Button Lock Elementum II C18062PB-DS1

La elementum es una excelente navaja, además, en este acabado tipo damasco se ve realmente bonita, algo pesada. El único inconveniente es que su botonlock hay que apretarlo casi hasta el fondo, pero es cuestión de acostumbrarse. Gran filo y el tamaño perfecto para ser portada. Tiene el mismo tamaño que mi navaja Kershaw Monitor. El mecanismo de apertura y desbloqueo de la Kershaw es ligeramente mejor (en mi opinión). Recomiendo la elementum II más para presumir, si vas a usarla mucho, entonces recomiendo la elementum I.

Es exactamente lo que dice ser. Es un cuchillo con acero de damasco a un bajo precio. La navaja es buena pero le hacía falta filo, ya estando afilada es una locura el filo que pudo alcanzar y lo bien que lo retiene. El problema que tiene y que yo descubrí sobre el acero de Damasco es que se raya muy fácil y restaurarla a como salió de la caja es complicado, entonces si usas esta navaja para lo que es, dejará de verse nueva en pocos días. Aún asi estoy totalmente satisfecho, el mecanismo funciona muy bien y se puede operar con una mano sin mayor problema y la forma de la hoja es útil para lo que se te ocurra.

La navaja es muy liviana y resistente. El diseño es elegante y muy compacto además se adapta muy bien a la mano al momento de sujetarla. El botón de seguridad para abrirla funciona muy bien ya que permite que la navaja no se abra sola. El material del mango de fibra de carbono se siente muy resistente y las pruebas de corte me resultaron bastante buenas. La aconsejo para uso diario y para llevar a todos lados.

Exelente navaja de EDC

The Civivi Elementum line of knives are probably their best sellers ever. It has won numerous awards and many people consider it to be the EDC knife that all others are charged from. I own entirely too many knives, most of which are in the moderate to expensive range. The Button Lock Elementum II with a Damascus blade and carbon fiber handle is a work of very practical art. The blade is just shy of 3 inches, making it legal to carry in most states and jurisdictions. The pattern in the polished Damascus is beautiful and it takes a keen edge. The blade is a very versatile drop point with a full flat grind for ease of cutting. It cuts with ease, and it can easily slice things like tomatoes paper thin (make sure to wash the blade immediately after use, especially if it is something acidic like tomato so as to protect the Damascus from corrosion). This is clearly not designed as a self-defense knife, but it could be used for that, if needed, because the drop point allows this to still stab well, unlike some designs like cleaver shaped blades or a traditional sheep's foot shaped blade, which is rounded at the end, instead of having a point. The handle is made of twill carbon fiber overlaid on G10. This keeps the cost down while still giving it that elegant look that people who are looking at this are likely looking for. The carbon fiber handle is black / dark gray in a very high tech-looking woven pattern. It is comfortable to hold and big enough to get a good grip on. Carbon fiber doesn't conduct heat well so it won't freeze your hand in the winter or burn it in the summer. The carbon fiber is a little slick and I think it would have benefited from a grippier top coat. If it's too slick for you, you can add texture by stippling it, lightly sanding it down some to roughen it up, or by cutting grooves into the handle with something like a rotary tool. Unfortunately, you will lose some of the aesthetics of the handle if you modify it in any of these ways. There is also a lanyard hole, if that is your thing. The push button lock on this knife works very well and allows the blade to easily swing open and closed on its caged ceramic ball bearing pivot. It is exceptionally smooth and makes for a fun fidget to play around with while watching TV. My concern with the button lock system is that there is a spring underneath the button that provides tension. I prefer my knives to be fairly bomb proof with the least moving parts as usual. The spring is a potential weak spot in this design. Springs compress or stretch, will corrode under the right conditions, and the coils can catch on each other as the spring compresses. My experience with button locks is very limited. The only other knife I own with a button lock is a CJRB Pryite Lite that I got at the same time as this one. Time will tell if the spring becomes an issue, and my worries may be completely unfounded. I prefer any folding knife I own to have multiple ways of deploying the blade. The Elementum II has both a flipper and the button lock to deploy the blade, and both work very well. The pocket clip is a serviceable, stainless steel, flat deep carry pocket clip. I have a bad habit of bending this type of pocket clip, usually as it is snagged by my seatbelt. I would have preferred a milled titanium pocket clip, which is nearly indestructible, and would look much more fitting on such an elegant knife. Civivi didn't do this because it would have driven up the cost, defeating the point of this knife, which is to make a knife of excellent design, out of exotic materials, that costs a fraction of what other company's knives in the same materials cost. Unfortunately, the pocket knife is not reversible, making it less universal, especially for left-handed people The pocket knife is listed as weighing 3.3 oz. This is relatively light when you consider that it has steel liners, not titanium. The Elementum II is easily pocketable and I don't notice the weight. For me, that is what I look for in an EDC and it is also what I look for in a dress knife. Many dress casual pants or formal pants have small, shallow pockets and are made from a thinner, less stout, material. This knife doesn't weigh you down, doesn't take up much real estate in your pocket, and the pocket clip grips thinner materials, as well as thicker materials. There are some changes that would make this knife even better. I would like to see this knife stay in production but it would be nice to have the option of one made with higher quality materials, for more money. These types of knives never sell exceptionally well, but there is a niche clientele of knife people who would gladly pay a lot more for such a great design in better materials. An all carbon fiber handle with no G10 will lighten the load, while still being very strong. Replacing the stainless steel liners with titanium liners will improve it because titanium is lighter, plenty strong and corrosion resistant. You could replace the carbon fiber with another exotic material like Damascus, timascus, mokume, anodized titanium or crystalized titanium. Necessary? No. Desirable? Definitely! This is a very elegant gentleman's knife that probably wouldn't scare too many people at the office if you pull it out to open a package or cut up an apple. The Damascus blade is beautiful, as is the twill carbon fiber handle, and even people who are not knife people find it pretty and take an interest in it, especially when describing how Damascus steel is made. It requires a little more tender love and care than knives made with non-exotic materials, but it is a knife that works amazingly well as an EDC while looking at home in the office or at church.