GiantMouse Tipsy: A 1.9-Inch Button-Lock Pocket Knife With N690 or Elmax Options

Small knives usually mean compromises. GiantMouse's new Tipsy exists to argue otherwise. At 4.7 inches overall with a 1.9-inch blade, it is one of the smallest silhouettes the Voxnaes-and-Anso duo has ever produced — but the material list reads like a full-size flagship. Four handle variants, two steel tiers, a button lock, and a reversible wire clip all crammed into a package that would look at home on a keychain lanyard.

The handle does the heavy lifting on ergonomics. All four versions share a deep finger groove that gives bigger hands something to grab despite the knife's stubby proportions, and the scale materials run from brass and titanium up top to green Micarta and blue G10 for the more casual crowd. A lanyard hole and reversible wire clip round out the carry package, keeping the Tipsy pocket-friendly in every configuration.

The blade is short but thick like a bulldog, in the brand's words — a drop-point shape with jimping on the spine at roughly the halfway point and a wide finger hole for deployment. Button-lock actuation keeps the action smooth and one-handed, and buyers get to choose their steel: the G10 and Micarta versions carry N690, a corrosion-resistant stainless that sharpens easily, while the titanium and brass versions step up to Elmax for noticeably better wear resistance and edge stability.

The pricing tells you GiantMouse knows what it built. The Tipsy starts at $155 and tops out at $195 depending on handle and blade — money that in the small-knife world usually buys a lot less knife. Against the usual suspects in the 1.5-to-2-inch blade category, the Tipsy undercuts most titanium button-lock micro folders while delivering materials the competition leaves off the spec sheet entirely.

For anyone who has ever dismissed small EDC knives as novelty keychain gear, the Tipsy is the counterexample: real materials, real mechanism, real cutting geometry in a package you will forget you are carrying. That is the whole point of a great small knife.