Titanium work hardening

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omg wtf

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I'm a total neophyte, please explain this to me like I'm 5.

I recently picked up a Benchmade Anthem, and besides the dragon phallus of a pocket clip, the knife is actually pretty great.

However - the knife rides on bearings, which ride against the titanium frame - not against steel washers as it's customary.

What are the odds that with enough flipping, the bearings will grind a channel in the frame, damaging it in the process? Or, will the bearings "harden" the area they ride against?

How does any of this actually work?
 
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Don’t worry about it. In the odd chance that you end up holding on to this one particular knife and using/flipping this knife enough that it actually got to this point, I’m sure benchmade would have you covered on warranty.

If your really worried about it and think that this could be an issue way way down the road, I guess you could plan to pick up a backup if the model ever gets discontinued. Other than that, don’t worry about it man
 
Don't go prying with the knife and it should be fine.

I prefer the hardened steel washers as it's less gritty feeling like my Anthem, and it won't wear or divit at all. but you can't winem all.

It will function fine as a light cutting tool and if you want a fidget knife which imho it was designed to be due to its handle being chamfered on the bottom. Making it less of a working man's knife and more of a gentlemans fidget toy. It's hard to explain why. But nearly anyone I explain it to, deny it.
 
Mo2 said:
Don't go prying with the knife and it should be fine.

I prefer the hardened steel washers as it's less gritty feeling like my Anthem, and it won't wear or divit at all. but you can't winem all.

It will function fine as a light cutting tool and if you want a fidget knife which imho it was designed to be due to its handle being chamfered on the bottom. Making it less of a working man's knife and more of a gentlemans fidget toy. It's hard to explain why. But nearly anyone I explain it to, deny it.
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A knife is not a prybar, no matter what the Medford short bus "hard use" riders might otherwise say. So, I'm not about to use it as such.

I'm chiefly concerned about wearing divots into the frame. It sounds like thrust washer mod might fix that.
 
omg wtf said:
A knife is not a prybar, no matter what the Medford short bus "hard use" riders might otherwise say. So, I'm not about to use it as such.

I'm chiefly concerned about wearing divots into the frame. It sounds like thrust washer mod might fix that.
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Your not going to form divits with flipping the knife. They happen with side to side forces.
Or tightening the pivot too hard.

Edit link added
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sbw_flipper-95-bearings-pivot-point-test.1263295/
 
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