Give me your opinion on this ti lite 6 lock up

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BladesForBaal

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I REALLY love this knife. Got it the other day from amazon. The box was sloppily taped shut, I wonder if it was returned before? I have had the knife for a few days and have only played with it a bit.

It opens great, but as you can see from the pics, the lock bar is almost touching the other liner, should this concern me? Also the lock bar seems to be bent at a sharp angle (maybe this is normal?) Also, Its very difficult for me to disengage the lock bar, almost like it is kinda jammed. I really like this knife and want to know if i should exchange it now before its too late. I realize this is a very unconventional knife so I would like to get the opinion of some experts on here or some other people that own this knife.

Happy MLK day.
 
The position of the lockbar when open seems normal to me. The lockbar being "bent at a sharp angle" when in an open position is normal.
What do you mean by "it is difficult to disengage the lockbar"? Is it just very hard? When you put your thumbnail against the lockbar at the
thumbstud indentation can you push the lockbar up flush to the liner? It should be about as hard as any linerlock knife.
 
This is all normal. The lock will stick less if the knife is opened normally rather than flicked or waved.
 
That lock up looks about the same as both my Zytel and aluminum 6" Ti-Lites. I was sort of freaked out by it too, at first, but I've had the Zytel one for several years and the aluminum one for a couple, and I've flipped them both open countless times pretty hard using both the thumb studs and inertia, and the lock up has not changed perceptibly in either knife. Kwon is also correct that these knives can get a little sticky to unlock when flipped/waved, but that should smooth up over time (mine have). :thumbup:
 
Sure looks good to me. Just like mine.

It's a little deceiving with the 90-degree bend in the lock...hard to read the true position. I gauge mine by looking at the left side of the blade and where it contacts the lock. Yours looks exactly like I'd want it to look, the left side of the lock being just a fuzz out from the blade side. Easier to read it from there to monitor travel over time.

The lock stick should go away with use. I agree that if you are wrist-flicking it a lot the hard openings can create some lock stick now and then. Nothing that bad though.

Fun knives, aren't they....?

EDIT: As a couple have said, the thumb pressure needed to disengage the lockbar to close it may seem slightly more than some linerlocks. It's due to the different design of this one and the fact that it is a short lock, not allowing the easier thumb leverage you may get on those with a longer lock throw. Plus, it's big knife and a very stout lock. Not for the feeble.
 
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I appreciate it, it is unlike any knife I have owned before. I text a few pictures of it to my friends, they were shocked, lol.
 
it is 100% lock up. The lock is touching opposite liner with detent ball.
All Ti-Lites tend to develop 100% lock up quickly due to rough carbide surface(like a diamond file) of the blade side that connects the liner lock.
 
Pizis said:
it is 100% lock up. The lock is touching opposite liner with detent ball.
All Ti-Lites tend to develop 100% lock up quickly due to rough carbide surface(like a diamond file) of the blade side that connects the liner lock.
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I think you're wrong....on both counts.

The lock in the pic is NOT at 100%. Not really even close. Neither the lock nor detent ball is touching. The center of the waffled lockface is hardly at 50%. It has plenty of room to travel over time. It looks as it should when new. The look of this lock can be deceiving, as I had mentioned.

I've not heard of Ti-Lites going quickly to 100% lockup. Mine didn't... in fact they haven't really moved. Other owners seem to really like them.

Do you own one?
 
It's odd. I have a 4" Ti-Lite in XHP, and that thing FIRES open-no flick needed. Fires faster than some assisteds I have owned. And zero lock stick. It is also one of the most (if not the most) comfortable liner locks I have ever disengaged. Probably because CS folds over the front, so it is rounded, and gives more surface area to press on, while having no sharp corners or knurling.

Lastly, they have a little half bar shaped feature on the outside of the liner, that gives the lock more rigidity and strength
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than most other liner locks.

Also that fold,
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gives more surface area contact, at the outer most bit of the tang, where negative pressure will be at its highest, helping to dissipate shocks and loads. The Ti-Lite can handle Cold Steel's spine whack tests, and over strike tests.
 
ursamajor said:
It's odd. I have a 4" Ti-Lite in XHP, and that thing FIRES open-no flick needed. Fires faster than some assisteds I have owned. And zero lock stick.
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Before BladesForBaal freaks out here, my Ti-Lite IV has essentially the same % of lockup as yours.

My Ti-Lite VI has the lockup his VI shows.

The VI may lock a little later due to the far more substantial blade mass it has to support. Both appear normal.
 
EChoil said:
I think you're wrong....on both counts.

The lock in the pic is NOT at 100%. Not really even close. Neither the lock nor detent ball is touching. The center of the waffled lockface is hardly at 50%. It has plenty of room to travel over time. It looks as it should when new. The look of this lock can be deceiving, as I had mentioned.

I've not heard of Ti-Lites going quickly to 100% lockup. Mine didn't... in fact they haven't really moved. Other owners seem to really like them.

Do you own one?
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What are you blind, the ball is touching the other liner, that is 100% lockup, no further lockup travel available. Just like mine. Just pray it never wears enough to notice.
 
yep. As I said. I am in Ti-lites for 6 years. Have seen dozens of them. Taking them apart to look at liner locking surface. Have seen all video on youtube, have read all info at bladeforums, Cold Steel forum, russian and ukrainian webforums about them.
All of them develop 100% lock up very quickly. Blade rough carbidized locking surface literally eats the liner.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
This is all normal. The lock will stick less if the knife is opened normally rather than flicked or waved.
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He is 100% Correct. I've owned every model and size of the Ti-lite and still do over the years....This is normal. And its actually needed. It really needs to Lodge in there because it is a really Tough Liner Lock Design. That Stick isn't bad for what type of strength you are getting for such a Thin Liner. When you manually open it slowly that doesn't happen as much.

Great Knife. A classic.
 
oops.. I bought it again ))

With this tempting conversation about. For me the talks of any kind about Ti Lites are tempting ))

Online. And already eager to have it in my greedy hands as soon as possible :D

Ti Lite 6 aluminum handle CTS-XHP blade steel. :thumbup:
 
old thread, but since it' active again........every version ive seen maybe a dozen or so had the 100% lock up detent touching the other liner setup. i thought it was designed this way? with the 90 degree liner lock on the tang setup?
 
My 6 y.o. Ti-Lite and the newer CTS-XHP one I got have the same lockup percentage and situation, no problems so far.

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I too believe it might have been designed that way

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