Have you ever worn out a liner lock

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res1cue

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So there are plenty threads regarding accidental lock disengagement, but has anyone here actually used a liner lock so much that the liner has traveled all the way to the other side of the tang and produced blade play?

And if so, how long does it usually take? like in terms of years of hard use?
 
I just wore out the liner lock on a leatherman wave after about a year of hard use. It will be going back for waranty.
 
Wrist flicking the blade open will wear a liner lock out faster than if you were to just open it with your thumb, however I also have yet to experience wearing a well made liner lock out.
 
res1cue said:
has anyone here actually used a liner lock so much that the liner has traveled all the way to the other side of the tang? Yes

and produced blade play? No

And if so, how long does it usually take? like in terms of years of hard use?
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The knife was a Buck/Strider 889. When the blade was opened the liner rested on the far handle scale. The blade had no play what so ever. Pretty good for a skinny little liner.
I bought the knife used so I couldn't tell you how long it took for that to happen.
 
I had a 3rd hand Emerson that was so far over on the engagement I was getting worried. You could see where the liner engagement was wearing with a kind of rollover. What happens is that the liner lock will pop over between the blade and the far liner. I sent it back to Emerson and they replaced the liners. It's a standard service, so they do wear out. I've seen this happen more frequently with cheaper knives, especially with inertial opening. With inertial opening I usually get about another liner width over in engagement. Depending on the configuration, if it pops over, it could be really locked then.
 
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I agree with Nevermind35 on the wrist flicking/slamming. That will wear it out quicker.

So far, I've never worn one out, or even come close. ON A PROPERLY BUILT LINER LOCK, that is!:D:D
 
Yes. I'm used a Buck Vantage Pro ~eight months as pimary EDC, and made a somewhat abusive test series (cutting and stabbing) with it. After stabbed at a pinewood log, the linerlock traveled to the other side and vertical bladeplay occured. :( After I dismantled, I saw some wearing on the liner lock's surface.

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(I fixed it with a new stop pin, with the help of a pro knifemaker. It was a fairly cheap fix, and it worked :) - since the I carry the same knife for EDC. :thumbup:)
 
Slidetechnik said:
To date I've never worn through a properly manufactured and designed liner lock.
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Nope, me neither (and I (ab)use my knives pretty hard).
The one that's shown the most wear was an Emerson 10 that I used to "wave" open all the time, but it never traveled more than halfway across the blade tang.
 
I stopped buying Buck linerlocks after I turned an Alpha and a Crosslock into friction folders. :) I took them with me on two trips around South America and probably missused them quite a bit.

The liners seemed really thin and bent easily. I could close both knives by just pushing on the back of the blade as if they were slipjoints.

I sent them to a friend in the US, Buck fixed them both for him and he keeps using them.
 
Yes. By the time a man reaches his 60's, chances are he's worn out pretty much every sort of thing imaginable.
 
Hmm, some of the cheaper knives with softer steel that I own are worn out completely after a year. I like Sanrenmu knives, but EDC one for half a year and it's dead.
 
I've had & seen quite a few cheaper liner-locks fail pretty quickly (A few weeks, maybe). On more reputable makes, the closest I've come is my '99 Emerson CQC7. The liner-lock is at about 90% or so & saw daily use from work for 8 of its 11 yr life.
 
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