Would Para 2 liners be hardened differently for different steels?

[Fred Sanford]

I ask because I wonder if I can just swap the only the blades between an S30V model and an S110V model?

 

[Fred Sanford]

Just wanted to clarify, The reason I'm asking is because I wondered if the compression lock side of the S110V model would be hardened differently or not.

 

[FriarPhenn]

Never thought of it, but it definitely makes a kind of sense. My guess, however, is no. Given the number of blade swaps that have happened, I have a feeling someone would have reported it on the forums...

But there's a first for everything! I'd be interested to hear from Sal on that question...

 

[Surfingringo]

I imagine the liners are optimized for strength and toughness. I don't really think that recipe would change any for different blade steels. Just my guess though.

 

[Fred Sanford]

Never thought of it, but it definitely makes a kind of sense. My guess, however, is no. Given the number of blade swaps that have happened, I have a feeling someone would have reported it on the forums...

But there's a first for everything! I'd be interested to hear from Sal on that question...

Me too.

I imagine the liners are optimized for strength and toughness. I don't really think that recipe would change any for different blade steels. Just my guess though.

I agree. I was just thinking that I didn't know if say, one steel is usually hardened to 58HRC and another is hardened to 62HRC if they would use a different compression lock liner so it wouldn't wear away quicker due to the harder blade. Honestly though, I have no idea if the lock would wear quicker in this situation. I'm not even sure there would be enough wear over time to tell a difference.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

For compression lock that might not a major concern as opposed to lockbacks. I recalled the recommendation is to swap both lockbar & blade for lockbacks, for exactly steel hardness & abrasion resistance reason. I went further, included the spring & pivot, though no idea if it's necessary.

 

[MaxFisher]

For compression lock that might not a major concern as opposed to lockbacks. I recalled the recommendation is to swap both lockbar & blade for lockbacks, for exactly steel hardness & abrasion resistance reason. I went further, included the spring & pivot, though no idea if it's necessary.

I've always been told that the reason for swapping both lockbar and blade with lockbacks is to ensure the same factory "fit" between the two parts that it came with to prevent unmated parts from creating bad lock-up.

 

[shunsui]

Blurple isn't too bad if you give it a chance.

Most of the time it looks black lying on my desk in low light.