have u ever worn out a frame lock or liner lock.

Emerson SOFCK. The lock is all the way to the other side of the blade tang, after about 8 months of use.
 
I have a benchmade 750 that was worn. I put (MAID) a bigger stop pin for it. Works very well .
 
I've worn out plenty of Tang, never on my knives though. :)
Hey somebody HAD to say it!!!! :eek:
 
I've worn out a total of 4 liner locks, 2 Emerson Commanders, a Benchmade 975SBT and an OLD AFCK. One Commander went for 3yrs, the other for 2. The Benchmades, which I carried both for the majority of the time, went for about 4yrs give or take.
 
Just to clarify after re-reading the first post, no, I don't believe anyone alive has ever actually worn out the blade tang on a linerlock. It's the softer steel/titanium in the liner that wears, not the blade.
 
here's another quam:

my camillus EDC frame slips over all the way over to the right when i open. there's no play, no wiggle, nothing but a SOLID lockup.

and then i have to take my strider SA and wedge it between the liners to disengage the whole deal.
 
"if you have a little mechanical ability. I've repaired several in the last month."

How did you repair them? I mean that except for putting bigger stop pins for them.
 
Nope, but my liner and frame locks haven't seen much use. My AXIS lock has seen near daily use for 4-5 years now and if anything it's better now than it was when it was new (smoother).
 
phatch said:
Not the tang, but the liner and frames, yes.

AFCK--about 3.5 years
Point Guard-- about 9 months
EDC-- about 2 years

Come to mind immediately as liners and frames I've worn out.

Phil
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That shocked me :eek: .. I have a Point Guard and want to know more detail, i.e. how often you open/close, any flicking (I don't want to start a debate on flicking though, just need more fact), and any possibility it's a lemon. Do you have other CRKT in AUS6 and 420 liner to compare ...

Thanks in advance
 
Oh, I forgot,

I have had poor luck with with the spyderco compression lock. On the models I had (all oder ones) they developed a small amount of vertical play. Esepecially the Ti salsa, which is a shame because I love the knife.
 
I own a few wharncliff Mirages as well in that AUS6 420 liner. They are wearing quickly for the light use they get.

Phil
 
I think that in the case of the compression lock, in the way it works, a little play is no worry for the safety as long as the bar stays in the tang notch (so, as long as you don't pull the bar out of the notch accidentally or volontarily ;) ), I have the same kind of play on my paramillie.
 
I recently got a ParaMili in trade, and now I'm wondering about the original question. The "compression" lock on the Para is basically a liner lock, it seems to me.

And I've never worn out a lockback, either.

I'll put it this way - if the Manix was Para-sized (or, another way - if the Para had a lockback), it would be ideal. The only reason I went for a Para instead of the Manix was the weight/size issue...
 
Lobo103 said:
I've worn out plenty of Tang, never on my knives though. :)
Hey somebody HAD to say it!!!! :eek:
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well, i can say the same thing, & even include the occasional BUTT of the tang :D

sorry folks, but lobo's post was just too inspiring..
 
I spoke with an engineer at Benchmade when the 520 first came out. he said that they were starting to get in some original 710's for refurb. they noticed that the axis bar had worn a "shelf" into the ramp of the tang and that the lock ups were super solid....maybe they do "wear in" and not "out"
 
EDB, in the compression lock, the tang's shelf wedges the "liner" into the stop pin. In the liner lock, all the force down is applied into the liner. In the compression, the force down is sent into the stop pin
 
Chris "Anagarika" said:
That shocked me :eek: .. I have a Point Guard and want to know more detail, i.e. how often you open/close, any flicking (I don't want to start a debate on flicking though, just need more fact), and any possibility it's a lemon. Do you have other CRKT in AUS6 and 420 liner to compare ...

Thanks in advance
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imho all the CRKT liner locks are 'iffy' at best i have had probs with several of them(ie kasper zytel, kasper pro and a falcon), all replaced by CRKT, but they failed nontheless, and none were used hard at all, one of them a zytel kasper was almost brand new, i would be wary of any/all CRKT liners myself esp if used hard......not at all as heavy duty as a BM/MT/etc.
 
I've worn out a few linerlocks. Kershaws, S&Ws, and CRKTs. Although in all "fairness", the CRKT was pretty screwed up to begin with. But these were all sub-$50 junkers with paper-thin liners. I only have one linerlock now, a Microtech SOCOM D/A, and I don't expect that to wear out anytime soon.
 
Geoff in Philly said:
I spoke with an engineer at Benchmade when the 520 first came out. he said that they were starting to get in some original 710's for refurb. they noticed that the axis bar had worn a "shelf" into the ramp of the tang and that the lock ups were super solid....maybe they do "wear in" and not "out"
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Would you please explain it in different words? How will an axis bar, even hardened wear a shelf into the harder tang?

The only difference between the 710 and 520 i have heard of is, that the ramp of the 710 has a bit flatter angle than the 520. This may lead to a sticking axis in the beginning instead of a never sticking on the 520, but there are some reports of 520 failing spine whacks.

All in all i will agree, that the axis tends to wear in. I you avoid flicking, everything is so smooth and so little force applied that i can´t imagine how it shall noticable wear.

BTW, i have a cheap folder from FOX. It was promoted to me as a flicker and i flicked it for more than a year of edc, no rotation. The steel liner shows no wear, meaning it moves to the middle where it was since beginning.

I have tighten the pivot at all and gave it a rest to keep it for my son.
 
Blop said:
Would you please explain it in different words? How will an axis bar, even hardened wear a shelf into the harder tang?
I don't know if I can....except that the bar worked a "notch" into the tang...perhaps the two are hardened equally, or the bar is harder (I don't know)...by your post, I think you get what I mean....any way, I am just repeating the info I was told by the guy responsible for the 520 project.
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