Got a Lil Temperance 3 somewhat recently and loved it except for the factory pocket clip. I couldn't find a solution for a deep carry clip on this knife after searching the interweb for a few days. Contacted LynchNW and MXG gear but both replied they don't have a Lil Temperance 3. Next closest clip I thought might fit was the one on the Native 5 LW (which both Lynch and MXG make a deep carry version of), but according to Casey Lynch and MXG, the hole spacing was different on their Native 5 LW clips compared to what I measured on the LT3
. Saw an older post on here about a guy asking basically the same thing I was looking for, but he never reported back what solution he found if any. If there was/is a solution out there, I couldn't find it and unfortunately the LT3 clip seemed to be unique among all the current Spyderco models.
Anyway, always been a DIY type person though, so here we go. Designed and 3D printed a little adapter so I can use the deep carry wire clip on my Lil Temperance 3 and made good use of the useless (to me) lanyard hole. The knife now sits much deeper in the pocket and isn't as obvious compared to the factory clip. The wire clip unfortunately isn't long enough to sit in the little circular relief on the scales, but not a big deal to me since I won't see it in my pocket anyway. I also designed another wire clip adapter for my Para 3 just for fun, but already had a Lynch clip for it since I dislike that factory clip even more than the one on the LT3
. Well, just thought I'd share.
Cheers