Only 1 liner on a liner lock? Thoughts on that?

[BRad704]

This is how far I have gotten with my Chow Chow liner lock, and I have a question.

What are your thoughts on a liner lock, that only uses a liner on the locking side?

Personally, I like it because it makes the overall knife a bit thinner in the pocket. Although the thumbstud now protrudes further on one side than the other. I may use the 1-72 screw that came with the studs and only put it on the RH opening side.

This kit has been great to work on so far! I am now to the point of setting the detent ball and grinding the lock face and I'm procrastinating on that. :| First-time jitters...

 

[Don Robinson]

There used to be a knife on the market that had only one liner.

Seems to me there was also a custom maker or two that made them.

 

[BRad704]

Well... I think i just ruined this blade... while setting the detent. Apparaently I drilled it too close to the end of the path of the detent mark, and now the blade can fall out about 1/4" from the handle. Is there any recovering this?

I thought about moving the detent, but don't know if that will make a weird second bump as it goes past the other hole. UGH! I'm depressed and ticked off at the same time right now!

 

[joe sangster]

Brad ,
I have drilled a larger hole through the blade , inserted a steel pin , & peened it in place . You can then redrill your detent hole at the new desired location . I have heard the suggestion of usin JB Weld to fill in the old hole but I haven't had any success with that method . Hope this helps.

Joe

 

[Calvin Robinson]

Do what Joe said,that's the voice of experience speaking. I've never had to do it but I know it's a fix if I ever get in this predicament.

 

[Calvin Robinson]

This is how far I have gotten with my Chow Chow liner lock, and I have a question.

What are your thoughts on a liner lock, that only uses a liner on the locking side?

Personally, I like it because it makes the overall knife a bit thinner in the pocket. Although the thumbstud now protrudes further on one side than the other. I may use the 1-72 screw that came with the studs and only put it on the RH opening side.

This kit has been great to work on so far! I am now to the point of setting the detent ball and grinding the lock face and I'm procrastinating on that. :| First-time jitters...

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I like it! I've even built them with no liner but then they weren't liner locks,I inlay the lock in the side plate and secure it with screws.
Go for it!

 

[BossDog]

one sided liners are pretty common, or at least they used to be with g10 on the linerless side. another fix is to go to a larger diameter detent ball and grind off the back side if it's only a few thousands "over". Peening in the steel insert seems to be a better option here.

 

[Cubane]

The only real worry I have heard about was on knives especially flippers the stop pin was taking a beating and deforming the hole in the g10 and eventually the lock would no longer engage since the stop had been moved further back. I have never experienced this myself I am just repeating what I have heard elsewhere.

Alistair

 

[BRad704]

I can see that being an issue with actual flippers, but this one is just a good old thumbstudded folder..

I ended up pressing that ball out, and drilling a whole new detent hole just a bit over from teh previous one.

John Barker sent me some info about removing the stop pin, and over-closing the blade a little bit, then drilling through lockface and blade at the same time. You can then reinsert your stop pin, and check for the fit. If you need to (and I did), you can go up 1 bit size at a time, until the detent engages at just hte right moment on the blade.

Thanks for the steel pin idea too!!! I think that is a great way to go, should this ever happen again.