CIVIVI Altus Pocket Folding Knife with Button Lock and Thumb Stud Opener, 2.97" Nitro-V Silver Bead Blasted Blade Black G10 Handle C20076-1

Beautiful looking knife. Well made. Deployment is smooth. Button lock fantastic. Blade is centered perfectly. So far this is my 4th Civivi knife purchase. Well worth the money. Plan on purchasing more from their large selection of knives.

The media could not be loaded. I’m a knife lover and a knife user like the rest of you. This isn’t the first or last Civivi knife I own. They bring a excellent selection of quality knives to the table! Sharp out of the box and able to handle all of my edc needs. I love all of it, the color, handle, feel in hand, Nitro V, slicing efficiency, and button lock! This knife just fit in all of my edc needs. Bought it for a backpacking trip and now I can’t put it down. It’s so fidgety with the button lock! If you’re on the fence about this one watch the video review I made and buy it, can’t go wrong.

Slim, elegant, light, all you could ask for.

This is one of my favorites now. It’s a well designed button lock with a great detent and deployment. Action is great and for me personally, the ability to move the clip to the show side is awesome as a lefty.There are some minor qualms I have with the knife. Mostly, I would have preferred a more west resistant steel (eg S30v, 35vn, 20cv, etc) but that would have obviously added to the price. Nitro-V is a solid all around steel too that has a decently high toughness. My other minor complaint is the knife is a bit thicker than it needs to be in the handle (due to full steel liners and g10 not being nested). That being said, the overall profile of the knife in pocket is very narrow which is quite comfortable.I haven’t had any of the issues that some of the other reviewers are having (lock stick, blade play). It seems that Civivi has gotten that QC under control with my sample.

I have 4 Civivi button locks. 2 Cogents, one serrated, one not, the Conspirator, and now the Altus. Of them, the Altus is definitely my favorite. Perfect size for EDC, fantastic blade shape and grind, good ergos, and a great action. Little bit of button stick but nothing too bad and it's already getting better. Came fairly sharp but I still put a nicer 20DPS edge on it and the thing slices like nothing else now. Nitro-V is easy to sharpen and, in my experience, holds an edge fairly well. Both the body screws and pivot screw are T8 which is great. Pocket clip screws are still T6. Blade lock up is totally solid and the action is perfectly drop shut.Except for the small amount of lock stick I really have no complaints. Overall just a phenomenal pocket knife.

Just received,everything is spot on-good finish,no blade play or rocklock,nice deployment,plenty sharp enough.There is ocasional button stick,but it's nothing,you can still push it in easily, it doesn't do it all the time,and it'll probably go away after breaking in,so I'm not taking any stars from it.Civivis are about the only name brand knife I'd buy from amazon,because,unlike most other knives from amazon,these come directly from civivi,so you don't have to worry about counterfeits from a third party.I have about four thousand dollars of mid to high end knives,so I pretty much know about knives,and if u want a three inch folder,this is a very good choice for that price point

My 3rd Civivi knife and the Quality is as good as ever, especially for the price. The Nitro-V cuts every bit as good as my previous bought SM35.

Like many others I was looking forward to a quality button lock knife under $100. This knife received some very positive early reviews, and due to the Cogent button lock and Elementum button lock there was much anticipation for this knife under 3 inches.I ended up returning this knife because it did not meet my expectations. Like another reviewer mentioned, the button occasionally sticks. I also found the deployment to be inconsistent. Sometimes the knife deployed just fine with little effort and other times it felt stuck and required a lot of effort. The knife successfully locked each time, but sometimes it lacked the loud "click" sound that really gives me confidence that it is locked. When you disengage the lock you have to be extremely careful because this knife acts like a gravity knife and the blade often instantly dropped rapidly. Any digit in the way would be in serious danger. To some degree that is the nature of a button lock, but I prefer a slightly slower drop that requires a little wrist action.The handle was comfortable and the blade shape is great. Overall, I just felt that the knife seemed more like a prototype than a finished product. With such a small area of the button providing 100% of the safety for the knife, I did not have full confidence with the issues I was having that I would be safe using this knife.I recommend if you have an opportunity to locate one to try in person and see if it is to your liking before ordering. At this price point there are not a lot of other options for button locks, but tons of options for some really great knives with other locking mechanisms and better steel.