Supreme x Aphex Twin Mantis Coin Knife
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Mantis
Mantis Civilianaire Coin Knife (MCK-1)
About the original
The Mantis Civilianaire (model MCK-1) is a friction-folder pocket knife designed by Warren Thomas and made by Mantis Knives, the Southern California cutlery shop founded in 2003. The knife is 2.125 inches overall with a 0.75-inch stainless Damascus hawkbill blade, a bi-layered G-100 Fiberweave handle, and weighs under one ounce, intended to ride in the fifth (coin) pocket of a pair of jeans. The Supreme SS25 collaboration with Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) keeps the Damascus hawkbill blade and friction-folder action but replaces the carbon-fiber scales with embossed nickel coin handles featuring James's likeness on one side and Supreme New York on the other.
About Mantis
Mantis Knives is an American knife brand founded in 2005 by Jared West in Anaheim Hills, California, and debuted at the 2006 SHOT Show. The company specializes in compact tactical and gentleman's folders with manual and assisted-opening mechanisms, often built around hawkbill, karambit, and balisong silhouettes in stainless and Damascus steels. The mantis-head logo came to West during a business class at Loyola Marymount University in 2001. The brand sits in the enthusiast pocket-knife space alongside makers like Spyderco and Microtech, with smaller production runs and a heavier emphasis on unconventional blade geometry. Supreme has collaborated with Mantis on a coin-style folding knife.
