Where Do You Buy Your Belt Clips?

[BigRiverLeather]

.090 thickness of kydex is too thin for clips. You need to use the .125.

My personal experiences with Garret Industries clips were less than stellar. His clips had a failure rate of 30-35%. Too high in my opinion.

We now make our own, using the same basic design that we had GI making, and have had a zero failure rate. The radius of the bend at the top of the clip is critical towards the durability of the clip. We've made over 500 sets in the last 6 months. We have the basic shape cut from the sheet of kydex by cnc machine, to include the holes for screw placement. We then clean the edges up and bend them with a heat gun on a custom jig I had made. I've saved over $2500 in costs for those 500+ sets in comparison to what I was paying GI.

Thanks for that info. What was the typical time frame for failure on the GI clips?

[Rayban]

.090 thickness of kydex is too thin for clips. You need to use the .125.

My personal experiences with Garret Industries clips were less than stellar. His clips had a failure rate of 30-35%. Too high in my opinion.

We now make our own, using the same basic design that we had GI making, and have had a zero failure rate. The radius of the bend at the top of the clip is critical towards the durability of the clip. We've made over 500 sets in the last 6 months. We have the basic shape cut from the sheet of kydex by cnc machine, to include the holes for screw placement. We then clean the edges up and bend them with a heat gun on a custom jig I had made. I've saved over $2500 in costs for those 500+ sets in comparison to what I was paying GI.

KMan....is there and ideal width of clip when using 1/8" thickness?

Also, I picture using a 1/4" bar or something to form the bend at the top of the clip...here again, what is the ideal size rod to use??

Thanks!!

[K-Man]

BRL:

Five to seven months.

Rayban:

My clips are 3/4" wide. I would not go any thinner in width than that. I'll have to try and get a measurement on the bar we use. I had it all custom made, so I don't recall the specs off the top of my head. The radius on the bar is critical to the bend. I'll try and get the info and pass it along.

[Rayban]

BRL:

Five to seven months.

Rayban:

My clips are 3/4" wide. I would not go any thinner in width than that. I'll have to try and get a measurement on the bar we use. I had it all custom made, so I don't recall the specs off the top of my head. The radius on the bar is critical to the bend. I'll try and get the info and pass it along.

Thanks KMAN...meanwhile I'm ordering a sheet of 12 x 12 x .125.....I've been thinking about such a clip for some time now and after this thread, I believe it's something even I can do.