Milled titanium clips

David Bowen · **on:** August 02, 2024, 03:43:48 AM

How do you guys feel about milled Ti pocket clips? I love a good stainless clip, simple yet effective. And if I catch it on something I can often bend it back. It is very unforgiving and have ruined a clip this way, but that's not what I want to talk about. I want to point out how there's a plethora of poorly designed clips out there. Just because it's made out of Ti we're supposed to accept it when a awesome design comes with a poorly designed clip. Below is my example, Kansept Tuckermore is a nice clip with good spring to it, but the lip at the end, I've called it a flare, or a scoop. Does it have an official name? Its poorly designed. Unless I'm wearing slacks it's a bear to get this knife in my pocket. Part of the fun of using a knife is the enjoyment of deployment and re-clipping.

This second image is another Kansept knife, the new Cassowary. This clip is angled beautifully and makes using the clip feel like an extension of the knife as a whole. No fiddle farting around with trying to get it back in the holster. I don't know why they all cannot be designed like this. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. As a knife aficionado it's one of the things that drives me bonkers.

nate j · **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2024, 04:23:49 AM

I agree that there are a lot of garbage pocket clips out there, including on some moderately expensive knives.

Designing a good clip isn’t that hard, but it does require some effort as opposed to zero effort I guess.

Some of them also come way too tight, and then I have to adjust them. I don’t need the knife to stay clipped while I jump out of airplanes or anything like that. I do want to be able to clip and unclip the knife without a major battle or tearing my pockets.