Titanium -vs- pocket lint

Michael_Aos

Michael_Aos

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I've been carrying my BM750 pinnacle exclusively lately -- this is a bit of an accomplishment, as I normally rotate between several others, but I _really_ like the Pinnacle.

Anyway, I've noticed a LOT of pocket lint inside it. More than I've noticed in other knives.

Is there something about the handle that attracts lint? Or maybe it's just 'cause it's been spending so much time in my pocket...?

Mike
 
Hi Mike- Sometimes that also happens to me.
It happens when you're wearing brand new pants as there is always all kinds of stuff in the pocket from manufacturing, it's only after you wash the pants a couple of times that the lint disappears.
I also notice extra lint on the knife blade and pivot area right after I clean and lube it. The light coating must attract the lint.

Donald.
 
It is probably because the knife is of an open back design. Bead blasted surfaces also seem to collect more lint.

Paul
 
If you wash you pants every now and then with the pockets pulled out it keeps them from becoming lint traps.
 
Titanium by its' inherent nature, tends not to generate eddy currents when moved in a magnetic field. You are exposed to magnetic fields (other, of course, than the earth's magnetic field) more than you would suspect.

This tends to lower the dielectric coupling constant; combined with the increased surface area due to the bead blasting, this creates the phenomenon known as Inverse ElectroMagnetic Force Coupling (IEMFC), and this, as known to almost every grade school child, causes a plethora of static electricity to form......actually, I have no idea why titanium would attract lint.
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Hope this helps,
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Walt

[This message has been edited by Walt Welch (edited 04-12-2001).]
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Walt Welch:
Titanium by its' inherent nature, tends not to generate eddy currents when moved in a magnetic field. You are exposed to magnetic fields (other, of course, than the earth's magnetic field) more than you would suspect.

This tends to lower the dielectric coupling constant; combined with the increased surface area due to the bead blasting, this creates the phenomenon known as Inverse ElectroMagnetic Force Coupling (IEMFC), and this, as known to almost every grade school child, causes a plethora of static electricity to form......actually, I have no idea why titanium would attract lint.
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Hope this helps,
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Walt
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That's exactly what I was going to say
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