It looks like slipjoints will be playing a larger role in the Civivi catalog this year. A soon-to-release model, the Aevren, has been designed as a modern, non-locking everyday carry piece.
While we have noticed, and remarked upon, a general trend towards longer blades in modern folders recently, we should have clarified that this holds true mostly for locking modern folders; that may seem like an unnecessarily precise distinction to make but, by and large, it seems like designers prefer to keep their slipjoint pieces underneath the 3-inch mark – or, at least, not as far north of it as many locking pieces go these days.
And, wouldn’t you know it, the Aevren provides supporting evidence for this theory. Its blade length is listed at 2.98 inches, which keeps its legality a tad wider without adversely impacting its performance in the EDC role. The thin drop point blade is clearly a modernized descendant of the sort of thin, slicey blades that traditional knives were known for having; the Nitro-V recipe brings balanced characteristics for slicing and, indeed, dicing as well. Deployment is achieved one way, via a pull-style nail mark.
It is pleasant, if not surprising, to see a bolster on a knife inspired by the traditional tools of yore. Beneath the bolster you’ve got a choice between checkered guibourtia wood or burlap Micarta; the latter comes with a satin finished blade, the former with a black stonewash. The Aevren, at least in the prototypes shown thus far, does not have a pocket clip – and we’d be things’ll stay that way, with this one meant to ride loose. It weighs 3.26 oz.
Knife in Featured Image: Civivi Aevren
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