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Boker Anso ?
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When will the Anso knives become available in the USA ?:thumbup::thumbup:
#Which one are you looking for? We have had the Haddock and Cox for a while now, just waiting on the 67.
Thanks, Terry
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I had one on backorder for the last couple of weeks. However, a certain retailer from whom I ordered mine just charged my credit card this morning. I took that to mean that they had 'em in stock. Called 'em up and got the afirmative. Hopefully I'll see this bad boy next week.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
-nate
Keeping my fingers crossed.
-nate
Hi over there!
I got my 67 last week. Blade thickness is like the cox, about 4 mm, that should be .158 inches.
In this linked german messerforum thread you can see several pics, even if you might not understand all the german comments.
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=94060
By the way, its a great Design and mine is perfectly made. The only customization I made is a choil in the G-10 slab for easier release (see pic on post #11 in the thread).
I got my 67 last week. Blade thickness is like the cox, about 4 mm, that should be .158 inches.
In this linked german messerforum thread you can see several pics, even if you might not understand all the german comments.
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=94060
By the way, its a great Design and mine is perfectly made. The only customization I made is a choil in the G-10 slab for easier release (see pic on post #11 in the thread).
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Mine arrived today. I have small hands, but I must say, it fits the hand perfectly
Action is very smooth, blade perfectly centered. Coarse stonewash finish is very nicely done. Very sharp out of the box! Clip tension is perfect. The traditional Anso texture on the G10 slabs is executed perfectly.
Only negative I've come across is with the blade closed, you have to be careful not to play around the butt of the knife. You can prick a finger if you're not careful. Seems like adding 1/8" to the handle length on the butt end would fix it quite handily.
Pics!
Action is very smooth, blade perfectly centered. Coarse stonewash finish is very nicely done. Very sharp out of the box! Clip tension is perfect. The traditional Anso texture on the G10 slabs is executed perfectly.
Only negative I've come across is with the blade closed, you have to be careful not to play around the butt of the knife. You can prick a finger if you're not careful. Seems like adding 1/8" to the handle length on the butt end would fix it quite handily.
Pics!
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You beat me to some pictures. Then again, I'm not terribly skilled with the camera, nor does it help that my camera is a noisy POS.
At any rate, my knife looks just like the one in the pictures. Fit, finish and overall execution are pretty darn good. I like the way Boker does Ti framelocks: Very solid and well thought-out.
What drew me to this knife primarily was the blade shape. For the last month or so I've been flirting with the idea of getting a Chris Reeve Sebenza Insingo, but I couldn't rationalize the nearly $400 price tag. It's not that I haven't spent several times that amount of money on my knife collection already. I would definitely appreciate the Insingo for what it is and what it does, but I would be too afraid of accidentally losing it to really justify the price tag. My own personal threshold has evolved to the point where I'm perfectly fine carrying a $150-$200 folder everywhere I go. For some people the threshold is higher, and for some people it's a lot lower. To each his own. I will not disparage or criticize.
At any rate, for the price of the Insingo I got two of Boker's Jens Anso offerings in the Haddock and the 67. Time will tell if I regret the decision, but so far I'm really very happy with both knives. They fill the niche that I was looking for and they have been on my "to get" list for quite some time, so it's all good.
The normal Anso 67 has a spyder hole on the blade, but for what I imagine are legal and licensing reasons, Boker decided to go with a big fatty thumbstud. I for one applaud the use of the oversized stud. It provides a lot of surface area in contact with your thumb and allows a good deal of control and confidence when opening the blade. It's almost like a spyder hole in the sense that your thumb comes in contact with this really big round part of the blade. . . ok maybe not entirely like a hole, but I dig it nonetheless. Another feature I like about the thumbstud is that it is removeable, which will aid in sharpening on the EdgePro.
Clip design is kind of "meh" for me. It's simple, functional and pretty low profile. It melts into your hand, there are no hot spots or pointy bits, and you can't really even tell it's there. My only gripe (and this is purely superficial) is that I wish it had simple rectangular/parallel sides like the clip on the Haddock rather than the triangular taper that it currently has. Again, that's a purely superficial nit pick, and I feel stupid for even griping about it. If it still bothers me in a week maybe I'll grind it down to where I like it, or barring that have STR make me a custom Ti job. We'll see.
