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.
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.
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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I was looking for something elaborate, worthy of The Emperor, fell in love with this when I saw it. Not exactly easy to pull off, not exactly cheap either! At least it’s unique! Lol
We need to see this again.
All I can say is wow no wait “WOW” Love it. Mammoth Molar scales amazing so unique .
I have a weak spot for big knifes already and can only dream of owning a Medford one day but this one takes the cake prehistoric scales out of this world.
Thanks for sharing.
That is the Armatus Architect. I can’t recall if the pattern was custom but at the very least you could shoot him an email. They are very nice sheaths.
Newest acquisition from Blade Show, Microtech UTX-70 with carbon handle and bronze blade, button, clip and hardware. Been wanting one of these for a while and finally found one for the right price. This thing is TINY!
