kissfan113
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I was looking around some and saw cer-mex replacement corks, I was just wondering what the difference/purpose was between them and regular cork replacements.
cer-mex corks
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RPM
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If they are ones I'm thinking of (cer-mac) they have ceramic centers and stay sharp forever - I've used others with tungsten centers as well. The steel outer wears away and exposes the center over time. They are excellent if you're bucking on a hardened (concrete) dryland sort area or on real rocky roads. The down side is if you are wearing them in the bush all the time (falling) on softer ground - they will last forever and will probably outlast your boots. I had a pair that welded themselves into the threaded insert in the sole of the boot. I spun half of them trying to get them out and just replaced the caulks that I could get out around them. And they are 2x as much as regular Champs steel caulks.
kissfan113
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yea, they are cer-mec, I was mistaken in the name, lol, thanks for shedding light on that, I couldn't find any literature on em.
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1I'dJak
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they last a long time but are never sharp sharp...I find they wear to weird shapes and are never as nice and sharp and pointy like the regulars champs...
RPM
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Yah...I guess by "stay sharp forever" I meant that they keep some sort of point like 1I'dJak mentions and won't wear down into a smartie. I spent some time scaling / bucking on a concrete dryland sort and we had to wear caulks. Regular champs logger caulks you had to replace every week, the cer-macs out lasted that set of boots.
clearance
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I have used them, in the bush I prefer the old logger champ, but on landings the Cermecks are great. I found that they break on the flat where they thread in. I have used Neversieze on them, works good when they need to come out.
Madsen's has them.
