You have a good point about the clip being an obvious tell for who's carrying what, where and their likely dominate side.
I do like the functional aspect of having that tool where it's easy to find and use and since I started carrying ones with a pocket clip, I have come to like not having the knife loose in my pocket.
The other concern was the strength of the tip and how easy it would be to break it. But after going over the comments posted on sites where it is sold, I don't think that's the issue I thought it might be. People love the Harpy!
As far as the Harpy tip goes, I have never had any trouble with it. It’s curved, but it is not overly long. Not anything at all like the Matriarch or the Civillian models. Those tips are slender and delicate, and as such their use is limited to only one thing.
I would not want to have to explain to a police officer why I had such a knife honestly, but the Harpy is so useful and so small that it is innocently inconspicuous.