Just ordered a Civivi Conspirator!

Retlawman590

Retlawman590

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Hi,

Well, I decided to look at BHC website, never good for the wallet. :) and they had some new Civivis advertised. I wasn't crazy about any of them, but decided to look at the brand. given its low price point (under $100). I knew I wanted to add a better quality flipper eventually, but I was holding off to order a Spyderco Military 1 or 2 first. Well, I love this looks of the Damascus and green micarta version. Size is right up my ally at 3.5" blade and 8.1" total. This one also has a button action and detent on the blade for non stop flipping. Ill let you know my impressions after I receive it. Thanks
 
I'd be interested to hear. I have two civivi elementums and the quality is excellent. I've been wondering if I just got lucky.
 
I've got an Asticus and a Vexer and the Conspirator is next on my "to buy" list. I hope you enjoy yours when it shows up!
 
I own three Civivi's and owned a fourth. Great knives. I have the Exarch in CF/Damascus, Riffle in rosewood/damascus, and McKenna damascus.
 
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I've owned a lot of their knives and I've given a bunch away as gifts. I've taken them all apart for inspection and quality lubrication.

Civivi quality is usually great. If it isn't, they have surprisingly good customer service for an overseas company. That's good because even the best companies can let an issue through from time to time, whether it's WE or Spyderco. Standing behind a product and making it right matters.
 
MrStabby7 said:
I'd be interested to hear. I have two civivi elementums and the quality is excellent. I've been wondering if I just got lucky.
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I've got I think five Civivis, they're each distinct and pretty much perfect for what they are. All of them would blow away any evenly priced and many more pricey competitor from ten years ago
 
I have two Civivi knives.

A Relic with Micarta scales, and Bo with Carbon fiber. Both in Nitro-V.

The blades themselves are nice. Well ground with nice secondary bevels.

However, the rest is sorta Ho-hum. The carbon fiber has a few gouges, the liners and liner locks are very thin. The pocket clips move as well, despite tightening.

I do not consider them work knives, but suited for light duty stuff.
 
The only Civivi I own is a Tamashii, a fixed blade, so nothing to fail. Decent heat treatment for D2, takes a good toothy edge, and a comfortable handle. Good execution of a Bob Terzuola design. No complaints.
 
I have the green micarta with black washed Nitro-V blade. Excellent knife for the money. Button action is great and you can thumb or middle finger flick it with the fuller. Blade is ground nice and thin behind the edge. Excellent blade shape for all around use. Feels nice in the hand and the pocket clip works well. Civivi's Nitro-V takes a super sticky edge. I prefer it to their 14c. May be the sharpest knife in my collection.

Personally I'd stay away from budget damascus.
 
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... Personally I'd stay away from budget damascus.
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Cheap Damascus is often made from junk steels (sometimes not even blade steels) for the sole purpose of looking pretty. So while that is good general advice, it isn't true that all "budget Damascus" is garbage.

The Civivi Damascus is made from 9Cr18Mov and 10Cr15CoMov (a Chinese analog of VG-10). Both of those are reasonable blade steels. It's probably getting a reasonable heat treatment too. Will it be an absolute competitor on edge retention? Probably not. However, it probably won't be bad. I'd at least expect it to outperform 8Cr13Mov.

Has anyone here taken Civivi's Damascus to task or seen any reliable cut testing with it?
 
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