Only reason i like washers more than bearings is on frame and liner locks when i use my left hand to do cutting and a knife without a flipper.
Ceramic bearing knife pivot.
Which provides more support for the blade and decreasing stress on each ball.
Clips fellhoelter clip brake.
The ceramic balls are captured in the disc but are still free floating to prevent binding.
5 14 as low as 3 60.
Also closing the knife makes me weary a tiny bit due to the free moving nature of bearings where as i feel i have more safety margin with washers.
This of course assumes the pivot is tight on the washers and it isn t.
Caged bearings pair with ceramic balls for 187 pivot.
If they are pressing into the titanium handles enough to wear gouge it then there are other problems with how the knife was assembled or how it is being used prying twisting etc.
There are 4 options with different handle colors and surface treatment.
Bearings bushings washers.
Cage bearings that allow more balls to be placed around the knife pivot than standard cage bearings.
Ceramic ball bearings however are a little more expensive than steel ball bearings.
The bearings are pressing on the pivot as the knife cuts things far more than they press against the handles liners creating steel on steel contact or at least steel on easily replaceable titanium part.
This will mean disassembly cleaning and lubrication.
Ceramic ball bearing pivot provides fast and smooth blade deployment.
Here s a discussion about the two most common types of pivot bearing systems on today s folding knives.
However it is extremely difficult to overload a plain bearing.
Something you will immediately notice when you look at the overall price of the concerning knife.
Friction reduction bearing pivots are built into knife pivots because they greatly reduce friction when opening and closing the blade.
Often times bearings are used on knives that have flipper openers.
A plain bearing also seems to be more sensitive to adjustment of the pivot tightness and to proper lubrication.
Thumb studs bars.
Bearings reduce metal to metal contact resulting in quick fluid deployments of the blade each time it opens or closes.
Assassin is a reliable everyday carry knife you can take this sidearm with you wherever you go.
G 10 handles with a carved concave design offer a reliable grip with ergonomic comfort.
The ceramic ball bearing pivot system provides swift and smooth deployment for opening the blade sandvik 14c28n steel 58 60 hrc leads durability to the blade s sharpness.
I share my thoughts and engineering philosophy about which one makes sense and which one is.
As a result you could ask yourself if this material has that much added value over the familiar steel balls.
Stop pins detent balls misc.
Interesting thanks for sharing.
