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Alexey Ponomarev Designs Mid-Sized Dagger Folder for Boker

July 17, 2024

Coverage of the mid-year Boker releases continues with the imposing Cheus, an aggressive dagger-styled folder from Alexey Ponomarev of the appropriately named Brutalica Knives.

In June, we wrote about the Boker Atropos, a design from Chuck Gedraitis based on mid-20th century fighting knives. While the Cheus is ultimately a quite different knife, the two blades certainly both partake in the martial knife design elements. For the Cheus, those elements begin with the blade, a 3.54-inch piece of steel with the leaf-like profile of a classic dagger. It is ground with only a single edge, however, which allows the Cheus to be legal in more places.

The only time the Cheus is not symmetrical is when it’s closed

Beyond any tactical applications, the Cheus could certainly be a day-to-day user for anybody with a preference for mid-sized blades and eye-catching aggro aesthetics. It opens with a flipper that is completely concealed by the guard when the knife is open, giving the visuals a near perfect symmetry, an element further underlined by the perforated fuller down the center of the blade. As was the case on the also-new Sanjo, the blade steel here is that time-tested performer, VG-10.

The dagger-like symmetry and design influence continues on the handle, with its two-way guard and flared pommel back end. The scales are black G-10 laid over full liners (stainless steel of course). Ponomarev chose to make this knife a liner lock, and to give it a deep carry pocket clip, also made from stainless steel. The Cheus’s weight is a very reasonable 3.95 oz.

Boker’s European website lists the release date for this one as August 16th.

Knife in Featured Image: Boker Plus Cheus

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