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Ostap Hel and Civivi Whip up Micro-Size Slipjoint Karambit

October 31, 2024

Ostap Hel is doing a pretty creative flex with an incoming Civivi collaboration called the Pyrus. Unlike anything else the maker (or company) has made before, the Pyrus is a diminutive, karambit-inspired slipjoint knife.

Before reading any further, we want you to guess the blade length on this little guy (don’t cheat). We won’t reveal it until the next paragraph, so you have a minute to think about it. Karambits are, traditionally, lumped into the “fighting knife” category, and is one of those blades that play a central role in certain martial arts as well. Prior to that, and as with many sharp implements, the karambit originated in an agricultural setting, used for threshing and clearing brush.

There’s a carbon fiber version too (the blade steel is the same)

All of these roles imply a mid- to large-sized blade, but that is not what Hel delivers with the Pyrus. In fact, this thing is positively pint-sized with a cutting edge that measures just .65 inches in length! That puts it into the underrepresented, dare we say underappreciated, backup knife category. In the average urban/suburban user’s life, a backup knife can accomplish a great deal, and the Pyrus’ 14C28N hawkbill blade shape, while unconventional, helps to make the limited real estate on the Pyrus cut above its weight class.

Your standard karambit has a finger ring on the butt end of the handle; the Pyrus’ handle, meanwhile, is all finger ring. It’s a clever way to enhance the grip on something this small, with G-10 scales around the circumferance of the hole to round out (hah) the ergonomics. Finally, Hel designed a ring-shaped wire pocket clip – which is reversible! – making this a backup knife that doesn’t need to go in the watch pocket or on keychain if you don’t want it to.

Civivi has this one marked as “Coming Soon.”

Knife in Featured Image: Civivi Pyrus

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