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 Lastly the micarta sucks. I love micarta and was excited to see it at this price point. But the micarta used on this knife appears to be made of all synthetic materials and looks and feels bad in hand. It is not grippy in the traditional micarta manner, especially when wet

5 Slicer or a ZT-0562. Not being a knife snob at all either. One of my favorite carry knives is an Ontario Rat-1 D2. Just an honest evaluation from someone who is not part of the Instagram pocket dump crowd

The good: S35VN steel blade, good heat treat and very sharp out of the box, excellent detent and flipping action.  The bad: Unnecessarily thin blade stock, pocket clip, poor ergos for large hands, poor quality micarta  I am a knife geek. I own over 400 knives. Ranging from the 1600’s, to current production mid techs

I tried to love it but.....no.

 I’m honestly shocked this made it through QC. I’m returning the knife for a replacement. Hopefully, second time’s the charm.

 Tightening up the pivot to eliminate blade play forced the blade way off center. I also noticed that the screws holding on the micarta scales were loose. I’m honestly shocked this made it through QC. I’m returning the knife for a replacement

 Sadly, I can’t say the same for the Pintail. It arrived with lots of play in the pivot - blade wobbled all over the place when locked. Tightening up the pivot to eliminate blade play forced the blade way off center. I also noticed that the screws holding on the micarta scales were loose

Poor QC - Shocking for a Civivi

Excellent knife that ii nicely constructed with quality materials. This is my second Civivi knife and they are great knives. This is supposed to be We Knives lower end but about the only thing that is lower is the price. Highly recommend

Quality knife.

  Some additional gripes: knife clip needs to have the ability to drop it slightly deeper onto the pocket. A 1/8" deeper would make it easier to hide it as a knife and make it look pen like. Ball bearings were also slightly tight on new opening.  Overall I haven't tested longevity yet but am hopeful that it matches the 2x price vs the very similar knifes civivi sells

 Ball bearings were also slightly tight on new opening.  Overall I haven't tested longevity yet but am hopeful that it matches the 2x price vs the very similar knifes civivi sells. I'll update the review after I use it a bit and see how it holds up to a working knifes job. It might just be better to grab two cheaper versions

 I'll update the review after I use it a bit and see how it holds up to a working knifes job. It might just be better to grab two cheaper versions.

2x cost, but 2x value unsure...

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That said, there are a couple issues with the knife that prevent me from giving it a perfect score (not that I really score anything on here anyways). First, the handle is cramped. This knife is not going to replace my Griptilian or other work knives any time soon. I could have gotten the 4″ version, but I usually don’t like to carry folding knives that large

But if the X5 speaks to you as a collector and enthusiast, then I’m here to tell you to answer the call. It’s mostly an awesome knife. Not my desert island EDC, but there is a lot to enjoy with this one. And like the EX-04, I don’t see myself offloading my X-5 any time soon

 This is a great steel that provides easy sharpening and good edge retention. I’ve had some issues with 154CM staining in the past, but obviously this coated blade is not going to rust at all. 

 Allen Elishewitz is among the best knife designers I have met, and this X-5 puts his talents on full display. At any rate, the blade features a simple high flat grind, a neat swedge and a fine tip. There is a slight amount of belly. Nothing crazy, but the edge is one continuous curve

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 This is a very loud knife. You pop it open it's loud and you close it again and it's loud again, nice resonance there, but it's! This is not gon na, be a subtle, quiet knife. You can put it away more quietly if you hold down the button lock on it, but even still it's gon na as it the detent slips by. I don't know, I'm just not a huge fan of that and they even the assist is loud

 Being a gun, company hasn't hurt this guy. The other thing is that there is no disassembly video for this knife and that's because um well, not only is this kind of a weird knife with an assisted button lock, but it's also the LCD screws and red loctite in the middle there. So I didn't want to risk using a soldering gun on this little guy here to reduce the Loctite as well as potentially scratching up the hardware. So that's why there's no disassembly sorry about that

 It allows you to use this guy with Fetty grip you'd like even though it is a button lock. So that's a nice little detail and then, finally, that the knife on the hole is very very nicely made. I mean the fit and finish is overall, pretty damn good. The milling is nice

 The harpoon is fun the g10 inlays a nice. It looks like a freaking stealth bomber, which is nice, and you got a couple of different options. If the stealth bomber look isn't quite up your alley, let's talk about what's great here. To me, what's great here is that this is a very, very unique knife

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