Sometimes, a knife just looks different, unlike anything else in its class. When such a knife arrives on the scene it is almost automatically up for consideration for coverage here at KnifeNews HQ. Thus we present to you the Boker Plus Fafo, a tactical fixed blade with a style all its own.
The Fafo is a collaboration piece, as many Boker Plus releases are; it comes from the mind of Robert Kohut, and according to Boker is one of those knives that originated as a knife forum fantasy before making it all the way to physical objecthood. It’s inspired by the very particular look of a throwing knife, but scaled up from the average example of such with a 3.81-inch blade and, overall, intended for different chores than chucking.
What sort of chores? It could conceivable work as a self-defense tool, of course, but also as a compact but resilient hard user – the sort of fixed blade that can be thrown into the chewier cutting jobs without worrying too much about it. The 440C steel is nowhere near the cutting edge of metallurgy, but it does have a couple of important characteristics for hard use: it touches up very quickly, and recovers from catastrophic damage easier than the more advanced stuff.
Meanwhile, get a glimpse of that handle! That’s where the throwing knife heritage is most evident, with a narrow, scaleless midsection and a G-10 “pommel” at the base. It looks cool and ergonomic in an unconventional way. Obviously, the lack of material in a throwing knife keeps it light and that same advantage has been bestowed upon the Fafo here; the thing comes with a listed weight of 3.7 oz. A Kydex pancake sheath is included for carry.
The Fafo is available now – and Kohut is having what would be his royalties for this knife instead being put towards cancer research.
Knife in Featured Image: Boker Plus Fafo
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