WE Knife Co.

WE Knife Co., Ltd. is a bladesmithing and cutlery manufacturer based in Yangjiang, Guangdong, founded in 2000 as an OEM producer for established international cutlery brands before launching its own WE-branded folding and fixed-blade knife line in 2016. The company's own site describes CNC and EDM machining, CNC grinding, stamping, laser engraving, and anodizing equipment on its production floor, with roughly 100 skilled production workers, and states it manufactures fixed-blade knives, folding knives, kitchen knives, and Kydex sheaths — a genuine blade manufacturer rather than an importer or reseller.

In 2018 the company launched CIVIVI as a second, more affordably priced everyday-carry knife brand, expanding beyond WE's higher-end collector and tactical folding-knife lines while keeping production in the same Yangjiang facility. The company maintains a US-based service and warranty center alongside its China manufacturing base, and its site lists active social-media channels and ongoing new product releases, evidence of current operation rather than a dormant OEM shell.

WE Knife/CIVIVI represents a distinct strand of the Yangjiang blade industry from century-old kitchen-cutlery houses like Shibazi: precision-engineered folding and fixed pocket knives aimed at the international collector and EDC (everyday-carry) market, built on modern CNC manufacturing rather than hand-forging, but grounded in the same Yangjiang blade-making cluster.