A cheap reliable knife

[pinnah]

Interesting. I came back from a northern trip and looked for a new outdoor hat in a sporting goods chain store. I impulse bought a #9 out of curiosity. This thing is quite cool and with a few swipes on my Sharp Maker, it's a freaking straight razor !

Yup.

Now try to break it.

Obviously, don't put massive amounts of closing pressure on the handle with the blade locked. The lockring will pop off and it will close on your fingers. But then, why would somebody put massive closing pressure on the knife?

But, pry, twist, cut hard and do all things that normally cause a lock mechanism or joint to open up and start to wobble.

I've not been able to produce any blade play in any of my Opinels. Typically, you'll hear about the blades breaking before the joint fails. I've killed several Buck lock backs. My Opinels have out lasted any of them.

Fun trick... undo the lock ring and batton with it. If you go nuts you may loosen the joint up a bit, but the lockring will take up the slack.

I've found them to be much tougher than their weight suggests and, as you've found, the blade profile is really amazing.

 

[grownstar]

It's always good when your knife is sharp enough to cut clean through a pair of lacy underthings in one go... it just isn't as cool-looking if it takes longer than that.

I know I'd start with the nervous giggling if I had to keep cutting...

 

[TrueSpartan331]

I don't carry my Mule much anymore but still like it a lot

Welcome to the forums by the way!

Thanks!

 

[Myal]

It's always good when your knife is sharp enough to cut clean through a pair of lacy underthings in one go... it just isn't as cool-looking if it takes longer than that.

its actually important , it can really mess up a moment otherwise .

I see a few +1s for the elan , I had one ..

the handle is thin thin thin ..it might be cool and mall ninja pocket stealthing thin but in my hand by comparison , it hurts when its actually used compared to the opinel 10

Little bit use , no worries , in hand for extended time , yeah , hotspots galore , blisters , and cuts .. no kidding , cuts .. the milled edges are sharp .
I took the edges off the handle of mine with a chainsaw sharpening file ..but really , should you have to be taking the sharp edges off the handle ??

Size wise , the Elan is roughly the same as the Opinel , theyre not much different apart from the Elan is way heavier , the blade thicker , the handle thinner and deeper , and the blade of the Elan didnt hold its edge well at all compared to the Opinel , and while the Opinel is still tight , the Elan got side play after a bit of use . Not a lot , but more than the Opinel , and enough it irked me .

Last of all , the Elan I got because I read it was a fun flipper , and people say that the Opinel is not a knife you can open with one hand . If you really use your Opinel .. it wears in , and yeah it becomes a one handed opening knife .
http://s169.photobucket.com/user/okapiknives/media/002_zps108c6ddd.mp4.html

so yeah anyway .. thats my comparison of dirt cheap knives .. the only plus to the Elan I found was it has a flipper thing that kinda actually got in my way anyway when I used the knife . The Elan is a good knife to lend to people who want to use your knife tho . They dont usually ask again .

 

[RedLynx]

Do you find the Enlan to be a fun flipper after all, Myal? I like a fun flipper. But I also looove an Opinel.

 

[hellvenger]

i think you make a mistake

there are a lot of +1 for the enlan el01

the knife you present is an iron MY803

i had both and i still have the el01 , much stronger and better cutting edge

:angel:

 

[homey]

Cryo, built like a tank for around $24.00

 

[Myal]

i think you make a mistake

there are a lot of +1 for the enlan el01

the knife you present is an iron MY803

i had both and i still have the el01 , much stronger and better cutting edge

:angel:

Youre right , my bad
I got a few off that auction site and was kinda floored they made it thru customs .. then found dang they all crap anyway what was the point lol .

I also found , I dont like flippers

I got a buck vantage and a couple others in the same buying spree , and gave em all away , flipping isnt my thing .

 

[maverick3981]

ENLAN 01 or 02 all of them are great knives which take lot of abuse.