Enlan-EL01

ElectrikHellfire

ElectrikHellfire

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I received a Enlan-EL01 in the mail today. The knife cost about $8 and took about 21 days to make it across the pacific from Hong Kong. Ive had a couple of SRM710s in the past but this one is quite a few notches about those.

My first impressions are that it's actually a pretty solid knife. Handles are G10 and screws are hex heads. Clip is non-movable but solid. Blade is 8Cr13Mov (no idea) Liners are skeletonized and the overall weight is 5.5oz. Blade is about 3 5/8" and overall is 8 3/8". Liners are pretty beefy and lockup is early. No play anywhere on this thing. Pillar construction.

Flipper is smooth but does take a little wrist action. Overall fit and finish is as good as many knives from USA manufacturers I have like Kershaw. A few pics...

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Is it a copy? I can't say but the handle is Hinderer-like but the blade is different enough.

Will it knock my Zaan out of my EDC? No. but for $14 shipped to my door, it's pretty frikkin nice IMO. A fun piece at any rate.
 
I consider the EL-01 as a kind of ZT200 alternative for those on a very limited budget.
It is simply a very sturdy linerlocking folder offered at an unbelievable price considering that it is decent quality.
 
yeah thats on my to get knife...I bought a rough rider flipper stiletto and the flip is decent (had no experience with flippers) so wanted to give another flipper a shot.
 
The one thing I do not like is the pivot head. How on earth do you disassemble it? I'd like to take this one down and clean and lube it to ease the flipper some.

Any ideas?
 
wouldn't be too hard to make a tool that sits in only 2 of the holes and allows you to undo it...thats my only gripe with some of SRM's knives, they use hex head on everything else except some models.
 
the hex heads are annoying too

mine were held together with metric hex heads, and I didn't have any metric hex keys.
but the clips appear to be held on with 1/32 inch hex head screws.

It's very weird. I wish they would just use torx.
 
metric hex keys aint exactly rare...I keep a full set of metric and imperial (also a full kit of torx).
 
My error, this one has #7 torx screws in the handle. I'm still working out the best way to get at the pivot. I'd rather not have to buy a pair of snap ring pliers since they would actually cost more than the knife itself!!
 
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Problem solved. I snipped off two 1/4" pieces of a standard paperclip and inserted them into two of the pivot holes. Then I carefully clamped them in a pair of vice grips. What resulted are two 1/16th stubs of the paperclips sticking out of the vice grips at the correct spacing. Worked like a charm. I loosened the pivot enough so that now it flips easily but still has no blade play. Crude but effective.
 
I was able to remove the pivot using the pocket clip and some push pins. The holes for the clip are positioned similarly enough with the pivot holes to make a little custom wrench. I clipped the sharp ends off the tacks but left enough so that there was enough play to accommodate for the imperfect congruency. Worked great.

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Paperclips, vice grips, tiny pliers, small corks, pocket clips and push pins -- is there some reason these manufacturers of excellent, value-priced knives can't provide a 10 cent pivot tool to keep their products working?
 
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