I've got a recent production of this, they changed the pocket clip to a pretty typical milled shape that's flat across the top and moves the contact point further down the handle so it isn't right on the cutout.
I like it a lot, don't see this detail anywhere but the whole knife is tungsten DLC coated except for the blade, then the handle is distressed on the raised areas. It's good looking, and it's also a flat grind as far as I can make out. The grind is also sort of on a gradient, with the tip end sturdier and the flat/belly of the blade coming to a thinner angle.
OmniseedBut which clip comes on this Drop version? The bent clip that drops into the cutout, or the milled clip that skips past the cutout?
The entire handle is DLC coated? What color? I wonder why they went and did that?
Davidsh331It's always been that way but Kizer just never advertised it as such. The blue one as well.
These will be recent production, the original crap clip hasn't been made in at least a year, probably two.
I have this knife and if you are a lefty it would be a decent knife--a decent value. The reason it's relative inexpensive though is that it's almost impossible to get the knife out of your pocket when it's mounted for right handed carry. This is because the clip rests right on the edge of the lock bar cutout which has a sharp unchamfered edge.
viramanSomeone else said they have an updated clip design. I would hope so, as I have the earlier version, and had to bend the clip significantly to get it to work at all. That and the poor deployment are why I just don't carry it anymore.
bobtheaxolotlHope that's true. The designers said they were gonna send me a new clip but then never did. Also, the pics look like a different color all together. Mine is a blue green.