The Vero Engineering Nova has been one of the harder titanium framelocks to keep in stock through 2026, and the brand’s collection page currently lists it from $325 in the Stonewash blade and Titanium Raw handle configuration. It’s our EDC knife of the week, and the reason sits mostly in the spec sheet.
Price: $325
Where to Buy: Vero Engineering
The Nova is Joseph Vero’s first folder under the Vero Engineering banner. It runs a 3.65-inch drop point blade in CPM MagnaCut, sits on caged ceramic bearings, and locks up against a hardened steel insert in the titanium framelock. The brand also calls out a first-in-catalog detail: a lanyard hole built directly into the backspacer.
A first folder from Joseph Vero
Joseph Vero is best known for his fixed blades, and the Nova is the first folding knife he’s designed under the Vero Engineering name. The brand positions it at the top of its folder lineup alongside the smaller Nova Mini and the larger Impulse and Synapse XL.
The design language is restrained. There’s no decorative chamfering, no aggressive milling pattern, no flipper tab adornment. The handle reads as a single shape from spine to butt, and Vero says the backspacer’s integrated lanyard hole is the first of its kind in the brand’s catalog.
Specs and construction
The Nova is a full-titanium framelock with a 3.65-inch drop point blade and an 8.29-inch overall length. Closed, it measures 4.66 inches. Weight comes in at 5.70 ounces. 
The blade is high flat ground with a 1.31-inch belly and a 3.80-inch cutting edge. Caged ceramic bearings handle the pivot, a ceramic detent holds the blade closed, and a hardened steel lockbar insert takes the contact wear instead of the softer titanium frame.
CPM MagnaCut, and why Vero picked it
The Nova runs CPM MagnaCut, the powder steel developed by metallurgist Larrin Thomas and produced by Crucible Industries. MagnaCut is tuned for a balance of corrosion resistance, edge stability, and toughness, and it’s become a common pick for premium production folders since its 2021 commercial release.
The Nova Mini, the smaller sibling, ships in M390 instead. Both are powder steels in the same general tier. The full-size Nova’s MagnaCut spec gives it a slight toughness advantage on paper, which matches the larger blade’s geometry.
A steel-insert framelock
The Nova’s framelock uses a hardened steel insert at the lockup face, a design choice that puts the contact wear on a steel surface rather than the softer titanium frame. The detent is ceramic, the bearings are caged ceramic, and the action is a front-flipper style consistent with the rest of Vero’s folding lineup.
The integrated lanyard hole in the backspacer is the design detail Vero highlights most directly. Production folders typically site the lanyard hole on the handle scale itself or omit it entirely. Routing it through the backspacer is a manufacturing choice with practical use rather than a cosmetic flourish.
Price, availability, and the rest of Vero’s folder lineup
Vero’s collection page lists the Nova from $325 in the Stonewash and Titanium Raw configuration. Higher trims, including Belt Satin, Blackwash, and Timascus hardware add-ons, push the price further. Retailer listings for in-stock SKUs currently run $395 to $400 across We Be Knives and EDC4ME. 
The Nova Mini sits in the same lineup at 3.25 inches of blade, 7.50 inches overall, 4.00 ounces, and a starting price of $295. Vero’s larger folders, the Impulse and Synapse XL, round out the rest of the brand’s folding catalog.
Drops historically sell out within minutes of release on the brand site. Secondary distribution runs through DLT Trading and Smoky Mountain Knife Works.
Why it’s this week’s pick
The Nova lands on the EDC Knife of the Week shortlist on three details: Joseph Vero’s first folder gets CPM MagnaCut at a starting price that holds its ground against the rest of the premium production tier, the integrated backspacer lanyard hole is a brand-first detail with practical use, and the brand’s pattern of fast sellouts means the Stonewash and Titanium Raw configuration probably won’t sit at $360 for long.
Price: $325
Where to Buy: Vero Engineering
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