Boker - Applegate Fairbairn Combat Single Edge - PRIVATE COLLECTION - knife

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased
* Condition: Overall in good condition.
* Commercially available Discontinued
* Sharpening: Professionally restored.
* Marks on blade: light
* Marks on handle: /
* Box: not present
* Scabbard: Original, Nylon, in very good condition.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: not present.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory.

The design of this legendary knife was born out of the meeting of a former soldier and bodyguard to President Roosevelt, Rex Applegate, and William Ewart Fairbairn, who, together with Edward Anthony Sykes, had given birth to the progenitor of modern military fighters: the Fairbairn-Sykes that accompanied the British Commandos during World War II. In defining the forms of the new knife, the two started from the very limitations that had emerged from the wartime use of the Fairbairn-Sykes, particularly fragility, limited utility in cutting use, and the tendency of the round-section handle to rotate in the hand.

Intended Use: Tactical/Collection

Type of production: Industrial
Country of manufacture: Germany
Blade: 440C stainless steel
Blade finish: matte finish, anti-reflective
Handle: made of Delrin (thermoplastic material)
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 4.4mm.
Total length: 278mm.
Weight: 238g.
Sheath: made of Nylon, for belt, for vertical carry
Packaging: absent
Notes: single edge knife - Previously purchased knife, from private collection