I would carry it clipped in the pocket of the dockers, the area where it was clipped would become a little lighter and wear on the seam. When carried loose in the pocket it wouldn't wear anything at all. When carried clipped in jeans it would wear, but no faster then anything else I carried would. With the dockers though I usually never carried a knife clipped very long (as it would be frowned upon if seen), but the light was okay since I did stage work so I carried it that way often. So I guess I didn't really have equel time to do a good comparison either.