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.
I notice that some of big Enlans (EL 01, 02, 02B) are available with the Bee logo instead of the Enlan. The new formerly Enlan EL01 are now Bee EL01, Bee EL01 KH or Bee EL01A.
The design of the Enlan logo looks better in my opinion - I think I have to buy some old Enlan’s before they aren’t available anymore.
I love my EL-01 (KH), I have successfully used it as a temporary kitchen knife and all around utility knife when I moved in to a new place for the school year. Only brought the essentials first time around and my EL-01 performed surprisingly well in the kitchen, didn’t get it too messy so that I could avoid having to strip it apart for cleaning (those darn screws!).
I love the ergonomics and the flipper/finger guard. Lockup is very solid and I have no worries about it slipping or failing. the ball detent is a little on the weak side, but understandable considering the weight of the blade. The only thing I would change is the pivot screw and perhaps some gimping on the thumb ramp, but for the price it already exceeds expectations as it is.
It's just too damn big .
They should make the same or similar knife in a 3/4 size .
It would sell it's butt off .
Moral panic fuelled by some of the world’s scummiest tabloids - so as to divert attention from their own misconduct. And populist politicians who thought that “knife crime” and being hard on it would win them more votes. Like a hefty minimum sentence for even being in possession of a knife.
Strictly speaking, any multitool with a blade that can be locked open (IOW one that is safe to use) is an offensive weapon.
As to how well this policy is working…
It isn’t. We just lock up more and more people.
Check the EM01 version http://www.exduct.com/Chinese-Folding-Knives/Bee-Enlan-Knives/EM01-Enlan-Pocket-Knife.html
Total length is 16,1 cm vs. 21,2 for the EL01.