The only thing that I've done to the knife is sand down the sharp corners on the G-10 scale, especially near the pommel. They dug into my ring finger and pinky, so I smoothed 'em out and now it's got a super comfy grip.
At any rate, my knife looks just like the one in the pictures. Fit, finish and overall execution are pretty darn good. I like the way Boker does Ti framelocks: Very solid and well thought-out.
What drew me to this knife primarily was the blade shape. For the last month or so I've been flirting with the idea of getting a Chris Reeve Sebenza Insingo, but I couldn't rationalize the nearly $400 price tag. It's not that I haven't spent several times that amount of money on my knife collection already. I would definitely appreciate the Insingo for what it is and what it does, but I would be too afraid of accidentally losing it to really justify the price tag. My own personal threshold has evolved to the point where I'm perfectly fine carrying a $150-$200 folder everywhere I go. For some people the threshold is higher, and for some people it's a lot lower. To each his own. I will not disparage or criticize.
At any rate, for the price of the Insingo I got two of Boker's Jens Anso offerings in the Haddock and the 67. Time will tell if I regret the decision, but so far I'm really very happy with both knives. They fill the niche that I was looking for and they have been on my "to get" list for quite some time, so it's all good.
The normal Anso 67 has a spyder hole on the blade, but for what I imagine are legal and licensing reasons, Boker decided to go with a big fatty thumbstud. I for one applaud the use of the oversized stud. It provides a lot of surface area in contact with your thumb and allows a good deal of control and confidence when opening the blade. It's almost like a spyder hole in the sense that your thumb comes in contact with this really big round part of the blade. . . ok maybe not entirely like a hole, but I dig it nonetheless. Another feature I like about the thumbstud is that it is removeable, which will aid in sharpening on the EdgePro.
Clip design is kind of "meh" for me. It's simple, functional and pretty low profile. It melts into your hand, there are no hot spots or pointy bits, and you can't really even tell it's there. My only gripe (and this is purely superficial) is that I wish it had simple rectangular/parallel sides like the clip on the Haddock rather than the triangular taper that it currently has. Again, that's a purely superficial nit pick, and I feel stupid for even griping about it. If it still bothers me in a week maybe I'll grind it down to where I like it, or barring that have STR make me a custom Ti job. We'll see.
The only thing that I've done to the knife is sand down the sharp corners on the G-10 scale, especially near the pommel. They dug into my ring finger and pinky, so I smoothed 'em out and now it's got a super comfy grip.
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Can't leave anything alone.... :roflmao:
Made a few small changes to this Boker Anso 67. Cut a groove in the thumbstud to bite back at your thumb during opening, bead blasted and heat colored it afterward.
Added some traction grooves to the inside of the lock bar, and a lock bar release relief cut on the inside of the G10.
Added a a thumb stud relief cut in the face of the G10 for better thumb stud access for opening, Think that's it.....
Made a few small changes to this Boker Anso 67. Cut a groove in the thumbstud to bite back at your thumb during opening, bead blasted and heat colored it afterward.
Added some traction grooves to the inside of the lock bar, and a lock bar release relief cut on the inside of the G10.
Added a a thumb stud relief cut in the face of the G10 for better thumb stud access for opening, Think that's it.....
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Not bad. Are you new to pimping?
Yeah, its my first one. What do you think?
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Update.... Got tired of cutting my finger on the tip with the blade closed 
Here's a pic showing the tip location in the closed position:
After inspecting the detent/blade hole relationship, I determined that the easiest fix was to hog out a little material where the blade hits the blade stop in the closed position.
Ta-da! No more nicked finger tip!
Here's a pic showing the tip location in the closed position:
After inspecting the detent/blade hole relationship, I determined that the easiest fix was to hog out a little material where the blade hits the blade stop in the closed position.
Ta-da! No more nicked finger tip!