Emerson liner material

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I was under the impression that all of the standard Emerson knives (I believe there's a 'budget' line of Emerson knives out now, I'm not including them) had titanium liners in them.

On websites the liner material is only listed as titanium on a few models (e.g. Super Commander) and is not specified on others.

Am I right, or is it steel on most and only titanium on the more expensive models?
 
I believe they have switched over to the locking liner being titanium and the other being steel, I could be wrong.
 
The newer liner-lock Emersons I have seen have Ti on the lock side and stainless on the other.
 
If they were "cheaping out" and using only one side with titanium, they should have used it on the NON-locking side. As much as I love titanium, I've found that stainless steel makes for a better lock. It's less prone to "stick" and it wears a lot slower than heat-treated titanium.
 
symphonyincminor said:
If they were "cheaping out" and using only one side with titanium, they should have used it on the NON-locking side. As much as I love titanium, I've found that stainless steel makes for a better lock. It's less prone to "stick" and it wears a lot slower than heat-treated titanium.
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You may be right. I'm looking at a CQC-8 right now and the lock side is thicker. I guess the Ti side is the thinner one?
 
Some currnet production models have a Ti locking liner and a SS non-locking liner and some have Ti for both.

Ti makes for a far superior lock as it is less abrasive on the blade, has a rather long wear life, virtually rust and corrosion proof, even in hars enviroments and has superior springability, plus its lighter weight too.
 
spidyman said:
Ti makes for a far superior lock as it is less abrasive on the blade, has a rather long wear life, virtually rust and corrosion proof, even in hars enviroments and has superior springability, plus its lighter weight too.
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False. Titanium wears a lot faster then hardened steel.
 
Josh K said:
False. Titanium wears a lot faster then hardened steel.
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true, i still prefer ti though.

from what i understand all EKI's made now have SS on the non lock side and ti on the lock side FWIW, for a while some had SS/ti (k'bits for one)and some had ti/ti but as of a few months ago they went to ss/ti on everything, i would prefer ti/ti but it doesnt matter much really.
 
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