Titanium Fetish?

[BerettaNut92]

OK what titanium pistol should I get to go along with a Luminox titanium, titanium knife (haven't decided, but probably a BM Balisong when I leave CA), and titanium chopsticks and spork?

All I know about is the Beretta Tomcat....

 

[riverdog]

I'm seriously considering a Caspian Ti 1911 frame. All I need is to leave CA.

 

[10-Ring]

No dude, a ti-spork & carbon fiber chop sticks

 

[dude]

fetish??

dude, you need to put the weapons away and get out more

 

[denfoote]

You could get into Skunk & Weasel (no offence intended) or Taurus. They make products out of the marvelous metal!!!

 

[BerettaNut92]

You know...I've heard some pretty specieist things in my life time...but that's gotta take the cake

So other than Beretta, Taurus and S&W there aren't any production Ti guns?

Ti Beretta 92...droool.

 

[twoblink]

From my understanding of the metal (someone correct me of I'm wrong) Ti used as a knife element is not very good. It has great tensile strength, and so it is resisitant to stretching, but it cannot hold an edge as someone that has a high carbon element..

Fetishes? Well... Don't get me started...

But I think Titanium would make good gun frame elements... Ti is not plyable like steel, and so make sure your barrels etc.. aren't using that... It might shatter...

 

[CWL]

Titanium body piercings are pretty popular.

 

[BerettaNut92]

I saw some knive with Ti handles.

Not sure if I want a whole new caliber though.

 

[Kahr carrier]

Replacement Titanium Bone joints .

 

[dude]

Taurus 617T .357mag

I have the ever popular powder blue version and while it has become my primary go-to gun...............it has not reached any sort of fetish level.

 

[mete]

Twoblink, titanium barrels might shatter ? No way .Ti alloys are heat rteated to very high strengths and toughness, in fact there have been some special Ti barrels made for the Gov't ( lots of your Tax $$$ ) . But a bit of advice for those getting a new Ti gun , you can square it with your wife by buying her some Ti jewelry.

 

[10-Ring]

No, Ti - hand cuffs for pure fetish use

 

[fatboyclone]

 

[10-Ring]

As I recall, titanium is really flexy. It might be okay as a small parts material (trigger, firing pin, hammer), but might not stand up to alot of pounding (ie. slide & frame cycling).

 

[mete]

10 ring - modulus of elasticity is different than steel but that has nothing to do with pounding. After all they do make Ti hammers.

 

[Handy]

Ti is an excellent gun material for everything but barrels.

It makes a ton more sense for frames than aluminum does.

 

[agony]

How about one of them there Titanium mountain bikes?

 

[Ron L]

My brother's wedding ring is ti. More of a chi-chi item. Just to say you have something that's different.

Not to mention that plate in my skull.

 

[dude]

those Ti rings have caused emergency rooms to have new tools for cutting them off............as the old ring cutting stuff does not have the power 'make the cut' so to speak

 

[Prodigalshooter]

Titanium frames is a good idea, not sure if the slide would be, but I tend to think it wouldn't(not enough mass). Ti is very tough, mtn. bike frames hold up well when properly formed and welded, so a pistol frame should be ok. You'd get the same basic weight as aluminum, with a much greater life span. Pretty impervious to rust too.
If you make one for a $1000, I'll buy one!

 

[Handy]

I have two Titanium bicycles and a ring. The ring is beautiful, lusterous and keeps it's polish. It resists corrosion as well as the gold inlaid on it's surface. It's not cheesey, it's a nicer looking material than platinum.

The titanium bikes are also unpainted. Titanium has wonderful ride qualities as it gives you back all the energy you put in. About as stiff as steel, almost as light aluminum and carbon. The most delicate part of a frame, the dropouts where wheel and deraileur connect, are extremely crashworthy. One manufacturer has never seen a broken one. You can't say that of any steel bike. Needless to say, the bike industry is alot more innovative than the gun industry.

Titanium would be great for a long slide pistol. Instead of cutting holes in the slide (Glock 34), you just make it in a less dense material.

It would be perfect for frames. No galling, no corrosion, no finish wear. It would probably have a (minor) recoil damping property.

The only thing Ti isn't good for are cutting surfaces. Rifling is essentially a cutting surface.

 

[krept]

Ok, get the benchmade bali trainer. Can have it in CA, you get to practice your flips for when you get the real deal, and it's Ti.

btw... if you found ti chopsticks without wood (i always gnaw mine up) let me know.

cheers

 

[Gewehr98]

Eesh, Kahr Carrier, don't even go there!

Replacement Titanium Bone joints .

Part of my military disability when I retire in 3 years is an evaluation of my hip sockets and knee joints, based on degenerative arthritis. The flight surgeon watches my mobility like a hawk, and has been making comments about the fact that whatever spare titanium isn't used in Air Force jets, can be used to fashion replacement parts for me. Thank you, no, and pass me some more Naproxen, please. I'm only 37, I don't need to be setting off metal detectors at the airport yet.

 

[agony]

I'm only 37, I don't need to be setting off metal detectors at the airport yet

Slightly OT, but...
Funny. Recently at the airport with a co-worker. He kept getting stopped at the metal detectors. Turned out it wasn't the Ti intermedullary rod in his leg, but the clips that held his hairpiece in place!