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CIVIVI Baklash Folding Knife - Drop Exclusive
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CIVIVI Baklash Folding Knife - Drop Exclusive
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WE Knife has earned a reputation for its knives with premium build quality, fit, and finish. However, some of the company’s offerings can get expensive fast Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downreswright
3851
Oct 8, 2019
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Inexpensive but boss
This was my third Civivi and so far my impression of them is extremely solid. They make good knives out of midrange materials like D2 and 9Cr18MoV. Because it's a budget line, you aren't seeing the titanium and super steel that their parent company WE Knife are known for, but unlike any other budget line on the market, the finishing on the material is superb. Everything's beveled, everything's radiused, everything's smooth as a baby's behind. You take it apart and you see that it's all like that on the inside, too, even though most budget knives have crap looking insides.
I just start smiling when I see that someone's polished the inside of the liner on a factory knife. I'm that weird guy that thinks that kind of stuff matters a lot, so I really like seeing Civivi putting in the work in a spot in their knife which, say, at least 3/4 of the people buying it will likely never even see. I saw it. :)
Civivi also has one other thing going on that isn't quite common yet in Chinese knifemaking -- they trust in their materials enough to slim their work down. A lot of Chinese brands, especially ones pitched as 'budget', are thick, heavy knives with heavy liners and heavy blades. Built like daggers. They're wide in the hand and heavy in the pocket and can be hard to use in a nimble fashion on a lot of tasks as a result. Civivis are notably slimmer by comparison -- and despite this comparative lack of bulk, but they don't feel cheaper or less well made by any stretch. Like I said, it amounts to putting faith in your materials and design.
The Baklash is a little lighter than the other two Civivis recently offered on Drop, with more of a harpoon blade shape, so if those looked a little light to you, this one might be worth a try.
But should you? That is to say, if you want a Civivi, should this be the one you try?
I mean, there is a school of thought out there that just because a knife has a five star rating doesn't mean you need to own it.
To be honest, my answer to you depends on you. Do you need to be able to work it all day long without needing to stop and touch it up? Then look at the D2 Civivis instead if you're interested in the brand..
Is your knife much less useful to you if you don't have a razor edge on it, and you don't mind a little touch up with a ceramic rod or tungsten carbide or whatever? Then this is worth considering, esp at $39.
This knife has 9Cr18MoV steel. That's a formula of stainless analogous to 440B stainless steel.
What that means compared to a knife made with D2 steel -- the more common choice in Civivi knives -- is that it will dull considerably sooner than the D2 will. D2 is both strong and tough, in steel terms. It can't take the keenest possible edge (the alloy structure fails if you grind the edge too thin) but it CAN take a beating. If you're one of those guys who needs a knife that's gonna cut twine and cardboard all day long without taking a break to touch up the edge on your steel, then you don't want one with 440B steel. The trade off is that 440B is considerably easier to sharpen, and MUCH easier to sharpen to a razor's edge. Where D2 might crack or chip, 440B gives way with force -- and can be smoothed back into position using a steel or ceramic honing rod. And you can do that with D2... if you've got your black belt in sharpening knives and have the muscle memory to work with ceramics and tungsten carbide, by hand, without dinging up your edge. For the rest of us, it's kinda not a can-do situation.
If you patiently read thru all that and really you're just going 'is it good? If it's good I want to buy it. Just frickin' tell me if it's good' then -- yes, it's good. Very good. Think of the best work you've seen out of CRKT, than double the amount of work spent on finishing the surfaces and radiusing the edges -- it's kinda like that.
I like the Baklash probably the best out of the three Civivis I own. It flips so nicely and simply that I haven't even bothered taking it apart.
Recommends this product? Yes
stoutdog
305
Jan 22, 2020
reswrightGreat review! Did you notice how well done the clips screws were done? Completely flush. I can't understand why this isn't more prevalent.
UcDontU
5
Oct 18, 2019
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Awesome Value!
Great action, comes super sharp. Nice presentation, delivered in a case with cleaning cloth and a couple stickers. Not as blue as the photos represented.
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Recommends this product? Yes
TXTad
9
Jan 11, 2020
Yes, indeed. It's a nice blue, but not what I was hoping for. I'd call it cornflower blue.
GoodTimes
114
Mar 16, 2019
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These Civivi's are all awesome value, hope they move back to stainless rather than D2 for their newer models, D2 rusts just looking at it where I live. This Baklash is a cutting demon with very impressive action usually only found at double to triple the price, plus fit & finish is at We's usually high standard.
JakeCCE
Jan 12, 2019
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I did a video review of the Baklash on my YouTube channel "Canadian Cutting Edge" A very fine knife, and I WILL get more CIVIVI knives when they come to Massdrop.
Here is that review - https://youtu.be/kH8Y1LEdPtM
JakeCCE
Jan 13, 2019
Thanks thanks for that encouragement.
mackhomie
84
Sep 7, 2019
JakeCCEI watch a lot of your reviews, but...is that your mother in your pic? Lol
gui3gui
89
Sep 9, 2019
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Perfect budget knife with bearing
Good shape with a fine blade and not too heavy.
Funny color, and good grip.
The deep carry pocket clip is an other good argument.
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Recommends this product? Yes
Sambarini2000
16
Aug 14, 2019
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Solid. Great action. Edge could use some work.
Love this exclusive. Color is great. Action was great oob. Only issue was blade was not real sharp oob.
Recommends this product? Yes
Wonderwrench
2
Oct 16, 2019
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The quality far exceeds the price
Perfect blade centering, blade is razor sharp, great deep carry pocket clip, no hot spots and I find no flaws at all in fit and finish. Only changes I would like to see are better blade steel and more color choices. Maybe copper or brass scales just for cool factor? The knife is on the large side for EDC for me anyway, maybe a smaller version?
Recommends this product? Yes
Abby_Normal
7
Aug 15, 2019
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Super High Value
I haven't put this knife through hard work yet, so this is more of a delayed first impression. First off, the action is great. This is my 4th Civivi and, aside from the McKenna, Civivi actions are outstanding for a value knife. I got the blue G10 scales and they look sharp. Really like the blade shape too. Frankly, I like 9Cr18Mov way more than D2 steel. Highly recommended. And at something like $45, the Backlash is a steal.
Recommends this product? Yes
Omniseed
1972
Sep 7, 2019
Abby_NormalWhat color are the liners in the blue, are they just stainless in the white?
Srobideaux
3
Mar 9, 2019
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You can't ask for more from a knife that's less than $40.00. We Knife prescion and smoothness for a bargain.
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Build Quality: This knife demonstrates extremely fine tolerances, in everything apart from the very tip of the edge bevel.
Design: The knife is very comfortable to hold and is balanced exceptionally well due to its skeletonized blue liners which are tastefully and masterfully polished. The design is to choke-up to the point where your index finger wraps around the finger choil which allows for really good control.