Titanium lock face carbidizing

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sycamorealumnus

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I have a couple of folding knives, one titanium liner lock...the other titanium frame lock and I would like to have the lock faces carbidized. Willing to pay a fair price...can anyone on here help me?
 
sycamorealumnus said:
I have a couple of folding knives, one titanium liner lock...the other titanium frame lock and I would like to have the lock faces carbidized. Willing to pay a fair price...can anyone on here help me?
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The treatment for Ti lockfaces that you want is carburizing not carbidizing. I mix the two up all the time myself.
 
Lapedog said:
The treatment for Ti lockfaces that you want is carburizing not carbidizing. I mix the two up all the time myself.
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I think it is the other way around. Carbidizing for Ti and carburizing for steel.

 
CRK does carburize the lockface with a torch and a perfectly clean surface with a proprietary recipe.

Personally I do not recommend carbidizing. I have seen many knives that ended up with lock slip from this process from SMF, Hinderer, Emerson and more. It is best to leave the Ti on steel lock up. Thats just my opinion.
 
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miso2 said:
I think it is the other way around. Carbidizing for Ti and carburizing for steel.

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That yellowy-grey stuff on the flat side of this Ti blade is carbidizing.
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What CRK does to their Ti lockfaces in carburizing.
 
Charlie Mike........

Look him up ... He's a BF member
 
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