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CIVIVI Baby Banter
The CIVIVI Baby Banter takes Ben Petersen's well-loved Banter design and shrinks it into one of the most carryable EDC knives CIVIVI makes. Where the original WE Knife Co. Banter is a full-size folder, the Baby Banter keeps the same clean lines and slicing geometry in a package light enough that you forget it is in your pocket until you need it.
A Compact EDC That Still Fills the Hand
The headline trick is ergonomics. With a blade right around 2.34 inches and a weight under two ounces, the Baby Banter reads as tiny on paper, but a deep finger choil pulls your grip forward and gives you a genuine three to four finger hold, something almost no sub-2.5-inch folder manages. The full flat grind runs thin behind the edge, so it slices well above its size on boxes, cordage, food, and the hundred small daily cuts an EDC actually sees. Its modest footprint and non-threatening profile also make it easy to carry where a larger folder would draw attention.
Original, Banter 2, and Slip Joint Formats
The Baby Banter now spans several lock and deployment options. The original runs a nested liner lock with titanium thumb studs over a caged ceramic ball bearing pivot for quick, smooth one-hand opening. The Baby Banter 2 steps up to a crossbar lock with contoured scales and dual thumb studs, giving you fully ambidextrous operation and a reversible inset clip. For non-locking carry, the Baby Banter Slip Joint keeps the same blade and footprint without a lock. Each shares the core dimensions, so the choice comes down to how you prefer to open and secure the blade.
Steel and Handle Choices
Most Baby Banter models run Nitro-V, a nitrogen-enriched stainless that balances toughness with strong corrosion resistance, with 14C28N and hand-rubbed Damascus appearing on select variants. Handle materials span textured G-10, canvas Micarta, milled Guibourtia wood, aluminum, and twill carbon fiber overlays, with a tip-up clip that carries to either side on most configurations.