As long as you follow a few rules it should last you well.
Don’t try cutting anything that you think might chip the blade.
Twisting the blade will probably break it.
The tip is very delicate.
Obviously if you drop the knife with the blade open something will give, blade tip usually.
Now the good stuff.
It should arrive extremely sharp and it should stay that way for a long time, good thing as they are very difficult to sharpen.
As long as you are careful with it the blade should last for years without any maintenance.
I have a few ceramic blades, some for kitchen use and some general cutting.
The top one is a Zayka and the bottom one a BlackDog. Pretty much the same knife as the Boker Plus Anti-MC but less than a third of the price. They were in stock at one retailer in the U.K. lasted two days and never seen again. The tip on the black one lasted about ten minutes, I didn’t even know it had gone. but as I don’t intend piercing anything with it that’s O.K.
Both of these excel at push cutting 550 Paracord and have lasted 4+ years, mostly because I don’t use them a lot.
Post some photos of your other knives, it’s always good to see pics.
Thought I'd post a fixed blade that just entered my collection. "Budget" knife designation because this is an heirloom for my (now 3 years old) Grandson. Priceless?
"Gambler's Hideaway Bowie" forged and made this year by John Doyle of Michigan.
The Bee L04GN is about the only knife I gave up on. The flipper is the wrong geometry to flip properly and the opening is rough without a strip and clean, at this point I would put Phosphor Bronze washers in there and use the thumbstuds, the internal stop pin fouls any PB washer I could find so I put the originals back in and put it away, what a poor knife compared to the EL-04 and EL-04MCT.
It is a decent looking and locking knife but I prefer the Bee L05-1, L01MCT and L01-1
I know there are some big fans of the Enlan EL-01 on this forum, but I recently purchased my first, an EL-01B, and I am having issues with the lock. The lock is EXTREMELY hard to disengage. Could anyone recommend a fix to lighten up the lock disengage? Might this be an issue caused by the black coating on this model?
I have an EL01B and it’s lock is flawless, maybe the liner gets too far or build tolerance made for a stiffer fit, in which case maybe it could use some light (and I mean VERY LIGHT) grinding…?
I bet Steve has better answers, I think he’s da man as knife tweaking goes (kudos!).
Based on peoples reviews in this thread, I ordered the spyderco hungarian replica. Wow. I am not disappointed. For the price-point, that is a flawless, well put together, and RAZOR sharp knife. Can’t beat it for the money as far as I am concerned.
My el01 first gen (3 points on the pivot screw) grey colour blade is easy to disengage, without problems. My unique knife than it is really HARD of unlock is my enlan el08, it is a beast, but you must move the frame lock a lot and it is hard, to much hard.
Couple of problems with that, I’d like to see the blade in a better set of photos - printed Damascus is getting really good. I’d like to know what steels were used. The product described in the directories read - Home>Store Home>Products>Butterfly fridge magnet. The real kicker is both in the leader and the product description as an Enlan EL-01D - that model already exists as a satin blade and rosewood scales. There is so much that can go wrong on a Damascus liner or frame lock, if the lock face has been cut before etching and not been masked the lock would be very poor. That having been said, if more stores offer them for sale, Exduct and FastTech for instance as well as a couple of others, I’d give it a go. AliExpress satisfaction guarantee is a good thing.
Edit……………Who am I kidding I want at least one, double up on the ones I already have and buy one with a Damascus blade to swap the blades into all the variants, that’s not crazy, is it. :money_mouth_face:
Still be cheaper than a Medford. :bigsmile:
As isti already mentioned, graphite will stop it sticking, it is sometimes a problem with the black coated blades, not only on Enlans but SanRenMus as well, some knives are no problem, some stick. Keeping the lock without graphite will bed it in quicker but graphite will make it easier to operate, a good writing on with a pencil will be fine.
If that doesn’t seem to be working then slacken off the pivot, open and close a couple of times. Tighten until the blade swings free but is free of play, there is a sweet spot there somewhere. Try adjusting the pivot with the blade closed - if that doesn’t work well then try it with the blade open.
All this is assuming that there are no obvious burrs or coating left on the tang, most of the problems I’ve had has been with coating on the linerlock or framelock bar.
Even if you do nothing it will get better with use.
Just a thought but flipping the blade out really fast and hard does engage the lock very tight sometimes when broken in as well as new.
Typical folder knife from my country!. Well, at ancient times, now it would be illegal (more than 11 cm blade long).
I do not know in english but this type ot knives were called “navajas de carraca o de siete muelles” due to its lock system.
