I Had a Bad Day, But the Mailman Made it Better. WARNING, DELICA ABUSE INSIDE

[Rwb1500]

So I bent my FRN Delica's clip today. Not that big of a deal, but I was still a little sad. I walked past a piece of machinery at work and WHAM! I felt like someone was trying to pull my pants off. I looked down and to my horror discovered I'd snagged my clip.



Oopsie. I've got extras. I might try bending it back, to see if it will without breaking, we'll see.

The good news is there was something waiting for me when I got home.




Anybody else ever snap or badly bend a clip?

[Cheddarnut]

Paperclip, yes. My files were a mess for forty minutes. Luckily selectum has excellent W/R and they sent me one the next day, minus shipping and damages for using their name in bogus stories.

[dcmartin2001]

Nice snag on the waved Delica.... Or is it an Endura?

So, you should have absolutely no problem taking that bent clip off and straightening it out. You can use a large pair of pliers to pinch it from the end where the screws are and just give it a little bend. Place it back on the knife and see if you bent it enough.... If not just bend it a little more and Voila! It's similar to cold roll steel so its designed to bend and be bent back

-Best of Luck!

[Cheddarnut]

Paperclip, yes. My files were a mess for forty minutes. Luckily selectum has excellent W/R and they sent me one the next day, minus shipping and damges for usong their name in bogus stories.

[hiredgun]

I used to snag and bend clips quite often in my earlier days. Now I've subconsciously adjusted how I sit in chairs with arms, get in and out of cars/trucks, walk past doors and other objects, etc. I think another thing that has helped me was moving my Spydies to my rear pocket instead of front. :spyder:

[dman62]

Jumped off a piece of equipment once and got hung up on my knife a couple of seconds before the clip snapped. It wasn't a Spyderco and I wouldn't expect any clip to hold up a 220 lb person.

[Blerv]

I've bent one hourglass clip on a Delica (car door somehow). My bro did too. No bent or even snagged wire clips so far.

Luckily the Delica clip is like $4. Might as well try bending it back. It might not be like new but it won't frustrate you as much while waiting for a new one.

[Art_vandeley]

I managed to snap the clip on my Persistence while working. Broke right in half. The clip on my Delica seems to be sturdier. I bend it pretty bad one time, and it bend right back into position.

[Wisehybred]

This is nothing compared to me dropping my NIB lil Temp after work yesterday and broke the tip off. Oh and to make things worse I was opening my Sage 2 this morning and it literally fell inches out of my hand onto my wooden work desk tip dug in and broke it! FML right now. On a side note, I will have some fun re-profiling these blades tonight. Anyone else have a bent clip? :)

[TBomb]

That hardly counts as Delica abuse man. This is Delica abuse:



My wife somehow managed to do that while putting together some new bar stools we got for our house. They had the hardware in a small cardboard box underneath the seat, which was attached by a cloth strap stapled to the bottom of the seat. She was cutting the cloth and somehow that happened. Needless to say I was incredibly bummed and had to try real hard not to get upset about it, since that knife is no longer made and all. I wound up buying a Delica 4 FRN and cannibalizing it to put its blade in the green G10 Delica. :D

[Rwb1500]

That hardly counts as Delica abuse man. This is Delica abuse:



My wife somehow managed to do that while putting together some new bar stools we got for our house. They had the hardware in a small cardboard box underneath the seat, which was attached by a cloth strap stapled to the bottom of the seat. She was cutting the cloth and somehow that happened. Needless to say I was incredibly bummed and had to try real hard not to get upset about it, since that knife is no longer made and all. I wound up buying a Delica 4 FRN and cannibalizing it to put its blade in the green G10 Delica. :D

Oh man. I'm reporting your wife to Delica Protective Services. :D

[Donut]

Lucky that the blade swap worked well.

[NAKK77]

rwb1500. i hope u enjoy that, im missing it already. :)

[ValueKnifeLover]

I have had to bend a couple clips back. It's not that bad. If you just take the clip off the knife it's very easy to bend back. I tend to bend it just barely too far, especially on the delica/endura 4s and once you put the clip back on it hugs the pocket nice and snug (but not too snug)

[Evil D]

I did the same thing, snagged my clip and bent it out real far. Tried to bend it back and it snapped.

[TBomb]

Lucky that the blade swap worked well.

Yeah, it isn't a 100% perfect fit now, but close enough.

[spydutch]

That's one of the main reasons I stopped clipping.

All my Spydies are carried loose in my pocket.

If the knife is too big for that, I won't carry it.

[araneae]

I've bent a few clips and they always go back with a little careful bending.

[dwayne1341]

The Waved Delica is without a doubt my faovorite Spyderco knife. It it about the perfect size and weight. I've got a Waved Delica with the combo blade (like 1/2 serrated). It is the best. I had a **** of a time finding it for sale with the combo blade. In short the Waved Delica is the ****. :spyder:

There are still some Waved Delica trainers out there to be had for about $60 on (EBAY). Pick one up you will not regeret it. I sit and play with the Waved Delica trainer every night when watching TV.

I plan ASAP to get another Waved Delica with the plane blade and dye the blue ish gray FRN handles BLACK with Rit Dye.

dwayne1341

[Rwb1500]

rwb1500. i hope u enjoy that, im missing it already. :)

I'm enjoying it so far, thanks again.

Another package came in the mail today, with some sort if black plastic box and triangular sticks... I'm not quite sure what it is. :D