lock strength of Ti-Salsa and Lil'Temperance

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lreed

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I have a question about the lock strength. I remember Carlos wrote in one of his post addressing that the Ti-salsa only meets spyderco's "heavy-duty lock standard", which is 100 lbs*inch per inch. And spyderco's MBC standard is 200 lbs*inch per inch, and since lil'temperance is a MBC blade, I assume it passes this standard. This fact looks wierd to me, cause Ti Salsa's integral compression lock looks a lot tougher than the ordinary compression lock, can anyone tell me why it results in relatively lower strength?
 
Hi lreed. "Heavy duty" is over 100 inch lbs / inch. Actually the Ti Salsa broke at 192 inch lbs/inch. I guess you could say it was "MBC"? 20 inch lbs in the 500 inch lb range could be called a +- "tolerance" (4%).

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sal
 
Hello Mr. Glesser, thanks for providing the specific data about the Ti Salsa. I have no doubt that Ti-salsa is a tough little animal, It is on my spyder-buy list of this year together with L'T.
I was just wondering how come it is not as strong as L'T. Is it because of material or design?
 
material differences. (eg; pin sizes & materials, blade thickesses & material, etc.)

sal
 
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