Yup, my first Kershaw was the smaller 1635.
I got it in 2008. 
Hey cool blade! :-) Ever open it up to clean/look around? I took mine apart the other day to clean and lube. Was stuck at one point putting it back but eventually I got it all back together.
I actually have another Kershaw carabiner which I currently use with my keys. Quite handy as I always have it with me.
I took apart a couple of non-assisted knives that didn't work well, and I couldn't get them back together, and they ended up as trash.
Since then, I don't take my knives apart.
Yeah I know the feeling. One moment it’s one solid functioning piece. After fix/clean, no more one solid piece.
Nice job with this! I’ve always thought about doing my blue bug out, because like you, the original blue for me is getting old. Seeing how nice yours is I may try it finally! Any idea of how long “quite a while” was? Just curious.
Thanks! It was super easy honestly. The only stresful part was worrying about spilling any dye somewhere I’d regret.
IIRC probably a total of 3 or 4 minutes, maybe less considering I pulled it out and dabbed it dry with a paper towel few times to check the color.
Blade HQ has a good tutorial. I would mix a weaker solution than the suggested 1:8 Rit dye to water so the transition is more gradual. I went with the 1:8 and mistakenly read their listed time as minutes and not seconds. The result of soaking for 10 minutes in midnight navy blue dye was a pitch black scale. But after washing it multiple times in soap and warm water and wipe down with rubbing alcohol, the color came out fine, as seen on my above post of the AD-15. It’s just the deepest navy blue possible with this dye, rather than a lighter shade. Not mentioned in the tutorial is washing the scales before assembly to prevent the excess dye from rubbing off on hands and fabric.
I like to do this when I first get a knife. I get to see how it works, inspect the parts, etc. It really helps me to get to know the knife. It also lets me clear out all the factory gunk and lube it up with higher quality, non-toxic stuff. Right out of the box, this alone usually improves the action. If the knife had any grime, burrs, loose metal shavings, etc.; cleaning them up will help even more. (While every brand is different, some budget knives can be really gross inside from the factory.)
For Kershaw Speedsafe knives, you'll want to have some grease for the torsion bar. A Kershaw employee recommended the White Lightning Crystal Grease to me and I've been very happy with it. It's a clear non-toxic grease with just the right thickness. I've used it on other things too now but a single tube can last a VERY long time.
Thanks on the compliments about my scales, never made em before nor had I ever worked with carbon fiber before so no… I don’t have anything really about how I did it. Trial and error with lots of elbow grease. lol
And I picked up a new little compact D2 blade for my EDC…
Compact being a matter of perspective, it’s a 3” cutting edge with a .26” thick blade and .19” thick Ti scales. The Medford FUK, Fighting Utility Knife, oh you just have to love Greg’s sense of humor! (or not, but his blades are legend)
Although I always have a LM Juice for non-knife things, I keep a seperate knife for easier access. After trying some very nice, pretty, and exotic metal special editions from BM, Spyderco, ZT, etc., the knives I actually enjoy the most while using are the less expensive Buck 112 w/ finger grooves, Buck 110 Lite, LM Crater C33TX (dc’ed), and when feeling fancy, an SKBlades custom 20CV Vantage.
Props to my old M390 BM Gip, #8&9 modded Opinels, and my favorite boxcutter, an aluminum $0.89 cheapie from WMt… my go-to for cutting fiberglass insulation.
I’m a fan of the Civivi Elementum because of the very smooth and handsome design, it has proven tough sofar and it feels very good in the hand, I EDC-ed a nice one for a while with micarta scales that I dyed to a more red tint.
But I like black blades too. The black version everywhere for sale has wooden scales though, that I do not really like on a black knife. This week I bought a black one anyway, so I have two of these knives now, and I swapped the scales, so both look better now in my opinion. The black with micarta scales (I removed the pocket clip because I’m lefthanded) is my new EDC now, the other is leftover. I may sell it but it had some use, the edge is not perfect anymore.
I feel same as you do, this combination is much better, even though the wooden handle needs a polished clip.
If I had a leftover knife budget I’d ask for it 
by the way, sometimes both liner have threads but holes only on the clip side. Is that maybe the case with Civivi?
Then you could drill thru and attach the clip on the other side.
Unfortunately not with this knife, no holes on the other side. I keep it loose in my front pocket, works well enough because all edges are very smooth.
I agree on the polished clip on the wooden one, but they both came with a black clip (and black screws) so that is what it is.
That’s a pity with the clip, I guess I’d soak it in acetone and see if I can remove the paint 
Anyways, if you like your knife clipped you could try this:
There’s also people who make them regulary if you wish to $$
Enjoy
I have made all sorts of bags/pockets/pouches over time (I’m skilled with the sewing machine), also leather ones (made my own leather wallet 25 years ago, it has lived in my back pocket ever since and it is still fine, I wonder how wallet manufacturers manage to make leather wallets that are trash within a year).
But an extra pouch in my pocket would make it too bulky.
And it really is fine like this
But in general, 10% of the world is lefthanded and no (affordable) knife manufacturer makes lefthanded versions of their righthanded knives (just sometimes ambidextrous knives, but the nicest designs are not ambidextrous). And it is really not something hard to do, no design changes are needed, just an extra production line. The Civivi Elementum would be a candidate, there’s enough of them sold to make that extra production line viable.
But I’m sure this must be a topic on blade forums too (but I never go there).
I went to the Ryan W Knives 2021 GTG a few weeks ago with my BIL, nephew, and my son. My nephew had a Ruike pocket knife, and it seemed nice. I meant to add it to my Amazon wish list, but apparently I accidentally left it in my cart, and it has been my EDC for a while.
Before the GTG, I had never really thought about whether $6,000 pocket knives exist. Now I know they do.
I caved and bought a Medford Emperor fixed blade. Hefty .270” S35VN tip to glassbreaker. Then I carved Mammoth Molar slabs for new scales, this is from the rear tooth of an ice age mammoth…. 12,000 to 50,000 years old! Turned out really nice. Made a new Kydex sheath and plan to wrap it in elephant leather, have the material but need to recover from the scales.
Just the Milwaukee Compact Side Slide…… 
I do have nicer stuff and I love sharpening blades and taking great care of what I have….
But this little thing has been great. When you’re done cutting whatever just throw the blade away. Best carry I have for $8.99!
I did not know that mammoth molar was a thing for scales, very nice!
After 23 days, my Cold Steel clone came in, quality is much better than expected:
This will be my go-to knife for opening flashlight mail, packages, and anything else. It was very sharp out of the box.
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