Hunting Knives: reliability and durability in the wild

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Origin: Withdrawn from a private individual, previously purchased
* Conditions: in like-new condition
* Available on the market: No longer available
* Sharpening: Factory
* Marks on blade: None
* Marks on handle: None
* Box: /
* Sheath: hand-made leather in good condition
* Manuals, Certificates and Guarantees: No
* Checked and Certified by our internal laboratory

Intended use: collection/sports

Type of production: Handcrafted
Blade production: Cambodia
Blade: mirror-finish DNH7 carbon steel
Blade treatment: brut de forge
Handle: wood and horn
Blade length: approx. 120mm.
Blade thickness: approx. 5.5mm.
Total length: approx. 250mm.
Balance: -
Weight: approx. 228g.
Lock: 1.5cm set back
Sheath: Handcrafted leather
Notes: -

Citadel Knives and Swords is a sword and knife manufacturer based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Despite the country's reputation as an exotic and remote location, the company is easily accessible, located close to the city's international airport. The workshop is modest but houses an impressive range of high-quality Japanese swords and knives.

Founded by Dominique Eluere in the 1990s, Citadel has combined the expertise of French and local craftsmen to produce blades that rival the best in the world. Eluere began by training Cambodian blacksmiths to make French table knives, later evolving into the production of Japanese swords.

The quality of Citadel swords is world renowned, thanks to the use of traditional Japanese techniques and a meticulous manufacturing process. Each katana is heat treated, creating a blade with varying hardness along the edge and spine, a hallmark of true katanas. The hilt is fully encased in high-quality stingray leather, a rarity compared to common panels.

Attention to detail extends to every element, with every component custom-made for each blade. This includes the tsuba (sword guard) and habaki (blade collar), both of which are hand-crafted and fitted, ensuring perfect fit and functionality.

In addition to katanas, Citadel also produces European swords and knives, maintaining the same philosophy of quality and functionality. Production is artisanal, with particular attention to polishing and finishing, often done by hand with sandpaper and whetstones.

Citadel is proud of its Cambodian roots, with local workers looking up to Eluere as a father figure and deeply involved in maintaining the company's high standards.

In short, Citadel Knives and Swords represents a perfect fusion of tradition, craftsmanship and innovation, offering products that are truly functional works of art. These tools, while expensive, represent an investment in quality and craftsmanship that is hard to match.

Mini-Trapper is a fixed-blade outdoor knife that, thanks to its small size, can be carried comfortably in your pocket while hiking.

Made of Elmax steel with a hardness of 61 HRC, it is extremely durable and suitable for all uses, including hunting to process small prey. The groove on the back of the blade acts as a thumb gripper allowing the knife to be guided safely.

Mini-Trapper has a one-piece construction into which deer antler insignia are attached by steel screws.


Intended Use: Hunting / Hiking

Production type: Industrial
Country of manufacture: Italy
Blade: full tang in Elmax 61HRC steel
Blade treatment: Stonewashed
Handle: deer antler
Blade length: 65mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 120mm.
Weight: 76g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: cardboard box with Maserin logos
Notes: -

Intended Use: Utility / Hiking

Production type: Industrial
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: Full tang, tool steel D2
Blade Finish: Stonewashed
Handle: G-10
Blade length: 140mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 290mm.
Balance: slightly advanced
Weight: 412g.
Sheath: nylon, with thigh and belt attachments
Package: Cardboard box with Maserin logos - diamond sharpener - wire saw for wood
Note: Design by Davide Bomben, president of the Associazione Italiana Esperti d'Africa (Italian Association of African Experts) and chief instructor of the Poaching Prevention Academy, an organization that in Namibia and other African countries trains rangers against poachers. He is the director of training for the African Field Guides Association and for over ten years has worked with the tour operator Il Diamante and with Wilderness Safaris as a guide and ranger. He has published guides to Namibia, South Africa and Botswana and three books on African mammals and birds. He is the promoter and referent of numerous projects for the protection of African wildlife such as rhinos, lions, elephants and gorillas.

