Emerson Nested LL?

Lycosa

Lycosa

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What do you folks think of an Emerson Nested Liner Lock Folder, sporting a .007 Titanium locking bar?
Yea or Nay?
 
I dont have a problem with nested liners, it would make the knife lighter and
maybe cleaner looking with only G-10 or what ever visible on the handle.
Is defo worked well for Spyderco and a few others.

buuuuuut....

It would be more expensive to make, at first anyway, and would just not
have that EKI style with the visible full liners that are a bit of a trademark of emerson knives.

It would also make life a bit harder for pimpers like me having to work
around a nested liner when making new scales or spacers :p
 
I really like my mini cqc-7 and horseman due the solid feel of the handle. I like that the handle is pretty indestructible.

What are nested liners? Is it like the shorter liner lock, like the spyderco military...I think?
 
A nested liner is set in to the sclaes so its hidden from view, like the Spyderco Military.
If you do this you can use less material for the lock side so that helps keep the weight down and styling may be a part of it as well.
The lock part is just the same as any other liner but the material round it is reduced.
 
it would be fine with me if they could execute it well and it was reliable.

i dont know if it has any big pro's though vs a std LL.
 
Thanks guys.
Haze nailed it---lighter weight, cleaner looking knife. I like the G-10 feel and look, on both handle scales. The HD-7 is a beast but now I prefer the CQC-7.
Ernest will never do a nested LL.
 
Haze said:
A nested liner is set in to the sclaes so its hidden from view, like the Spyderco Military. If you do this you can use less material for the lock side so that helps keep the weight down and styling may be a part of it as well. The lock part is just the same as any other liner but the material round it is reduced.
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Would the thinner? liner make it a less robust lock?
 
The liner isn't any thinner. The handle material is hollowed out a little. Strength should be the same.
 
Splat said:
Would the thinner? liner make it a less robust lock?
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imho the thickness of the LL isnt a bid determiner of the locks strength imho the biggest determiner is how well its fitted.

that said i myself prefer them to be thicker, but i have several liner locks which have worked really well and they are the thin ones, pat crawfords customs have thin locks, some of ernies do too, and they lock up just fine and seem to wear well also, same with the spyderco military, so again imho how they are fittted really is what matters.
 
SIFU1A said:
imho the thickness of the LL isnt a bid determiner of the locks strength imho the biggest determiner is how well its fitted.

that said i myself prefer them to be thicker, but i have several liner locks which have worked really well and they are the thin ones, pat crawfords customs have thin locks, some of ernies do too, and they lock up just fine and seem to wear well also, same with the spyderco military, so again imho how they are fittted really is what matters.
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I personally like them thick AND well fitted. That's why the Benchmade Gravitator is my favorite liner lock yet; 0.085" thick liner and flawless match to the tang, as well as a nice curve to the tang.
I'd LOVE it if the lock on my Super Karambit were as thick(the tang is already nice:thumbup:), and if the lock bar were a tad shorter. It doesn't matter too much given the way such a knife is employed, but I'd still like it a bit more solid.
 
trimcut123 said:
I was already assuming he was referring to the inch.. But .007 is wicked thin.. Like 1/10th the thickness of say.. My JYD II liner lock...
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The human hair on average is about .011" so maybe he meant .070" instead.
 
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