Enlan is now on my banned list

Very disappointing results from the edge retention test .
Yes, will never buy another Enlan …

It’s a shame the knives feel so good , lock up tight , have no blade play and just look nice too !
So colour me surprised that they went to the trouble of using such bad steel for the blades .
Cant compete with a Cheap Nasty $16 knife ? Maybe you should get out of the knife making business ! ( Oh that’s $16 Ozzi bananas with free shipping from Sydney for the cheap knife that scored a 160 )
I like cheap knives , but I dont like junk knives ( Junk blade steel )

Cheap knives swinging purses at one another.

Too funny.

Chris

You can tell by the fit and finish alone that the quality of Enlan is far behind similar budget knifes.

Naa! Fit and finish are just fine , nothing to complain about there .
For the price point , fit and finish are exceptional .

What blows chunks , is the blade steel .

I mean ? Why go to the trouble of making a knife that feels good . Has no play , locks up tight . Is straight !
But then skimp on the most important part of all = The blade steel !

It must cost pretty much the same to make a bad blade as it does to make a good blade …

So the question begs ! Why not just make a good blade ? For what is otherwise in every other way , a good knife until you cut something !

I recently learned how bad 3CR13 and 4CR14 are.

I'm going to avoid Kershaw knives with those crappy steels, but continue to get Kershaw with better steels.

(I'm addicted to assisted-openers.)

No need for gendered insults...thanks!

Just ignore the Troll …………

I'm loving my Enlan Mo25.

Weight ,balance ,smooth as silk ,nice lock up .One of my favorite knives under 10$. You made me look and from the factory the knife wasn't/isn't very sharp at all .

I am curious at what point people will consider a steel to be too soft to actually use . What you're doing to these blades is pretty tough usage. I have some kitchen knives that only need a mild touch up every week or so . Compared to my parents knives that won't stay sharp thru one single cut . thankfully they won't pierce the trash bag on the way out the door .

How many cuts do you think a decent budget 10$ knife would be acceptable ? 100+?

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oh no!! Looks like Bidens mom is scoring heavily in the early rounds .

Yes .
A) There is no standardised testing that I am aware off
B) Everyone has their own standards
C) My standards

100 or less on the rope cut test = Poor Performance
100 - 200 = Average , the more toward 100 the more average ( 420 - 440 performance levels )
200 - 300 = Better low end steel
300 - 400 = Decent knife steel
400+ = Now you are talking about a good knife . ( I mean good )

420 / 440 - For me these seem to range around 120 to 140 ( There is just so much bad 440 out there )
Chinese cr/mov - There might be some good - Unfortunately there is so much bad . I have a cheap mystery steel knife that scored 160 . So ? It’s way way much a lottery .
Fake Steel - Or BS printed on the knife ? Or just the worst made steel ? D2 , I have a real D2 that scored 450/470 , and other D2 that scored 100 ( 2 off them ) …. Yeah !
Also a 14c28n that scored 100 - What do you call that ?
Enlan 911 12c27n scored a 220 , thats fair . Price VS performance , I would call that knife justified .

I am about to test my two Bee knives , put them to the rope !

With the knives , there is as much or more BS than with flashlights / batteries .
Got to watch out for the BS printed on the knife blade , Fakes , counterfeits , and the fraud .
Sometimes ( documented ) contractors substitute steels ( for blades ) from decent steel ( contracted ) to garbage steels . And the brand owner never knows until a metallurgy test is done by some one .
ANd the other Variable is the heat treat . That so called 61 HRC might be in reality 51 …
One of the Elans , the edge just melted away in 50 cuts . But since I went from 0 to 50 , when did the edge go ? 10 - 20 - 30 That really is rubbish steel !

Just so much BS in the knife world . And just because a knife is good one day ? What about later production knives ? If the manufacturer makes 1000 badly heat treated knives ? Does anyone imagine they wont sell them ?
It literally is a lottery . You take a punt , and you might win or you might lose .
Most people wont know , because they dont do edge retention tests that produce repeatable results .
I never did . Until recently . I was disappointed because I was always sharpening my Chinese knives and I dont recall needing to sharpen my American , German , English , Swedish . Finish , Swiss knives anywhere as much .

Next , Bee’s put to the rope .