A.G., thank you. It is quite possible I was fiddling with the knife in my pocket without realizing it since I had been fiddling with it hours on end before sticking it in my pocket. And my fiddling was intended on purpose to make it open easier at the detent. Tip up or down isn't as significant here, in my opinion, as to whether the blade opens to the left or right. Carrying it in my left pocket, the way I had it let the blade open slightly to the right, tip up, poised ready to stab me like a Maasai lion spear when I jammed my hand in that pocket. If I were to carry it in my right pocket I would switch the clip back like it was so the blade opened to the right up against the lining of that pocket. What counts is which pocket you carry it in since I would want the blade tucked up against my pocket lining whichever side. To me the question of tip up or down is irrelevant here. Waistband carry would be different.
I should point out that even tho I carry clip folders in my left pocket to keep them out of my way, I'm right handed. So when I do use the knife I pull it with my left hand and pass it to my right hand ready to open. I too was using my third or fourth finger in the clip the way it came. When I swapped ends, it became a choice between my forefinger or my third finger in the clip groove and it seems most natural to use the third. If I'm right handed, why don't I carry it in my right pocket? That's where I carry my keys on a chain and my cheap Barlow I don't mind sticking in the dirt or losing or loaning to someone to use. A knife clipped in that pocket would be constantly snagging and in the way. Please don't go changing the knife on my account, since like I said I may well have fiddled it open. Perhaps a small card included with the knife suggesting swapping the clip for left pocket carry if that turned out to be a problem for anyone else but me. Certainly making the detent stronger would just increase my own initial problem. I would be more than happy to provide additional feedback on any of this.
I should point out that even tho I carry clip folders in my left pocket to keep them out of my way, I'm right handed. So when I do use the knife I pull it with my left hand and pass it to my right hand ready to open. I too was using my third or fourth finger in the clip the way it came. When I swapped ends, it became a choice between my forefinger or my third finger in the clip groove and it seems most natural to use the third. If I'm right handed, why don't I carry it in my right pocket? That's where I carry my keys on a chain and my cheap Barlow I don't mind sticking in the dirt or losing or loaning to someone to use. A knife clipped in that pocket would be constantly snagging and in the way. Please don't go changing the knife on my account, since like I said I may well have fiddled it open. Perhaps a small card included with the knife suggesting swapping the clip for left pocket carry if that turned out to be a problem for anyone else but me. Certainly making the detent stronger would just increase my own initial problem. I would be more than happy to provide additional feedback on any of this.
