Review of the Enlan Bee EL-02B

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Enlan Bee EL-02B Stainless Steel Folding Knife

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Hey so I have been looking for a few more folding knives and I have a few Enlan bees and they are top quality knives.
So I thought I would try a few more so here we are with the Enlan bee El-02B.

First impression is good! The quality and weight seems to be good it is a little on the heavy side for a folding knife. but a little lighter then the Ganzo G704.

It appears to be a clone of the Ganzo G704 which I own and love! But this knife has its own quirks. It feels more finished then the Ganzo and is a tiny but lighter but feels much better in the hand!

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I prefer the prefer the ergonomics of the handle on the Enlan. It feels more secure in the hand especially when wet. But both handle are okay overall. The grip levels are around the same for both but i have a feeling the Enlan will be better once dirty because the spaces are much bigger in the handle making it harder for dirt and grit to get stuck.

Specs
Material: Stainless Steel + G10
Form Factor: Folding
Blade Edge Type: Fine
Blade Type: Drop Point
Depth: 12.7 mm
Height: 212 mm
Width: 29 mm
Blade Length: 92 mm
Close Length: 120 mm
Open Length: 212 mm
Product Weight: 130 g
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Steel type:8cr13mov (Stainless Steel 56-58HRC)
Opener: Ambidextrous Thumb-Studs
Handel specs: Dual Stainless Steel Liner, G10 Handle Scales or Micarta, Lanyard Hole

The specialty of the knife is defiantly the axis locking system and if its any thing like the Ganzo version it should be a force to be messed with! The spring in the locking system is under a bit tension so it is a little hard to move but should ease up with use and some lubrication.

The jimping on top of the knife has bigger spacing’s on the Enlan i prefer this design over the Ganzo! But both grip well over all. being a folding knife the jimping will get used a a lot.

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With this pic take note you can see the difference in the locking mechanism buttons . The Enlan bee stick out a little further. Also note the thumb stud sits a little higher on the Enlan making it more ergonomic and easier to grip and use.

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The knife is a none assisted opening knife but does have some sort of spring action, Which is attached to the locking mechanism i am not sure how this works! it assist in the first part of opening and closing of the blade into the knife housing.

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The Ganzo does look more polished and the Enlan EL-02B looks a little rough it has a kind of stonewashed finish to the blade while the Ganzo is very polished.
Out of the Box the EL-02B is sharp enough to cut the hair on my arm but it could use a bigger edge overall.

The clip on the EL-02B is a little bigger then on the G704 and the rivets that hold the clip are a little more spread out so it seems a little more robust!

I guess this is why the EL-02B is a little lighter! lol Also add the Ganzos blades is a little shorter but a little thicker.

I bought both knives from https://www.fasttech.com/

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Thanks for reading :smiley:

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first of all - thanks for the review.

I had a similar experience with the G726M axis lock. The axis lock spring is under the right amount of tension so that a slight nudge (against the thumb stud) pushes the entire blade blade out quickly. It is not as fast as a good AO but a really cool feature.

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nice review!
But, how does it actually preform? (my son and me go to the pile of oak wood for heating and baton a piece of the aproximately 1 meter long blocks. We then make the piece we have removed round. this way we know how the new knife is working and have found a knife that best fitted our hands since his eleven years old hands are somewhat different from mine grown-up hands (he has now confiscated the “browing” fixed and Ganzo G726M folder where I am happy with a no brand fixed and a Ganzo G727M folder)

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I would never use a foldable knife for batoning wood. Unless it was an emergency.

As a folding knife it works fine for cutting even when i am in the garden and working on equipment. I might need it to cut line for the line trimmer and stab into boxes and what not. I have a lot of fixed blades i use to for heavy duty work. I trust these locking system more then the liner locks.

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well I have learned that indeed folders are not good for batoning, but after using the first this way it is like a good test.
The smaller Ganzo G718W has a little wiggle now, but that is after hammering on it for several hours.
1 meter oak all should be able to take is my take on it. And we use the same size blocks of oak so that gives a nice comparison :wink:

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Sounds expensive to be breaking knives just to test. I just blew up a Hugsby XP1 yesterday lol
But i know Enlan and Ganzo will always be quality

This is my camping knife plus i use an axe.
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no they dont break, would not try it with a small pocket knife :wink:
nice!
what knife (ehm axe, hmm machete, pff sword ;)) is this?

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I should say i use this knife and an axe for camping.
My folding knives do not see much action except for fishing and when i am working on small things…
The knife is a Schrade SCHF27

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Do you own any Morakniv knives? Apparently they are meant to be good and they are cheap.

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no just discovering the nice properties of knfes as tools beause of reading here on BLF
next to the smaller and weaker knifes we already had, we now have 3 Ganzo folders and 3 fixed full tang knifes.
There is 1 fixed full tang knfe still in transit, it is not a collection thing, sorry, just for using.

Read about Mora here, they should be good,

here are our Ganzos, with the “Browning” and left an spring assisted one I had for many years.

that Schrade SCHF27 looks really impressive

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Your browning knife looks nice i want to buy one. how big is it?

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Check out the topic on fixed blade deals we have discussed it there and the AE link is there as well.
It is not real but makes an awesome work knife, I remove the wood and just the metal is good to hold (no sharp edges) because I do not want to damage the handles while hammering on it.
(Sorry on the phone now)

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A few posts higher
The knife in the post of the link is bigger but the handles cannot be removed and sure enough after batoning for a few hours the scales have a little movement
I will add a pic of the knife I now use for work in that thread later. I used the fixed blade topic for some pics of my nifes

The “browning” I bought is no longer available, bt I found a few that look th same, but cost more.
I put them on my wishlist and when the price drops to below $13 I willbuy one.
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