Ceramic bearings

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

I agree with all you say regarding bearings, but not reg Ti lockbar on steel wear. My respective knives all have carbidized lockbar interfaces which are harder the any steel tang.

The other issue with steel bearings is rust - I’ve had several used knives which needed replacement due to this.

The fact that you had to specify carbidized (or carburized, which is more common) titanium sort of proves my point. Most commonly-reported issues with lock wear are from older framelocks that aren’t treated. The ubiquity of steel lock inserts has made it much less likely that you’ll get a lock that isn’t treated - companies like CRK that still don’t use inserts generally carburize their locks.

 

[Jcuts8609]

Not sure about the Arion specifically, but a lot of Artisan knives and knives they make as the OEM use 1/4” pivot, 1/16” bearing.

Thank you for the reply ill look into it more based off those specs.