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Reate VK-ANUB
The Reate VK-ANUB opens the Vulpex side of the catalog, the VK line Reate builds in collaboration with Vulpex Knives and designer Steven Kempa. It's a 3.15-inch Elmax framelock at just 3.35 ounces, the lightest full-titanium frame lock in Reate's current lineup here, and every one of its five builds runs dark.
Reate Vulpex VK-ANUB Elmax Frame Lock
The blade is Bohler Elmax on 0.134-inch stock, the balanced powder stainless that pairs strong edge retention with toughness and easy maintenance, exactly right for a knife this light that's meant to be carried daily. Lockup is a titanium frame lock, and unlike most of Reate's right-hand-only catalog the VK-ANUB carries a reversible tip-up clip, making it one of the few genuinely ambidextrous options the maker offers.
Five Dark Titanium Builds
The ANUB's palette stays on theme across the grid: a hand rubbed blade over bead blasted titanium as the brightest option, black DLC over dark bronze, darkwashed over crystalized gray, a dark bead blasted blade over blue cyan anodizing, and a full darkwashed build where blade and frame wear the same shadowed finish. No inlays and no bolsters here, just machined titanium and blade finish doing the talking.
VK-ANUB vs the Reate Velocity
Reate's two light Elmax framelocks split on personality. The Reate Velocity runs 3.25 inches at 4.1 ounces with sport-milled holes through the frame, the fast-looking one, while the VK-ANUB trims to 3.15 inches and 3.35 ounces, goes dark, and adds the reversible clip. Same steel and same lock architecture: pick the Velocity for the machining show, the VK-ANUB for the Kempa lines and the lightest carry in the frame lock stable.