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bitter1

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I the lock of the Military Stainless Steel or Titanium? I have heard mostly Titanium but I do not know for sure.

Thank you
 
Ok that is what I thought. I had heard nothing of it being Ti but also nothing of it being SS.
 
The liners and lock in all my Millies are steel except for the TiRIL version (that's the Titanium Reeve Integral Lock for those that don't speak acronym). That spans the time from the change to a three screw clip to last year's production.

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i guess im wrong but i could have sworn that i have read somewhere that the lock on millies was ti.... and it always just looked like beadblasted ti to me as well!!! ya learn somthing new everyday :D
 
softrockrenegade said:
i guess im wrong but i could have sworn that i have read somewhere that the lock on millies was ti.... and it always just looked like beadblasted ti to me as well!!! ya learn somthing new everyday :D
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+1, always thought the lock (and liner on the newer ones) was Ti..
 
Well, I must admit I am assuming the material is steel rather than titanium based on the fact that a magnet will stick to it, even through the G-10 or CF scale if the magnet is strong enough. I suppose it could be some exotic titanium alloy that magnets will stick to, but I've never heard of an alloy like that. The magnets do not stick to the TiRIL version.
 
yablanowitz said:
Well, I must admit I am assuming the material is steel rather than titanium based on the fact that a magnet will stick to it, even through the G-10 or CF scale if the magnet is strong enough. I suppose it could be some exotic titanium alloy that magnets will stick to, but I've never heard of an alloy like that. The magnets do not stick to the TiRIL version.
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Hey Yablanowitz, I think you need to insert a "Mili-Wheel" to drive the point home...:D
 
A magnet sticks to every liner on all the Military's I have.

The locking liner is beadblasted [hence the matte finish] while the opposite liner is machine-finished.

It's not titanium, no matter how much it looks like beadblasted titanium.
 
Here's the problem; the Nutnfancy video review says the liner lock is titanium. Video has 70,000+ views. Couple this with the fact that the liner material is not identified on the Spyderco website and you have a lot of people who are misinformed.

Link; wrong information at 6:58.

It SS, what company uses Ti without advertising that fact very heavily anyway?
 
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