Titanium cqc-7

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Siggyhk

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I was hoping somebody could give me some info on this knife. I understand it is all titanium, but does that include the pivot and screws? Also, what is the advantage of having a titanium blade? Lastly, does anyone know how many where produced? -Thanks as always.
 
Siggyhk said:
I was hoping somebody could give me some info on this knife. I understand it is all titanium, but does that include the pivot and screws? Also, what is the advantage of having a titanium blade? Lastly, does anyone know how many where produced? -Thanks as always.
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AFAIK, the screws and pivot were stainless steel, not Ti. The advantages to having a Ti-bladed knife are that the blade is impervious to corrosion, and is non-magnetic. The features are ideal for a knife that will be used by someone working around explosives (EOD), and in a wet environment.

Benchmade stated in their add copy that this knife, the CQC7-Ti, was requested by a Military Unit, who needed a "folding pry-bar with some limited cutting ability." The cutting edges of the blade were coated with some sort of carbide dust, to give the blade some cutting ability.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
3G
 
Piviot, screws and the clip were all steel. I think Benchmade should have gone all the way and made it completely out of Ti (execpt for the G-10 scales.) It is a collectible oddity of a knife and I know one person who used his regularly and loved it.

-S
 
I've got one sitting around. hard used. It's a folding pry bar. The carbide edge helps a little bit, but the Ti is still very soft compared to steel, or the harder alloys used by Mission. When you sharpen it, it feels like butter compared to steel.
 
I carried one of these for awhile, mainly as novelty. I still have it somewhere but the handle screws stripped out a long time ago. The blade and liners are the only titanium on the knife. The clip, pivot and other screws are all steel. The edge is carbide coated and is very coarse, but mine cut cardboard and other material pretty well. For normal use a regular steel blade is better IMO. Not sure how many Benchmade put out, but I believe they fall into the rare category these days.
 
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