to a belt or something as a back up measure.

Thats a good idea...had not thought of anything like that!! Thanks!

[Threeme2189]

You could also try bending the pocket clip so that it has a but more pressure against the handle.

[Zack]

Is it Micarta?  Take some sandpaper and rough up the back scale a bit.