Opinions about Liner lock thickness

thejamppa

thejamppa

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Hello everyone!

Just quick question: Do you consider .0475 inch / 1.2mm thick titanium linerlock to be enough for folder mainly used in urban environment? i.e. no batoning and such involved.
 
Well you shouldn't ever baton a locked folding knife, or really a folding knife for that matter, it's just stupid. IMO that's a fine lock for a folding knife. Liner locks are very solid when well made.
 
Thanks. Batoning was just example that I wasn't going to put it anything stressfull. I just saw picture of my upcomming knife with .0475" titanium liner next to another folder with so thick liner's it made mine look like tinfoil :D
 
I have no experience with titanium liner locks, but anything above 1.2mm (say 1.5mm) thickness for a stainless steel liner would be better.
 
0.0475 converted fractionally is somewhere between 1/32 and 1/16 of inch, personally I would rather something that is at least 1/16 or .0625 of inch thick, but that's just me. A lot "hard use" folders come with relief lock cut outs that are 0.0250 to 0.0475 range so if you go along with the "hard use" talking points than you should be good.
 
In my experience, who makes the knife makes a good difference in how well the linerlock works, if its well constructed, .0475 should be plenty for most general use
 
MikeC said:
0.0475 converted fractionally is somewhere between 1/32 and 1/16 of inch, personally I would rather something that is at least 1/16 or .0625 of inch thick, but that's just me. A lot "hard use" folders come with relief lock cut outs that are 0.0250 to 0.0475 range so if you go along with the "hard use" talking points than you should be good.
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Thank you for translating that into English , Lord knows I hate metric !
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I have a few linerlocks that I easily trust as much as a framelock.

Tostig
 
I agree with MikeC, I like to have thick liners in LL knives. I was really disappointed in the Benchmade Dejavoo and the Onslaught. Super thin liners don't really inspire confidence. I don't carry a knife to merely slice lunch items. I like to know that if the poo hits the fan, I'm covered.
The better ones are:
Spyderco Gayle Bradley, Military
ZT 0350 (these are awesome)
 
One of the thickest liner locks I have seen was on the Buck/Tops CSAR-T. That knife locks up like Alcatraz and is amazingly strong.
 
RevDevil said:
I agree with MikeC, I like to have thick liners in LL knives. I was really disappointed in the Benchmade Dejavoo and the Onslaught. Super thin liners don't really inspire confidence. I don't carry a knife to merely slice lunch items. I like to know that if the poo hits the fan, I'm covered.
The better ones are:
Spyderco Gayle Bradley, Military
ZT 0350 (these are awesome)
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Benchmade Onslaught is an axis not a liner lock
 
Thanks, that will be thickness for my custom urban liners and also liner lock. Thicker liners would have made knife less pocketable and for urban environment and general edc it should be plenty :D. I was thinking going in the line of bank vault overbuild but I like lean and pocketable knives. For outdoors I do have my Kershaw JYD II Composite and ZT 0500 MUDD.

Thanks for input.
 
I prefer a thick lock like the BM425 or Emerson customs.
 
SS linerlocks all the way. Pass on ti - that stuff's great for framelocks, but it doesn't hold up to long term wear in a linerlock. Handled a user 07 production Emerson Super CQC-7 and that thing has vertical blade play regardless of how tight the pivot is.
 
Truthfully, even no lock should be OK in urban environments. The security of a LL depends mostly on its construction-for example, a Spyderco Military, with a thin but nested liner lock is plenty strong-stronger than a thicker steel LL held on by thin pillar stand-offs, if I interpret the design correctly.
 
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