Boker Plus Wasabi

got one for me with carbon fibre handles and what can I say: it´s one of the most carried ones in the last weeks. It serves well for the most daily tasks and what a slicer it is! I´ve measured nearly 0.3 mm behind the edge and i assume, this is not bad for a non-traditional serial folder.
There are only two things, which are not well done with this modern interpretation of a Higonokami. First: the clip on my knife broke just behind the hole of the screw towards the handle. I think, this might be a design failure because on both sides of the hole there´s less than 1 mm oft metal left. Boker will sent a replacement and I´ll give it a try. Let´s see, how it will last.
Second: when the blade is closed, the edge in the open frame construction is hardly hidden and it´s possible to cut yourself, if you press a finger on the back of the handle. So: just be carefull and no blood will be seen ;)
But all in all it´s a very recommendable thing with a lot of usability.
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I haven't had the exposed edge problem, but I've seen several reviews of the Boker Plus Kwaiken that have such an issue.
I think Boker really gets cheap about QC or push tolerances further than their chosen manufacturer can reliably do in their Plus models. I have a Solingen Boker and it's nothing but quality.
 
Ourorboros said:
I haven't had the exposed edge problem, but I've seen several reviews of the Boker Plus Kwaiken that have such an issue.
I think Boker really gets cheap about QC or push tolerances further than their chosen manufacturer can reliably do in their Plus models. I have a Solingen Boker and it's nothing but quality.
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I think, it´s design problem, not so much a production probblem. With this one they seem to focus on a really slim handle, so the exposed edge problem occures. If they´ve controlled the design, they could have gone for a thicker handle or a closed one. But you have to get the Ok from the designer and maybe Kansei Matsuno wasn´t pleased with this.
The overall building quality with this is, exept the problem with the clip, flawless.
 
I just found this knife the other day, and like others, think it looks amazing.

Seems ideal as an office/dressy edc.

The reports of clips breaking, and the edge being exposed is kind of worrying. Is anyone else having these issues?

I lost my edc of 8 years last month, and I'm still looking for a replacement (or two, I may split it up into a more formal, and less formal knife). This was one I was considering, so any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
Anyone else wonder why this knife was named after Japanese Horse Radish? I thought at first it was Wabi-Sabi, which has several means, but Simplicity is one of them, which to me would make more sense. John
 
They’re calling this a slip joint, but it doesn’t seem to have a back spring. Is is just a friction folder with a couple of detent balls? Is there a back spring I’m missing?
 
John A. Larsen said:
Anyone else wonder why this knife was named after Japanese Horse Radish? I thought at first it was Wabi-Sabi, which has several means, but Simplicity is one of them, which to me would make more sense. John
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Maybe because in German the word for sharp and for spicy is the same: scharf. And because Boker is a German company maybe they wanted to refer to the taste of Wasabi as spicy= scharf., which shall lead the customer to the conclusion of a sharp knife. And also they might have chosen this reference because of the origin of the designer as a Japanese guy
 
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Dangerously said:
They’re calling this a slip joint, but it doesn’t seem to have a back spring. Is is just a friction folder with a couple of detent balls? Is there a back spring I’m missing?
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No, you´re right, it´s not a real slipjoint because of the lack oft the backspring. But it´s also not a real friction folder, which normaly is only held open by the pressure of the thumb and the friction between blade and handle and has no detent balls like this one. So it´s kind of a hybrid, which doesn´t have a name yet afaik
 
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