Liners for your EDC blade?

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oguruma

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What is everybody's thoughts on an EDC blade without liners. I have a SOG Aegis, and I really don't like I like blades without liners for EDC. For one, I don't care for any blade travel, and I prefer my blades to have completely solid lockup. I carry the Aegis primarily as a back-up weapon for work just because it deploys so fast and is really light for the size, and it can be deployed with gloves on.

What are your thoughts?
 
Beefy liners all the way.

I tried to cut some plastic zip ties at work with my endura and the knife was flexing when i was cutting. Enduras/Delicas are really bad with side to side torsion. But as you said, great back up blade because of their small size and weight.
 
I have a Delica and a Salt that do not have liners. I don't notice any blade play from lack of liners. If horizontal pressure is applied there can be a little flex but when horizontal pressure is applied you are more than likely not using a knife the way they are intended to be used which is cutting things. Even with a little flex the knife still works fine and is not on the verge of failing.

I don't mind a lack of liners as it makes for a light weight knife which is usually the objective. I'm sure many are used quite hard and it is very rare that you read about a folding knife just breaking and when you do read of a failure it is usually a blade chipping or lock failing.
 
My DDR has no liners, but then again the handle material is aluminum, so that in and of itself makes the handles very rigid. At first I preferred to have had liners, but if the material is rigid enough, than you can get away without having them. The Military IIRC (might be Paramilitary) doesn't have liners. No one complains about it being flexible.
 
Just call me "old-fashioned" but I want liners on my folders, the beefier the better!

When I ordered the custom American Lawman from Andrew Demko, he was making them the way Cold Steel is making them this year, and that is linerless. While I'm sure that the G-10 is rigid enough, due to it's thickness, to work, I'm just one that wants liners! Andrew was flexible enough to build it with .100" thick titanium liners. Though it will be heavy I don't mind, but it will be built to my liking!!:thumbup::D
 
I like liners, too, and I don't mind the added weight. Solid, rigid, and with a bit of heft is the way I like my EDCs.
 
My current EDC knife doesn't have liners. Although i am EDCing a fixed blade right now.
 
For an EDC, liners are a definite plus for me. They add some "mental security," so to speak. The extra heft is a little more reassuring. I think Spyderco has done a great job with drilling out their liners and striking a nice balance between added strength and maintaining light weight.

Like FlatMtnBkr said, for a medium to light-use EDC liners are not really needed. If you feel flex in a handle, it's likely you're not using it right. Folding knives are meant to slice and cut - not to hack or pry.
 
I like liners, but when it comes down to it, as pointed out already the force is not supposed to be sideways. If you need a Military buy a Military. the great thing about these cheaper knives is they offer a great blade at a decent cost so you don't cry if you loose it.
 
cckw said:
I like liners, but when it comes down to it, as pointed out already the force is not supposed to be sideways. If you need a Military buy a Military. the great thing about these cheaper knives is they offer a great blade at a decent cost so you don't cry if you loose it.
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I EDC a military. I love it and would love it even better if it had full liners.
 
oguruma said:
What is everybody's thoughts on an EDC blade without liners. I have a SOG Aegis, and I really don't like I like blades without liners for EDC. For one, I don't care for any blade travel, and I prefer my blades to have completely solid lockup. I carry the Aegis primarily as a back-up weapon for work just because it deploys so fast and is really light for the size, and it can be deployed with gloves on.

What are your thoughts?
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Like most other knife questions, the answer depends on how well the knife is designed. IF the FRN is chosen correctly, liners are not necessary.
-The Spyderco Native III is a good example. No liners and completely solid.
-The KaBar Doziers are also without liners and quite solid.
-I carried one of the early Gerber LSTs and never had any problems. No liners.

That being said, I've also had other knives without liners that were not well designed. The handles were too thin and flexed in my hand.

YMMV.
 
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