Accidental Opening with Keychain Ladybug

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Accidental Opening with Keychain Ladybug

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Have you or anyone you know ever had a keychain Ladybug open accidentally in pocket or purse? I ask because the orange Ladybug I gave my wife opened up accidentally in her purse today, and when she reached in for her keys, it gave her a little bite. Luckily it was very minor, but unfortunately now she doesn't want to carry it any more. :( My wife has so much...useful stuff she feels she has to carry... :D in her purse, it must have gotten snagged on something and worked it's way open.

Has something similar ever happened to anyone else here with a Ladybug or Jester? Any suggestions to get that Ladybug back on her keychain? (Please don't suggest I ask her to carry less stuff in her purse :D ). By the way, I've had a SS Ladybug on my keys for nearly 2 years with no problem at all.
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Yes! I thought about not carrying mine on my key ring anymore.......until my finger didn't hurt anymore :)

I had a few things in my front pocket along with it (my phone, etc.), and I was trying to pull my keyring out. It didn't come out the first time, and when I reached back in......ouch :o ....the point to the tip of my finger. It opened on me again in a loose coat pocket last week (no stabbing), but again I had a few things in my pocket along with it.

they do open easily
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never had it happen, but you could put a small rubber band around it to hold it back if it does happen frequently
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Never happened to me or my wife but maybe you could get a small, thin, soft leather pouch to cover it? If it fits it well, that should work fine.

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Altoid tin.

My wife carries her bug in one (along with other items). The narrow, elongated tin they make for chewing gum would work best. Doesn't take up much room in her purse.
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I normally carry mine in a pocket by itself, and I've never attached it to a keyring.
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....so no it's never opened on me.
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I made a small kydex sheath for mine that hangs from the keyring so the knife is removable-sorry I dont have a pic now but i will try to get one :D
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I did find my H1 Ladybug partially open in my pocket, on a set of keys. I have since taken it off the keyring and put it in the 5th pocket of my jeans.

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Ive had that happen before. What I find happens is one of the keys on the keyring goes through the hole and opens the knife. Never had that problem when I carry the knife without being on a keyring. Could very easily make a kydex sheath that would hang from the keys with the knife in it, that would then be removed from sheath used, and then replaced. Would make the knife more useful as well as it wouldnt be attached to bunch of keys that way.
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I've had Ladybugs on keys open accidentally an bite - mostly fingers but once a pretty good stick in the thigh while keys were in the ignition. :eek:
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it happens so much with my girlfriend and other girls i know, that i almost think they forget to shut them.

either that or something in the never ending purse of crap opens it, who knows ?

my SS ladybug has never opened in my pocket but also the SS ladybug is alot more tight and harder to open than the FRN, thats why i love the SS for these keychain Spydercos
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People need to check for lint regularly - it'll keep the blade partly open. My SE Jester did, however come open because a key somehow got caught in the hole. I didn't get cut, but now I always keep it or the Ladybugs alone in a pocket.

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This is not totally relevant...but this happened with my Spin with keychain carry (more easily understood given the framelock and ball detent). Key got in the hole and opened it up. Quite a scary feeling once you know what is going on...Now Spin is money clip without incident.
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Hasn't happened to me.... but I keep my Ladybug in that mini-pocket that jeans have which sits sort of inside the main pockets. Think it might be meant for chnage or something... who knows. It's the perfect size for the ladybug (on my jeans anyways).
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Shifty wrote:Hasn't happened to me.... but I keep my Ladybug in that mini-pocket that jeans have which sits sort of inside the main pockets. Think it might be meant for chnage or something... who knows. It's the perfect size for the ladybug (on my jeans anyways).
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I only just got a Ladybug, haven't put it on keys, and haven't had any problems with it opening, but I do have a suggestion. I put a loop of paracord on it to use as a finger lanyard when I wanted to get a more secure grip on it. The loop size needed to wrap around a finger or two happened to be just the right size to be swung over the closed blade's hump, where it would sit quite securely upon the jimping, holding the blade closed. You might want to try adding something like that to act as a safety latch for key carry.
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It's been a few good years since I carry the Ladybug attached to the keys and I never experienced accidental openings.
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i had mine on a key chain with my keys which i keep clipped to my belt loop and in jumping around it opened and then slapped into my hand i bled all over :eek:
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As a follow up to my original post, my wife decided to carry her Ladybug in a little zippered pocket on the inside of her purse, sans keys or anything else in with it. It's been a couple of months with no more accidental openings, and she's used it quite a lot in that time, I'm happy to say. But on a keychain with other stuff mixed in a pocket or purse seems to be not a great idea, at least with the FRN Ladybugs.

BTW, I gave 7 of these to my brothers-in-law (big family), all carry them on their keychains, and none of them has had a problem, plus they say they're amazed at how useful such a little knife can be.
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