A.G. Russell Knives

This is probably the smallest limited edition Damascus folder Boker has created. They have taken their classic lockback-folding hunter, which was used for the 2002 Damascus limited edition, and created an even more limited version with an unusual combination of materials.

For many years, Boker® offered a Magnum Collectors Knife in serial numbered limited editions, each conceived by well-known knife designers. These knives were so popular in Europe that many customers in the U.S.A. were unable to purchase one. In 2009, to solve that problem, Boker began a “U.S.A. only” yearly series of Boker Plus Collector’s knives. The first knife offered was designed by William C. “Bill” Johnson, and sold out very quickly. This second knife is designed by custom knifemaker David Broadwell from Texas whose custom designs are known for their flowing lines and meticulous fit and finish. This fixed blade design is a great example of his work and seemed to Boker to be a perfect fit for this new limited edition series.

The Leo IV was Boker's® first fixed blade knife to use Damascus blade steel forged from the barrel of the famous German battletank, Leopard. Boker's® Damascus forger combineed three different steels (carbon tool steels and ball-bearing steel) with the Leopard's gun barrel steel to create a completely unique blade material.

The Chestnut Tree trademark is as old as the Böker® company, almost 140 years. In 2006, they decided to produce a super high quality line of knives and to mark them distinctively. They chose a double tree mark.

Böker® began reproducing legendary fighting knives with Damascus blades in 1999. The knife was the Applegate-Fairbairn fighter. The most recent is their re-introduction of the German Trench Knife. In 1915, when the battle lines of WWI changed into a trench war, there was a growing need to supply the infantryman with a functional dagger. Henrich Böker & Company of Solingen, Germany received the government order to develop a compact fighting knife.