I am sorry to hear your clip broke on you so soon. I have never had any plastic clip knives because I have always been afraid of that happening. Also, with metal clips you can remove them if you want, plastic is forever (well, until if breaks!) And I'll state the obvious, at risk of making myself look dumb - make sure you carry it with the knife inside your pcoket and the clip hanging out - NOT the other way around with the clip inside your pocket and the knife hanging out. I've seen people do it the latter way (it doesn't work and you snag/break things).