Boker Plus V-42 Devils Brigade Dagger Fixed (7 Inch V42 Double-Edge Black Plain Blade) Leather Handle + Leather Sheath (Old Sku 02BO1942) 02BO109

1: The cross guard is straight like the original! This made my day because I ordered this knife in spite of the bent cross guard Boker previously had on this knife.

Overall the knife and sheath look great! No torture testing done or planned. I have other real world knives. This is a letter opener I've always wanted.

imho, The heavier handle of the Fairbairn-Sykes would be better for actual use. Yes, I have one of those too. It feels much better in the hand because of the heavier handle. ymmv

This knife is for killing things. Other than the original Fairbairn-Sykes knives it was based on, there may not be a better fighting knife. There are arguments to be made about whether or not you want a skull cracking pommel on a 7 ounce knife with the center of gravity balanced behind the guard on a very long and very sharp blade designed for piercing to the heart through the ribs on a man. You can convincingly argue either design philosophy, or just buy both.

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That's what this knife is. It's the serious unfair advantage you can have if you train with this style of dagger. It's thicker than a typical knife blade someone else has, so it has the stronger blade. But, it's lighter so it's faster. You can get 5 full 7" deep strikes a second with this knife if you get an opening. You can't do that with a KA-BAR anything.

But worse, it's a stupidly strong, insanely sharp double edged thin blade that is easily twice as fast as any other long blade design. In the hands of an expert at controlling engagement range, it becomes an evil arm muscle fillet creator, capable of making piles of yummy fillets from your opponent's arm meat so perfectly, it's psychologically disturbing. Again, this knife is made to kill people.;

The steel is crazy strong SK5 hardened to a good 60 Rockwell, on top of being thicker than most combat blades. It's a true razor sharp double edge that comes to a scary sharp point. It has a dedicated thumb groove over the guard, per the original, so you can easily stab someone between the ribs sideways to get to their heart. Again, this knife is designed to kill things. That's it. It's 7 ounces of stupidly hard blade that can break other knife blades, but go 7 inches into something to it's heart very easily. If that's what you want, this is your knife. I'd just hope you are putting it away somewhere. It's also a collectible that actually should increase in value. It's not just perhaps the absolute greatest fighting knife you can buy, if you still want that unfair advantage that comes from purpose specific design. I mean, I guess being able to start a fire or prepare salsa is important also.