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I have a knife that when I first got it, that sucker was chewing the heck out of my pocket. It was the more rough finished G10, which i just love the grip they afford us.

I took a small burr on an end grinder and not so tactfully chewed a smooth flat place under where the pocket clip pinch point is.

It looked really awful at best, but it did the trick. On all my others I just bent the clip backwards a little, to just easy up the pinched tension and that works too, and looks way better, way way better.

I should have taken the time and took a 1/2" square end mill bit and chucked that knife up and planed a nice neat small oval, instead of what I did.

I destroyed some pants once with my Delica. Practicing my back pocket quick draw and dragged the tip across the fabric.

The offender.

WilliamMunny wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:42 pm

I wear suits a lot of time for work but my Spyderco knives tend to destroy my pocket. I carry tip up front right pocket. I also tend to carry 3” (Para 3, Native 5, Sage 5, etc.) knife while in a suit. I never have the issues in kakis or jeans.

Does anyone have the same issue? Has anyone found a way to save your pants?

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I don't wear a suit for work (it would be funny if I did) but I have worn trousers made with thinner material during extremely hot summer days & their pocket hems don't stand up well to knife pocket clips at all. The best solution I've found is to just carry the knife loose in the pocket. It takes a bit more fiddling around to get it out (especially if it shares space in the pocket with other stuff) but it's the only way to ensure that the hem doesn't get worn prematurely.

If you're worried that the hard edges of the folded knife (such as the blade's spine or the edges of the hourglass clip) might damage the fabric of the pocket itself, you can carry your folder in a small pocket organizer. The Maxpedition Micro Pocket Organizer is only a little longer than a typical wallet (and is about the same width and thickness) and any ~3 inch-bladed Spyderco should fit inside it while still leaving room for IDs, credit/debit cards, keys, and a pen. If you want something classier that will allow you to grab your knife without messing around with a zipper, Popov Leather makes what they call Leather EDC Pocket Armor for carrying a small to medium sized pocket knife and a pen in your pocket. I'm not 100% sure it will accomodate a Para 3 because of its prominent hump, but a Native 5, Sage 5, or Delica 4 will fit, I think (you might want to shoot them an email and ask, just to be sure).

I like the looks of those man. Really see that leather one work really well for some of you guys. Heck if it's not big enough for our larger Spyderco 's, it wouldn't take much to make one of those easy enough...

Danke wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:59 pm

I destroyed some pants once with my Delica. Practicing my back pocket quick draw and dragged the tip across the fabric.

The offender.

I can see that happen easy enough trying to quick draw that knife. If I was you, you should call that knife the Murderer lol...

This is a marketing win for Spyderco if they approach 3 to 5 large manufacturers of mens and womens pants, and negotiate a proper fix. "Pants Inspired by Spyderco Knives"

I been wearing the UF PRO- P-40 Gen 3 version pants for quite sometime now and these pants rock. Knives, mags, hand torches or just about anything, there is a place for it.

They are even setup for two Waist belts. The first one for the pants fitment and/or lighter weight gear. Then on top of that one through these double belt loops, a heavy type of duty belt, if you need that also.

Makes for a killer setup and through the belt loops of the pants.