Boker Applegate-Fairbairn 5.5

[Brutalix]

Hey guys i was wondering if someone could help me out,
I was checking this knife Boker Applegate-Fairbairn 5.5 , and I must admit it's very good looking.

After i saw the nutnfancy review ( Other version but pretty similar ) on youtube I felt like I had to get one; the one with micarta just looks amazing.


Sooo.... is there anyone on this forum that owns one of these,
http://www.boker.de/artikelsuche/120545-applegate-0-9999-2-10.html
http://www.boker.de/artikelsuche/120545X-applegate-0-9999-0-0.html
But here is the thing

These are both for most part the same except one has 440-C Steel, and the ltd-version has X-15 T.N. also features a two-tone blade finish and a mirror polished handguardsteel and some minor other details
which of these 2 is the better steel ? ,
and ultimately which one would you get given the fact the price wasn't different ?

P.S. By any chance do any of you actually own the Ltd version because i would love to see it from some other angles, I could only find pictures of the knife taken in the angle seen at the site..

Thanks in advance,
Greets from Holland!

 

[A.L.]

There were some nice pics I saw in the tactical knives magazine (from 2009 with the TOPS stryker on the cover). 5.5 is a bit bigger than the regular A-F.

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Here's pretty sweet overview

It's a knife to drool on, but with the current price it's outrageous in my opinion. Micarta and 440 for 250€? Hah, no thanks. Nice knife, but too much.

 

[cutter17]

I have neither, but would like to get one down the road. The 440C blade in the 5.5 Apllegate is some good stuff as Boker knows what they are doing with this steel. The X-15 steel is a French steel that I believe is used in the aircraft industry. I would go with the 5.5 original, but would love to see it's blade devoid of the signatures that cover it, like the LE Applegate.

 

[A.L.]

I didn't mean to bash 440 nor micarta, but Im just wondering how this costs so darned much. I understand that it's made in germany and it's limited run sofar wich raises cost certainly, but you could buy custom with that price.