Enlan EL08 in da house!!!

[nilfire77]

After a day of use I have a question for you myself.

¿Is hard for you to push the framelock to close the knife?

For me, opening (less) and closing (more) is becoming a pain, although I can even feel my thumb is getting stronger ¬¬

It's rather stiff to disengage the lockbar, but not even half as bad as my HEST 2.0

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

Thanks for the comparison lock photo! You beat me by 1, I have only 1 EL01 and 1 EL01KH.

It is indeed about 1.5 thickness against EL01 (50% more). And quite evidently harder to disengage.

With thinner blade but thicker liner, there's no doubting the lock strength! :thumbup:

 

[nilfire77]

Some youtube vids for those who are interested...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrE_98vizr4 by SrJoben
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlhKOBowOLo Part 1 by Dexusta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr-FDYakJQo Part 2 by Dexusta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rabtZXU0rSo Take down vid by Dexusta

 

[diegokid]

I was confused. Looks as if one of the side plates (non-locking side) is totally made of G10. I went to youtube and saw that there is a plate of stainless intergral to that side plate. Just bought one on ebay. Should have it in ten days. Thanks for the review.

 

[M1K3Z0R]

I was confused. Looks as if one of the side plates (non-locking side) is totally made of G10. I went to youtube and saw that there is a plate of stainless intergral to that side plate.

Thanks for pointing that out. I was also under that impression, and I was about to write it off and move along, but I might get one if it goes on sale in the future. It also seems that Enlan has finally settled on the raised triangle pivot screw for their knives, my EL-01KH came with it (even though pictures of it had the sloted triangle version) and I have seen photos of recent EL-01A units with the same pivot instead of the former 3 hole pivots.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

It's not mentioned anywhere, but the blade grind is flat on my EL08, similar to EL01, not hollow.
Factory edge is quite sharp but very obtuse.

Thanks again Nilfire for review & Asincrono for comparison photo, finally I got it & am very satisfied with the build.

Edited to add: I have taken off the clip, and I think the lockbar stabilizer does it's job, both preventing overextension and movement towards the back of the handle when gripped tightly:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...y-and-knives-Fan-post?p=11501751#post11501751