I had a early delivery in the mail today.
Boomer52 sent me a clip for a evaluation.
Top view OAL
I used 2 different clips for comparison.
No Hole Spydie factory Clip and a Casey Low Pro Long clip.
You can see from the length is near a factory PM2 clip but shorter than a Casey Low Pro Long Clip.
Side height.
Thinner than a PM2 clip.
Flat compared to a Casey Low Pro Long clip.
I installed it on a Cruware Manix2, GB2 and a FRN Delica because I wanted to see if it would work.
On all three knives that I installed it on, it felt really good in hand.
Think of a Nice small rounded palm swell.
No hot spots.
Note: If you mount it on a FRN Delica. You will end up covering the lanyard hole.
The retention on the Delica felt like a factory clip that has a slight bend in it. Slides in and out easily.
I know Boomer did not have this clip in mind to be installed on FRN.
But I had to know since I have one.
Only thing I noticed so far.
I know its a Prototype and there is going to be some tweaking and general trade offs.
The retention is less than factory.
Is it a bad thing? Depends on end user....For me it is perfect.
To give you an idea how much less. The retention is very close to a BM Low Pro clip that is on the 810 Contigo and BM 550-1.
Things I like about it.
Blends in perfectly with my scales.
It will
remain BLACK forever because it is not painted.
The retention works for me.
Drawing the knife was still a breeze.
On the bottom of the clip there is plenty of meat for me to hook it and aid in withdrawing it from my pocket.
Middle finger hooks bottom clip...Zero issues with Boomers clip. Just as smooth as factory and Casey clip.
The ramped slope is less prominent but still enters your pocket just as easy.
As for durability?
91bravo will find out.
I will find out to. The seat belt monster gets me every now and then.
And he does not care if it is G10, Steel or Ti. Nothing will survive.
How it looks on my Manix.....
Perfect.
No pics of the GB2 because it looked funny.
Black G10 clashed with the carbon fiber.
And the Camera battery died when I had it on the Delica.
Things to tweek.
A little more retention.
It is tolerable but a little more would not hurt.
For now
Boomer has a winner in the making.
Looks like G10 Spydies will have more clip options..