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CIVIVI is the value-focused, utilitarian everyday-carry line from WE Knife Co., Ltd. Launched in 2018, it takes the manufacturing WE Knife had spent nearly two decades building and points it at a more affordable price point, so a working folder or a camp fixed blade does not have to cost enthusiast money. Right now Knives Now stocks 302 CIVIVI items across four store categories, every one of them sitting on a shelf in our real Virginia warehouse and packed by us, never dropshipped.
This page covers what CIVIVI is, what we actually carry, and how the warranty works. From there you can drop straight into the part of the lineup you came for.
CIVIVI is a sub-brand of WE Knife Co., Ltd., the manufacturer Joe Cheung founded in 2000. WE Knife started out as an OEM shop, making blades for other companies before it began building brands under its own name. That order matters. By the time the CIVIVI line arrived in 2018, the factory behind it already had years of production experience to draw on.
The split between the two names is simple. WE Knife is the premium flagship line. CIVIVI is the affordable, utilitarian side of the same house, built for people who want a solid EDC knife without a collector-grade price. The two lines share a parent and a factory, but they are aimed at different buyers, and CIVIVI is the one built to be carried, used, and not fussed over. CIVIVI knives are made in China by WE Knife. That is the whole family tree, and it is the extent of the brand history we will state, because it is what the record actually supports. We do not invent debut years for individual models or attach designer lore we cannot cite.
Knives Now carries 302 CIVIVI SKUs, and they break down like this:
The price spread is the honest hook here. CIVIVI starts around a first-knife budget and climbs to enthusiast money without pretending to be either extreme. The entry point is the Mini Praxis Linerlock Black at $34.13. The ceiling is the Aratra fixed blades at $217.43. In between sits most of what people actually buy, so whether this is your first real knife or your tenth, there is a version of CIVIVI that fits.
If you would rather just see the whole wall, you can browse all knives in stock and filter from there.
The 116 knives in the CIVIVI knife category are anchored by the Elementum family, the most recognizable name in the lineup, including trims like the Elementum Linerlock Damascus at $102.38. Alongside the folders you will find fixed blades in the same category, including the three Aratra Fixed Blade trims at $217.43 that top out the line. Linerlocks dominate the shelf, with framelock, button lock, and superlock options mixed in, all described as the mechanisms they are and nothing more.
For the full family-by-family and lock-type breakdown, head to the CIVIVI knives in stock page, which is built to help you navigate all 116 by model line and price.
The Gear & Outdoors category is the biggest at 135 SKUs, and it runs wide. On the high end are outdoor fixed blades like the Cloud Peak Fixed Blade Wood at $141.38, framed as a camp and field tool. On the low end are small add-ons, the kind of item that rounds out a cart. This is a broad wall, not a niche shelf, which is exactly why it lives on its own page. If your CIVIVI use is more trailhead than desk drawer, this is where you will spend your time.
Any blade that sees the field wants basic care. Wipe it down after a wet or salty day, keep the pivot clean, and store it dry so rust never gets a foothold. See the outdoor fixed blades, the button-lock work folders, and the accessory tail on the CIVIVI gear and outdoor picks page.
We will be straight about this shelf: CIVIVI's multi-tool lineup at Knives Now is small. It is three products across six SKUs, led by the Polymorph Carabiner Multitool at $79.99. It is not a deep multi-tool catalog, and we are not going to pretend it is.
If three well-chosen tools is what you want, the CIVIVI multi-tools page explains each one. If you want a full multi-tool wall across every brand we carry, that lives one click away in the store-wide multi-tool category.
Forty-five CIVIVI items are currently in our closeout category, marked down while stock lasts. These are real, in-stock knives and gear moving out at a lower price, not a rotating placeholder. When a closeout is gone, it is gone. Browse the current CIVIVI closeout deals to see what is on the way out today.
CIVIVI warrants its knives to the original owner against defects in material and workmanship for the life of the product. If a covered defect turns up, CIVIVI repairs the knife or replaces it with the same model, or one of equal value if the original is no longer available.
There are limits, and they are the ordinary ones. The warranty does not cover misuse such as throwing or prying, it does not cover improper sharpening, and it does not cover tips or clips broken through misuse. It also does not cover a knife that has been repaired or modified by a third party, which voids the coverage. A CIVIVI knife is a cutting tool, so treat prying and hard-use abuse as jobs for the right tool instead. Before sending anything back, an RMA is required, so the claim goes through CIVIVI's process rather than showing up unannounced.
Everything on this page ships from one place: our real warehouse in Woodlawn, Virginia. We stock the inventory, we pick it, and we pack it ourselves. Nothing here is dropshipped from a third party, which means what the site says is in stock is genuinely on our shelves and ready to go to all 50 states.
Orders over $149 ship free, and with CIVIVI's price ladder that threshold is within reach, whether it is one Aratra fixed blade or the Cloud Peak in wood plus a small add-on. Real knives, real warehouse, really fast.
