UltiClip’s sales and marketing specialist provided a friendly face to the cutting-edge brand.
Ryan Allen Thompson of UltiClip passed away suddenly from a heart attack on July 7. He was 46.
Thompson’s specialty was sales and marketing at UltiClip, a maker, distributor and retailer of an award-winning range of assorted synthetic clips and accessories for sheaths and holsters based in Chicago. UltiClip makes items in the USA that focus “on providing ease of carry, concealment, retention and versatility in one product.”
In June the company’s APH spring steel clip was named the BLADE Magazine 2025 Accessory of the Year. UltiClip also won the Accessory of the Year in 2021 for the UltiLink rapid-attachment, modular linking system.
Ryan made many friends in the knife industry, and his death came as a shock to those who knew him. He is survived by Chastity, his wife of 21 years, and their three children: Isaiah River, Anna Rose and Joshua Rainn.
Remembering Others The Knife Industry Has Lost:
- Betty Dowell, Driving Force Behind Knifemaker Ted Dowell, Passes
- B. R. Hughes, Pioneering Writer And Bladesmithing Teacher, Passes Away
- ABS Lose Two Long-Time Leaders In Passing Of Steve Dunn & Hanford Miller
- Bob Cargill Knifemaker, Company Founder And NKCA BOD President Passes
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