CIVIVI SENTINEL ALUMINUM FRN K110, After complete DISASSEMBLY this 🔪is✔️in and it is FANTASTIC!!

[@TheIronwil]

Definitely the CIVIVI version of the Ziffius. I have the Ziffius. #1 knife in my collection now.

[@joem2780]

Just picked up mine today It's a fun knife

[@iceblock3]

Great review and break down

[@DiscerningMan]

TY

[@umakako]

One of the best reviews so far. New sub here sir!

[@DiscerningMan]

um welcome

[@Hungrybird474]

It’s a good one. It’s really good actually . My pivot was tight at first but after cracking it , closes so nice with a good sound . There wasn’t any carbides on the edge after finishing with a ceramic stone . Sometimes the big d2 carbides look like little balls on an edge in my experiences . Their probably good to have for toothiness and cutting performance but I prefer a smooth cutting toothy edge . I only go to 600 grit anymore

[@DiscerningMan]

This one needed a little tuning on the edge as well but it's razor sharp after a few passes.

[@Jethrospect]

Mine has a plunge lock that's full of grease. Thinking of disassembling, cleaning and relubing it but I'm afraid removing that grease would cause lock stick. Does yours came with greasy plunge lock?

[@DiscerningMan]

Wasn't aware that this came in a plunge lock, I'll have to check it out. This button lock version is disassembled in the video.

[@Jethrospect]

@@DiscerningMan my bad! I meant the actual part of the button lock that's touching the blade, some call it plunge, it was full of grease.

[@DiscerningMan]

Oh Ok, cool. I'm not much for the grease, I disassemble and clean my knives so I get rid of it and apply light oil with a few exceptions.@@Jethrospect

[@KinKnives]

I just purchased my first Civivi. Not a cool one like this but their basic looking model the Elementum

[@DiscerningMan]

I've heard it said that the elementum is THE every man knife.

[@fordguy8613]

K110 is made by Bohler....it's their version of D2

[@Hungrybird474]

Does the blade swing heavier on the ziffius or the same weight on the blade do you think 💭? Thanks DM

[@DiscerningMan]

I think the Ziffius, mind I only handled it for a few seconds, but it appeared to be a next level piece and noticeably... uh, better. Is it almost $300 better,... well, that will be the question.

[@Hungrybird474]

@@DiscerningMan everyone likes it . I missed out . I do like the $75 version though a lot . After a couple days it’s dropping nicely 👍. Have a great week bro .

[@alexanderyee736]

You edited out a large portion of the re-assembly. Why? Did you have trouble putting it back together?

[@DiscerningMan]

No, no nothing like that, if you''ll notice there were 3 or 4 edits in this video, my cadence was way off, I was pretty under the weather and on medication for a lung infection, not sleeping, etc... I shouldn't have been doing video, but it's my relax space, checking in knives,... I think the original video was close to 40min, so then in the same state, I decided to do some editing,.. I'm still short winded but overall, i think I'm on the mend so hopefully no more weird time editing.

[@DiscerningMan]

p.s., I have experimented a little with some fast forward editing for time purposes also, but it affects the audio in the video, hopefully I'll just get a little smoother with all that.

[@alexanderyee736]

@@DiscerningMan Sorry to hear that. Hope you’re feeling better. I wanted to see the re-assembly because I plan on doing a blade swap. Was it hard to put back together? I’ve done other blade swaps with Civivi knives and I know they can be tricky during re-assembly.

[@DiscerningMan]

COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY & REASSEMBLY video uploading now, should be ready to watch shortly, just for you.@@alexanderyee736

[@DiscerningMan]

Up and available for viewing.@@alexanderyee736

[@timtitus2532]

Every knife I've owned that had aluminum scales (frame) without a steel liner has warped over time. There hasn't been that many, but... the FRN is a cheap replacement for G10. They went with a different blade shape from the Fiffius using D2 (k110) all around a disappointment. Good video, all though, I won't be buying one of these.

[@DiscerningMan]

I mean, when you put it like that, it is on the high side (price) for a budget knife 😏

[@MrBlessed70]

Great knife.I would have wanted 14C28N or Nitro V steel instead of this D2 variant!

[@KnifeFanatic]

Same... 14c28n, 154cm, or nitro v would have been nice... I'm not a fan of D2.🤢🤮

[@bamabladez]

This knife is ridiculous to put back together. And if it wasn't for the famous civivi button stick I wouldn't have taken apart. I'm about to return the POS in pieces. Let them fool with it. And I've put many many knives together including button locks

[@DiscerningMan]

sorry to hear this, I'll be happy to try to help if you can explain where your stuck, also the video has full disassembly in it.

[@bamabladez]

@@DiscerningMan thanks man. I finally got it back together. I was struggling with the damn captive pivot won't stay in place when your trying to get the blade and button in and when I did get together the pivot would be turned wrong. Usually u can correct by turning the opposite screw pivot but it would not turn. Then the screw under the black handle wouldn't screw in all the way. I should have walked away and took a break. Hey I got rid of the button stick but unfortunately scratched the aluminum. Never had that much trouble. Lots of cursing 🤬 !! 😆

[@DiscerningMan]

@bamabladez sorry you went through that, but it's entertaining, im sure not for you man, but that's 😄 keep in mind, this is coming from someone who has been hung up more than a few times.