MILDA’s Titan EDC skips the two things most folding knives lead with, a lock and a one-hand opener, and spends the money on steel and titanium instead. It’s a non-locking slipjoint running a Böhler M390 blade, and its Kickstarter campaign is live at $4,536 of a $6,000 goal.
The handle starts as a solid block of titanium and comes out of the CNC mill as a frame of cutouts, fully chamfered and curved to sit in a palm. Closed, the knife runs 9.6 cm long and weighs 2.0 oz. Keychain weight, real blade.
Titan EDC “Pocket Knife”
Böhler M390 slipjoint · Hollow CNC-milled titanium handle · 2.0 oz
Price: $89 Super Early Bird on Kickstarter, full retail $127 (save $38, 30% off)
Where to buy: Back it on Kickstarter
Want the steel without the campaign wait? This M390 folder pairs the same blade steel with a titanium handle and a crossbar lock, and it’s on Amazon now.
M390 Folding Pocket Knife
Titanium handle · Crossbar lock · M390 blade
Price: $109.99
Where to buy: Amazon
A slipjoint, on purpose
A backspring presses against the blade tang and holds it open under tension, and opening takes two hands because there’s no stud, no flipper tab, and no spring doing the work. MILDA’s case is fewer moving parts to fail and a folder that stays carry-legal in more places than a locking knife does.
The tradeoff cuts both ways, though, and a slipjoint pushed the wrong way folds toward the fingers holding it. It opens boxes. It doesn’t pry them.
Hollow titanium, two finishes
The milling leaves a slim frame with fully chamfered edges, a reinforced lanyard hole at the tail for quick-release keychains, and a 1.5 × 6 mm slot reserved for a tritium vial. Two finishes cover the run, Raw Titanium and the flamed Lightning Texture.
The vial itself is a paid add-on that doesn’t come with any reward. The cutouts earn their keep.
M390 does the work
Böhler M390 at 60-62 HRC is the steel production folders charge twice this money for, ground to a 20° V-edge with a wet-ground micro bevel and a brushed finish. It holds an edge through cardboard, twine, and tape, and it shrugs off the corrosion that spots lesser stainless blades. The steel is the whole pitch.
Titan EDC “Pocket Knife” Pair
One of each finish · M390 slipjoint · Free worldwide shipping
Price: $173 Duo Early Bird on Kickstarter, full retail $254 (save $81, 32% off)
Campaign ends November 26 · Estimated delivery December 2026
Where to buy: Back it on Kickstarter
Back it at $89 if you want M390 in a two-ounce knife that opens with two hands and rides anywhere a key ring goes. If a lock and one-hand opening are non-negotiable, the crossbar-lock folder above at $109.99 is the buy instead. The campaign’s all-or-nothing, so a missed goal on November 26 refunds every pledge.
