Charles de Buyer, who makes knives by hand under the shop name Opus Knives, has joined the seemingly endless ranks of Boker collaborators for the Tavros, a fixed blade that arrives at the EDC role with a lot of unmistakable flair.
The Tavros is also yet another example proving that 2025 is the year of the trailing point. This shape, which sometimes also gets called a Persian blade, is enjoying a prolonged period of manufacturer/designer attention after many years on the fringes of the production knife world. And as with many rediscovered blade shapes, there is a surprising amount of versatility in the unusual profile.
Case in point: de Buyer has made a highly compact take on the trailing point here, running to just 2.76 inches in length. The shape is often associated with martial-type applications, but its massive belly actually helps maximize the slicing potential of the reigned-in cutting edge. The D2 tool steel used on the Tavros ensures solid performance and pretty long-lived edge retention, too.
The modified martial inflection carries through on the handle design, where the pinched forefinger groove gives the guard a bit of sword hilt attitude. Fixed blades, even smaller ones, tend to have squared-away ergonomics, and the Tavros’ thick G-10 scales add lots of hand-filling three-dimensionality to the roomy grip. For carry and retention, Boker have provided the Tavros with a fitted Kydex pancake sheath.
The Tavros is out now.
Knife in Featured Image: Boker Plus Tavros
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