Civivi Elementum Button Lock: Review & Teardown (Knife Content)
Published: 3 years ago
Well, I saw these release last week and snapped up the one I liked the best... which was good, 'cause by the time I got around to it, these were close to the only variants left.
Micarta's fantastic. Nice vertical oriented grain, very soft to the touch, but offers grip. I had a slight amount of button lock stick out of the box, but it was trivial to fix that up with a teardown.
I appreciate the longer blade on this, as 3.4" is more my preference for EDC with my larger hands.
Blade looks nice. It's hollow ground which is nice for slicey slicey. I also appreciate the high saber grind so I have a reference flat for sharpening. No real clue what the blade coating is that Civivi uses, but it kinda feels like a cerakote to me.
Disassembly was kind of tough due to the amount of thread locker used on the pivot, as well as the 4 posts that are wedged into the liner around the pivot. Love the liner-lock style spring used for the button lock, so you don't have a coiled spring that tends to yeet itself to Narnia when you look away. It does force you to reassemble with the blade closed rather than open.
Fidget factor is damned amazing, as the action from the ceramic brass-caged bearings allow for basically free-floating movement, a lot like my WELL broken in Benchmade 940.
Pleasantly surprised as I haven't been the largest Civivi fan from the few knives I've had from them and Sencut, but this is clearly a step up, and still quite affordable.
Specs:
3.4" 14C28N blade with 3.0 mm stock thickness
3.17 oz / 89 gram weight
0.45" handle thickness (Micarta)
Button Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Micarta's fantastic. Nice vertical oriented grain, very soft to the touch, but offers grip. I had a slight amount of button lock stick out of the box, but it was trivial to fix that up with a teardown.
I appreciate the longer blade on this, as 3.4" is more my preference for EDC with my larger hands.
Blade looks nice. It's hollow ground which is nice for slicey slicey. I also appreciate the high saber grind so I have a reference flat for sharpening. No real clue what the blade coating is that Civivi uses, but it kinda feels like a cerakote to me.
Disassembly was kind of tough due to the amount of thread locker used on the pivot, as well as the 4 posts that are wedged into the liner around the pivot. Love the liner-lock style spring used for the button lock, so you don't have a coiled spring that tends to yeet itself to Narnia when you look away. It does force you to reassemble with the blade closed rather than open.
Fidget factor is damned amazing, as the action from the ceramic brass-caged bearings allow for basically free-floating movement, a lot like my WELL broken in Benchmade 940.
Pleasantly surprised as I haven't been the largest Civivi fan from the few knives I've had from them and Sencut, but this is clearly a step up, and still quite affordable.
Specs:
3.4" 14C28N blade with 3.0 mm stock thickness
3.17 oz / 89 gram weight
0.45" handle thickness (Micarta)
Button Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball