This sounds like an excellent topic for jekostas's knife primer thread.
I can try to write something about the topic, but it will take some time especially because it is not easy to convey in words techniques that consist primarily in hand movements.
It would be much easier if I could link to some already nicely made videos on youtube.
Newbie Here: WHY IS CONVEXING A GOOD THINK?
Regards,
Bob
I think it’s primarily for two reasons and those are simplicity and economy. It’s easy since you don’t have to worry about matching a bevel angle and it’s inexpensive since you can get a “scary sharp” blade just using sandpaper.
Regarding the thread topic…this really is an outstanding knife.
I didn’t like the look of this knife (before I got it) initially I think because of the flat spot on the spine of the blade.
Once it came out in rosewood I liked the looks and now that I have it I can really appreciate the attention to detail in the design.
The flat spot serves as a thumb rest, there is jimping just behind that, there is jimping on the liner lock for the forefinger, more jimping toward the back of the liner for the last two fingers and yet more jimping on top near the back where it contacts the heel of the palm.
No thumb stubs to snag a pocket or to make sharpening more difficult since it uses a flipper which in itself also serves as a finger guard both while in use and upon closing.
My blade is perfectly centered and hair cutting sharp.
This has to be the best of the budget knives.
GC,
I’ve got several Enlans on order from Lazy Lizard [JoBen] including the 01. Can’t wait for them to arrive. I’ve got to study the “convexing” video so I can use that technique. All the users / reviewers have high regard for the Enlan/Bee knives so I’m really stoked to begin using them.
I just ordered one of these from Exduct. I realise it won’t be UK edc legal, but it just struck me that it may be illegal fullstop. Is there any likelihood of UK Customs confiscating this?
I certainly don’t plan to carry it, just want it on my boat to cut rope in an emergency. What are the chances of it actually arriving?
It is an assisted opener. Under UK law that’s a totally illegal flick-knife and may well be confiscated. If they check the package.
They may, or may not do so. Just don’t get stopped by a cop with it on your person. I believe that’s 5 years in prison these days.
Any assisted opener is liable to confiscation by the UKBA - Think TSA without the niceness…
Americans are much nicer people than Brits.
Assisted openers from DX don’t arrive. Form other places they may, or may not.
Bitter experience.
Mine got here no bother (Can’t now remember where it came from) - but no assisted opener from DX ever did.
Oh sh1t!! I clearly didn’t read the thread properly, and just thought it sounded handy. Didn’t realise it was an assisted opener (even I sussed out that assisted opener meant flick knife). Not sure I want it now - good job, as I probably won’t get it!
Thanks Don - I’ll try reading with my specs on next time.
Not familiar with UK laws, but I was under the impressions that assisted openers use some kind of spring mechanism to open the blade, which the EL-01 doesn't.
It's basically just like any other one-hand-opener, only with a flipper instead of a thumbstud.
But under UK law, any assisted opener is a flick-knife. The rules are crazy, but I didn’t make them.
Blame the moral panic around “knife crime” on our scummy tabloids.
Man, that's crazy.
I'm not particularly fond of the german kife laws either, but at least they male a difference between mechanically opened and assisted/automatic knives.
More than one shipment containing assisted openers has been opened by UKBA and the knives confiscated.
Like I’m about to stab anyone. The penalties for using such a device and being caught here start at 5 years in prison….
And given the hysteria about “knife crime” here (Read up on “moral panic” and “UK Tabloid” to see what a crappy place the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland can be) just don’t get caught.
I’d rather get caught with a Type 56 loaded than a flick-knife. The penalties would be lower.
And anything semi-automatic with a calibre larger than .22 is completely illegal since Barry Ryan went postal in 1987. Handguns became completely illegal after Thomas Hamilton in 1996. I was about 5 miles from Dunblane at the time.
Handguns are now absolutely banned here. More than a decade in jail for being caught with one.
Some Enlans are better than others. The EL-01 is a good knife for a large heavy folder. I wish they wouldn’t use those goofy pivot screws. What’s wrong with torxs or Allen heads?
They don’t even like knives that can be one hand opened here - thumb studs, spyder holes etc, all are frowned upon. 
:~ don’t even get started on locks, sheath knives, machetes, kukri’s.
In my other hobby (off roading, green laning, wheeling, call it what you will) the advice is to carry a bill hook rather than any kind of knife as its a gardening tool…. It’s also an f off stick with a blade on the end, but who am I to argue….
I’m sure you will enjoy it. That seems to be one of the budget knives that most everyone likes.
I think the convexing method is just using various grades of wet/dry sandpaper with either leather or a mousepad (something flexible). I’m trying to keep the V-grind on mind.
What do you people in Britain get up to that your government can’t trust you with a pocket knife? Are people in the UK that crazy that if they are allowed to carry a weapon, they will hurt someone with it?
Ask the same question to anyone who lives in N.Y.C. and several other U.S. cities. Knife laws here are better and probably not enforced as often but many city ordinances here might be more restrictive than you realize.
The EL-01 is still my most carried and used medium sized EDC, and also the most popular amongst other people I sell and gift them to. IMO, it still far outclasses every other folder in its size and price range. I dont regret purchasing the 100+ other models of Chinese manufactured knives because they are fun to collect. But for those looking for a single sturdy do-all knife, this is the one to have.
