BÖKER Rescue knife Rescue OTF

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BÖKER Rescue knife Rescue OTF Article number 01KALS146

Article Type Pocket Knife
 Brand Böker Plus
total length 22,00 cm
blade length 9,00 cm
blade thickness 2,80 mm
weight 143,00 g
Blade material D2
Handle material aluminum
Opening aid push button
Opening automatic
Closure OTF
Made in Asia
Manufacturer BÖKER, Solingen, Germany

A rescue tool must first and foremost meet one central requirement: in an emergency and stress situation, it must be quick, easy and reliable to use. The best technical solution to meet this requirement is a design with an automatic thrust blade (OTF, short for Out-of-The-Front) with robustly constructed and carefully crafted mechanics. This presents the manufacturer in Germany with a legal challenge, because under German weapons law OTF knives are initially prohibited (WaffG §1 paragraph 4 in conjunction with Annex 1 section 1 subsection 2.1.1).

However, for the Böker Plus Rescue OTF rescue tool, there is now a declaratory decision from the Federal Criminal Police Office, which denies the weapon and prohibition characteristics of this tool due to the blade shape. (File number SO13-5164.01-Z-543) Possession and even carrying this tool in public (in Germany) is allowed.

The heart of the rescue tool is a classic spring mechanism with a thumb slide, which allows the blade to spring out powerfully when activated or to slide back completely into the handle. The absolutely reliable and proven mechanism with a powerful spring was adopted from the OTFs of the jumping knife series Kalashnikov, which Böker has been selling abroad for many years, e.g. in France or in the USA.

The blade designed as a rescue hook with a rounded tip prevents accidental injury during a third-party or self-rescue. The cutting edge with inner radius behind the tip allows quick and intuitive clipping of harnesses, cord and kernmantel ropes, as well as safe cutting of clothing of injured persons. The biting serrated edge in the second half of the cutting edge also enables the cutting of thick and encrusted ropes. D2 stainless steel was used for the blade due to its extreme edge retention in the pull cut area. The handle body is provided with pronounced finger grooves for the required grip safety and is additionally textured to prevent slipping.

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