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Does anyone know the difference between these 3 different Tree stamps on Boker Barlow bolsters? So far neither the Levine forum nor the Boker forum have been able to answer the question.
Can anyone help point me to a Boker Bolster stamp dating resource or know when any of these three bolster marks were used
Left knife, 3 handle pins, saw cut bone, clip point main with mark side swedge, 3 brass liners, Boker USA model 493.
Middle knife, 2 handle pins, smooth delrin, spear point main with no swedge, 3 brass liners, Boker Germany model 492 with Solingen tang stamp.
Right knife, 3 handle pins, second cut stag bone, spear point main with mark side swedge, 2 brass liners, middle liner is steel, Boker USA model 492.
note the 3rd tree is similar but different than on the first knife, and the 3rd knife has one steel liner
I found this info on another site:
> there is no tree on the early 1950s Bokers.
> The pre-war Boker barlows all appear to have used steel liners up until sometime between 1941-1953. After that they went to brass.
> Boker USA used three handle pins on the older knives, but sometime between 1972-1975, they went to only two.
> The handle material was changed from primarily bone to delrin in the 1960s.
This knife has the tree, brass liners, 3 handle pins and bone handle covers, therefore, based on the above info, it would be from after 1953 and before the change to Delrin in the 1960's. Can anyone confirm or deny this assumption?
Can anyone help point me to a Boker Bolster stamp dating resource or know when any of these three bolster marks were used
Left knife, 3 handle pins, saw cut bone, clip point main with mark side swedge, 3 brass liners, Boker USA model 493.
Middle knife, 2 handle pins, smooth delrin, spear point main with no swedge, 3 brass liners, Boker Germany model 492 with Solingen tang stamp.
Right knife, 3 handle pins, second cut stag bone, spear point main with mark side swedge, 2 brass liners, middle liner is steel, Boker USA model 492.
note the 3rd tree is similar but different than on the first knife, and the 3rd knife has one steel liner
I found this info on another site:
> there is no tree on the early 1950s Bokers.
> The pre-war Boker barlows all appear to have used steel liners up until sometime between 1941-1953. After that they went to brass.
> Boker USA used three handle pins on the older knives, but sometime between 1972-1975, they went to only two.
> The handle material was changed from primarily bone to delrin in the 1960s.
This knife has the tree, brass liners, 3 handle pins and bone handle covers, therefore, based on the above info, it would be from after 1953 and before the change to Delrin in the 1960's. Can anyone confirm or deny this assumption?
