I never had a Boker-Matic before. I found what looked like one at a show. It looks exactly like this:
http://www.trueswords.com/airborn-survival-bokermatic-p-981.html
It doesn't SAY Boker on it anywhere. The last line of text on the blade, near the handle, says BUDK CORP. It also says "Germany" above that and has a US patent number engraved on a bolster.
Anyone know if this apparently licensed-to-BudK Bokermatic is the same thing as a "real" one? It seems a little cheap. Poorly sharpened blade, poorly fit bolsters.
For fun, here's the patent for this thing:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT4823463&id=Dbk4AAAAEBAJ&dq=4823463
And, drifting further off topic, that patent application references the patent for this little gadget from 1953 which you may recognize:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2662284
http://www.trueswords.com/airborn-survival-bokermatic-p-981.html
It doesn't SAY Boker on it anywhere. The last line of text on the blade, near the handle, says BUDK CORP. It also says "Germany" above that and has a US patent number engraved on a bolster.
Anyone know if this apparently licensed-to-BudK Bokermatic is the same thing as a "real" one? It seems a little cheap. Poorly sharpened blade, poorly fit bolsters.
For fun, here's the patent for this thing:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT4823463&id=Dbk4AAAAEBAJ&dq=4823463
And, drifting further off topic, that patent application references the patent for this little gadget from 1953 which you may recognize:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2662284