Boker Outdoor and Collection | Fall / Winter 2022 | English

1 | BOKER KALASHNIKOV BAJONETT
DAMASCUS
In 1947, Mikhail Kalashnikov presented the AK-47
assault rifle he had designed to the Red Army
and immediately convinced the decision-making
bodies of its development. Only two years later,
the now world-famous AK-47 was officially put
into service as the „7.62 mm Awtomat Kalasshnikova
obraztsa 1947“. Even then, the simple
and reliable design as a gas pressure loader
with a rotary head breech, the consistent use of
sheet metal stampings that could be produced
quickly and inexpensively, and the adherence to a
cartridge class introduced by the Wehrmacht with
the StG 44 with an average performance between
submachine gun and rifle ammunition were
trend-setting to this day. These features resulted
in the Kalashnikov system being the most widely
built and replicated handgun in history, with an
estimated 100 million made worldwide today.
Introduced in 1959 along with the AKM, the
revised variant of the AK-47, the bayonet was no
less revolutionary and formative for later designs
than the famous assault rifle itself. The concept
was based on a knife originally developed by R.
Todorov for combat swimmers. It marked a move
away from long bayonets, which were used purely
as stabbing weapons, to a short, mountable utility
knife with insulated wire shears and a multifunctional
back saw.
Mikhail Kalashnikov personally visited the Boker
Manufactory in Solingen in 2002 and officially
introduced the Boker Kalashnikov line of knives
to the public. More than 70 years after the
AK-47 entered service, we now present a truly
exceptional special edition model of the knife line
and once again honour his brilliant engineering
achievement. The Boker Kalashnikov Bayonet
Damascus is equipped with a unique Damascus
blade made from the steel of the 6Ch3 and 6Ch4
bayonets according to the GRAU index of the former
Soviet Army and decorated with the signature
of General Kalashnikov. The stainless Damascus
by Chad Nichols consists of 80 layers and is
forged by hand in the Virus pattern. It features
an unusually intricate pattern that is the result
of a very controlled forging process. The blade
with the pandur tip adopted from the bayonets
is opened with the help of the thumb stud and
locked by a sturdy linerlock.
1 | Boker Kalashnikov
Bajonett Damascus.
€ 429,−
The handle is CNC machined from a block of
6061-T6 aluminium and then hardcoat anodized
black. The stabilized inlays are made of domestic
hornbeam wood, reminiscent of the stock wood
of the famous assault rifle, and together form the
shape of the forend‘s distinctive vents. The Russian
Amber Shellac colour of the original stocks has
been precisely matched. They are also CNC milled
from the solid and inserted by hand. All screws
and the clip (tip-up/r) are also black anodized.
Handmade in the Boker Knife Manufactory in
Solingen. Delivery with noble floating display,
certificate of authenticity and individual serial
number. Length 22,8 cm. Blade length 9,6 cm.
Thickness 3,8 mm. Weight 158 g.
Item No 11KAL48DAM € 429,-
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