Lis (stainless bulat)

A bulat steel blade with chromium added, from the Zhbanov forge. A few words regarding the term "bulat steel with chromium", which in itself is an oxymoron. It is commonly known that historical bulat steel contained iron and carbon. The only admixture revealed in historical products on a larger scale was phosphorus (up to 0.15%). Modern Russian manufacturers try to produce knives from a material as close as possible to historical bulat steel, i.e., carbon steel. The problem with carbon bulat steel is that it is corrosive, and the customer may get upset if they find pitting on a knife worth tens of thousands of rubles from a few drops of dew that they didn't wipe off the previous day. Therefore, Russian blacksmiths sometimes add chromium to the alloy, and what is created is called "stainless bulat steel". This category includes knives from the Zhbanov forge, also known as the "Bulat Nozh" company. All stainless bulat steel blades from Zhbanov are hardened in such a way that the hardness on the cutting edge is 64 and on the butt 62 HRC.

The Fox is a universal "all-purpose" knife for a tourist. A not very thick (2.4 mm at the butt) blade with a concave grind starting in the middle of the blade's width. The knife's point is curved upwards and slightly raised above the back line. The handle is made of Karelian birch and finished on both sides with duralumin fittings: a head with a loop for a braid or lanyard and a pommel. Brown leather sheath with a silent closure above the pommel.

Total length: 260 mm

Blade length: 144 mm

Blade thickness (max.): 2,4mm

Blade width (max.): 27 mm

Handle length:115mm

Steel (according to Russian designation): damascus steel with chromium added

Leather sheath.

Manufacturer: Zbanowa Forge (Bulatnyj Nozh), Russian Federation