Intended Use: Utility / Hiking

Production type: Industrial
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: Full tang, tool steel D2
Blade Finish: Stonewashed
Handle: G-10
Blade length: 140mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 290mm.
Balance: slightly advanced
Weight: 412g.
Sheath: nylon, with thigh and belt attachments
Package: Cardboard box with Maserin logos - diamond sharpener - wire saw for wood
Note: Design by Davide Bomben, president of the Associazione Italiana Esperti d'Africa (Italian Association of African Experts) and chief instructor of the Poaching Prevention Academy, an organization that in Namibia and other African countries trains rangers against poachers. He is the director of training for the African Field Guides Association and for over ten years has worked with the tour operator Il Diamante and with Wilderness Safaris as a guide and ranger. He has published guides to Namibia, South Africa and Botswana and three books on African mammals and birds. He is the promoter and referent of numerous projects for the protection of African wildlife such as rhinos, lions, elephants and gorillas.

Intended Use: Hunting / Hiking

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: 440C Stainless Steel 57 / 58HRC
Blade treatment: Satin
Handle: micarta green
Blade length: 214mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Overall length: 345mm.
Balancing: Advanced
Weight: 420g.
Sheath: Leather
Packaging: Cardboard box with logos Maserin
Notes: Knives Group's official Facebook "Boars that Passion", created by Maserin in collaboration with the Group with the aim of getting the best knives for cinghialai, combining high quality materials with excellence in processing, aesthetics, ease of use and absolute security

Intended Use: Hunting / Hiking

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: 440C Stainless Steel 57 / 58HRC
Blade treatment: Satin
Handle: Orange G10
Blade length: 214mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Overall length: 345mm.
Balancing: Advanced
Weight: 420g.
Sheath: Leather
Packaging: Cardboard box with logos Maserin
Notes: Knives Group's official Facebook "Boars that Passion", created by Maserin in collaboration with the Group with the aim of getting the best knives for cinghialai, combining high quality materials with excellence in processing, aesthetics, ease of use and absolute security

Intended Use: Hunting / Hiking

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: 440C Stainless Steel 57 / 58HRC
Blade treatment: Satin
Handle: Orange G10
Blade length: 214mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Overall length: 345mm.
Balancing: Advanced
Weight: 420g.
Sheath: Leather
Packaging: Cardboard box with logos Maserin
Notes: Knives Group's official Facebook "Boars that Passion", created by Maserin in collaboration with the Group with the aim of getting the best knives for cinghialai, combining high quality materials with excellence in processing, aesthetics, ease of use and absolute security

Intended use: Survival / utlity

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: Stainless steel  N690Co
Treatment Lama: Glazing
Handle: Green G10
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Overall length: 235mm.
Balancing: Set back to 1.5cm. the branch of the guard
Weight: 195g.
Sheath: Nylon with leather loop
Packaging: Cardboard box with logos Maserin
Notes: developed in collaboration with dozens of chamois hunters experts Facebook Group "Rupicapra rupicapra"

Intended use: Survival / utlity

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: Stainless steel  N690Co
Treatment Lama: Glazing
Handle: Green G10
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Overall length: 235mm.
Balancing: Set back to 1.5cm. the branch of the guard
Weight: 195g.
Sheath: Nylon with leather loop
Packaging: Cardboard box with logos Maserin
Notes: developed in collaboration with dozens of chamois hunters experts Facebook Group "Rupicapra rupicapra"

The collaboration between the writer Nicolai Lilin and Knives Maserin was born on 987 Siberian Knife. Knife shapes typically Siberian, has blade and scabbard with designs that reflect themes and symbols tradition of this land, cold and still largely mysterious; elements also present in figurative works and tattoos created by the author of the best selling book Siberian Education, then became blockbuster thanks to the wise directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

Intended use: Hunting / Sports / Collection

Type of production: Industrial production

blade: Italian blade: 440A stainless steel blade

Treatment: -

Handle: Wood Pau Santo

Blade length: 170mm.

Blade thickness: 4.5mm.

Closed Length: -

Overall length: 293mm.

Thick when closed: -

Balance: -

Weight: 288g.

Lock: -

Clip: -

Sheath: Leather

Package: Cardboard Box

Notes: Kolima Design by Nicolai Lilin

Destination of use: hunting

Type of production: industrial
Blade: 440 stainless steel
Blade treatment: -
Lama production: Italy
Handle: Deer
Blade length: 190mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Length closed: 220mm.
Total length: 310mm.
Balancing: backward - 1cm. from the guard branch
Weight: 270g.
Closure: Side button lock
Clip: -
Sheath: Leather
Note: -