How long do Ti lined liner-locks last?

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Specifically I'm asking about the Benchmade AFCK-II 804 and Benchmade Stryker 910 but info based on any knife will do...
How long has(have) your Ti lined liner-lock(s) lasted before needing warranty work? What kind of use did you subject them to?

Please help, thinking about buying the two knives listed above in the future but I wouldn't want them if they're gonna wear out in 6 months...
 
Good question. I have a BM 910 that I've used for almost 4 years and it shows no signs of wear. I think you're safe.
 
Nerd....LOL....

On weekends when I am able to wear jeans my EDCs are a pair of BT2 Combo Edge 910s, with a Stiff KISS as a last resort.

My 910s dont see much for "hard labor", but they are GREAT knives overall.

ReaperVelle
 
I don't know if they really do wear out. To date almost all of my folders since getting into knives have been titanium linerlocks. Most other lock types don't appeal to me. I've used many of the common names...Benchmade, Microtech, Strider, Buck, etc...

To date none of them have never seemed to wear out or come close. After lots of use the liner lock will engage slighly farther over on the tang, but it's still 100% functional.

The worse that can happen after years and years and years of use is the liner will engage all the way over to the other side, but even then the lock is functioning....
 
How long do the Ti. linerlocks from Benchmade last? Oh, about 2 months. :p

Just kidding, I don't really know. I do know that Angie over at Benchmade will take care of you if you have a problem with yours. I wore out the liner on a Leopard a couple of months ago. Angie still had some parts laying around and fixed me right up. :D
 
I've been using my AFCK regularly for just under 2 yrs now. I just got my liner replaced by Benchmade not so long ago.

It was pretty close to touching the other liner and there was a bit of blade play on the lock. The knife was used under normal conditions except for those times when I would bang it open really hard. This is what caused the liner to wear out prematurely.

I sent the knife back in to Benchmade and they replaced the liner for me. The lock-up is perfect on the knife now.

Liners on BM's aren't usually an issue. The build quality is top notch on all my BM's.

I don't expect to be sending any knife back to them anytime soon.
 
Well, I'm sold.
In a couple weeks I'll just have to order an AFCK-II and a Stryker.
For the record: No, I haven't heard anything particularly bad about Ti liners, I was just concerned because Titanium has a reputation for softness and I was wondering if that was a potential issue.

Obviously it really isn't.
 
From my understanding of Ti and its use in liners: the liner lock will wear very quickly at first, but then reach a point where it will barely wear from that point on.
I had an AFCK that wore so fast that it developed play in about two months with the liner all the way across the tang. I was dissapointed but Benchmade fixed it up for free and sent it back to me. I was impressed!
I now have a Commander which is only my second Ti liner lock. The liner has worn fairly quickly but now it seems to have leveled off a little more than half way across the tang. Hopefully it will stay there for a while.

Yes, Ti is soft, but from what I've read, it will "hard face" through repeated contact with the steel tang of the blade. It wears quickly at first because of its softness but once it "hard faces" (I think that was the term used) it should remain put for a long time.

This is just in my experience from two Ti-liner-locks and from what I've read here so if I'm wrong, someone tell me so.
 
I believe the term you are looking for is "work hardening".
As long as the liner thickness is thicker than any gap between the blade tang and the opposing liner there shouldn't be any real problem.

Paul
 
From my own experience of Ti linerlocks, it really depends on the individual knife, and also, a lot depends on the lock face (blade tang mating surface). I have a couple ti linerlocks that seem to refuse to wear any further across the face of the lock, and lockup is extremely solid. Some others have worn easier and faster, but so far none of mine have worked all the way over. Probably the toughest ti liner in my collection is on my BM 910S. It fully engages, but is still on the left side of tang, and repeated opening do not seem to cause any wear or weakening of the lock.
Jim
 
I have used an AFCK for years and years with no sign of the liners weraing out. It locks up solid as a rock. It is now pard of an EDC rotation, but for years was my sole carry knife and was used constantly. No sign of failure in its future!
 
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