Question for Bob Taylor about the Carnivour.

[Bill McWilliams]

Bob,
Is there any chance you will ever make an aluminum or brass lock-slide button for the Carnivour ?
There is no question about the durability of the current plastic one. It just looks and feels cheap on an otherwise tank of a knife.
Bill

 

[Bob Taylor]

Bill
I hear what you’re saying but there is a reason behind our madness. We have made aluminum slide bars and Stainless Steel Slide Bars. The glass filled Zytel is superior for that intended purpose. The Zytel has a natural lubricity the steel and aluminum doesn’t. Some materials while often viewed as cheaper are in fact stronger or like the Zytel have special qualities that make them the best material for that job. Trust me the mold wasn’t cheap.
Another concept we constantly are asked about is why not Titanium Liners. The Stainless we use is far stronger than any Titanium in that thickness range. Titanium Liners would save less than a once and would be far more expensive and the knife would be 40% weaker.
The new spring, which we use with the slide bar now has cycled over 28,000 times in a Pioneer. There is no liner lock that can do that and not show appreciative wear in the lock.

Bob Taylor

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Some days it's not worth chewing through the restraints and escaping.

 

[Bill McWilliams]

Wow Bob !
You are online quick tonight.
OK. I accept the zetyl slide and still favor the knife over almost everything.
I just had to ask and thanks for the reply.
Bill

 

[ptpalpha]

Bill-thanks for directing the question straight to Bob. Bob-thanks for the quick answer. I've had tunnel vision about the zytel slide and now I feel fine about it. Your lubricity reason is the same reasoning behind using zytel followers in magazine tubes for firearms. And I'm with Bill: the Carnivour is my new favorite carry knife.