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I’d never buy a titanium bladed knife. I don’t understand what the allure is. My suspicion is that it’s a marketing ploy to rope in the uninformed. Knife ignorant people who hear “titanium” and drool. :wink:

I would buy a ceramic blade over a Ti blade. Ceramic blades are too brittle and Ti blades are too soft to hold an edge.

I believe there are a few titanium alloys that can function as a blade and compete with steel, such as SM100 (titanium/nickel). However the price of these makes it an exotic material for now, not for mass production yet. There’s also a company named Vargo that produces titanium/silver/ceramic blades, but I don’t know the toughness rating of such an alloy.

“I don’t understand what the allure is.”

no sparks in fuel-exposed environments.

natural gas maintenance.
oxygen tank proximity.
fire/rescue.

Its only a cheap titanium coating on the blade like there is everywhere.

The linked eBay item is either a Kershaw Leek or a counterfeit of one. Omega 17 has a point. Some sellers or manufacturers will occasionally list the blade material as titanium when it has a titanium-based coating. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kershaw do that. For the item in question, does the blade even look like it is coated?

Something else to consider is that it would be very strange to see anything as exotic as a titanium blade paired with clunky stainless steel scales, much less sold for ten bucks.

It’s already been said but titanium is not a good blade material. Neither is iron. Steel works because it is an iron alloy with various substances forming microstructures within it. Carbides are crucial for steel as we know it.

Picked up this cheap MTech 882 as I wanted something small to fit in the 5th pocket that also has a bottle opener. Not sure what kind of steel this is, but at $6-$7 I’m not picky. Overall, it’s a pretty sturdy knife, although a bit heavier than I’d like.

This is some Kershaw knockoff, from what I understand.

The knife beside MTech 882, what knife is it?

PF818 satin finish.

I use Wera.

Not a direct copy but pretty close to the Kershaw Shuffle.
Maybe that one has skeletonized liners to safe some weight.

It varies but MTech uses a lot of 3Cr13. That steel is also used in the super-cheap Ozark Trail knives from Walmart and bottom-tier Kershaws like the Hotwire. It’s a noticeable step down from 8Cr13Mov. It’s okay if you only use it rarely or as a back-up for another knife. If nothing else, it is quick and easy to sharpen.

I like the PF818 in that color. I have one in green. The inner scale edges benefited from a little filing but beyond that, it’s a wonderful pocket knife. The action out of the box was very good. After cleaning, quality lubrication, and a little time; it’s improved to “excellent”. The factory edge was nice and sharp. Edge retention has been good too. Between this and my 838, Petrified Fish seems to do a nice job with their Chinese D2.

Leaving a D2 knife in humid conditions will make it rust pretty fast.

Yup, that Kershaw weighs about 2.7 oz. The MTech 882 - 3.7 oz.
The MTech is also spring assisted.

Time to ask.
Suggest me please quality balisong knife won’t make me sell my kidney for it.
My kid plays with https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32625669382.html , but after time it’s not enough.
What is important: no bladeplay, no wobble of locking mechanism, most of those suffer.
Any suggestions?
Mike

all the good balisongs i know about, cost a kidney or two.
if “play” is the operative term, then this might serve……

https://www.smkw.com/spyderco-baliyo-red-white-blue

play with reduction of people puncturing probability.

Real Steel Luna G10 blue with an additional mounted thumb stud. (low priced Slipjoint with great quality)

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Amazon has the CRKT Pillar on sale. $23.27 for a good little knife. Good price and fast shipping.

You don’t find it a bit heavy at 4.2 oz for a 2.4” blade?

https://www.bladehq.com/item—CJRB-Feldspar-Liner-Lock-Knife—113273

In Green Micarta back in stock if anyone is interested….
Order placed.