Boker Tree Brand Knives

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Here's a few of the Bokers from my small collection- all are from Solingen. The top cattleman knife has acrylic scales called " butter and molasses" according to the seller. The other cattleman and the canoe pattern knife have jigged bone scales.


 
The top one that you were told was butter and molasses is actually an old version of the tortoise shell handle material. Nice collection you have there.
Terry
 
Thank you for the information about the handle material. I am very pleased with all my Boker knives and plan on adding more to the collection.
 
Good looking trio. :thumbup: I like the whittler in the center pic especially.
That resembles the "grand canyon" handle pattern.
 
I love your knives.When I think of a knife I think of Boker.I grew up with Bokers as my family sold them in there store.They are what knives can be quality.
 
Thanks for sharing the photos! Very nice Knives..... It's refreshing to see some traditionals posted in the this sub-forum!:thumbup:
 
I have bought an assortment of new Boker Tree Brand Classics, in carbon steel, over the last few years - they compare favorably with older models I have, too. In the last few days, I finally added Case pocket knives to my collection. Specifically, three different examples of the Seahorse Whittler - in SS. There is no comparison... the Case knives open more stiffly. One had black carbon-like trash in it's main pivot. Cleaned, it improved to just stiff, almost as stiff as the other pair. Two had marks on the main blade from rubbing against a closed secondary blade. None of the dozen Bokers did that - and they opened far more smoothly - and with less effort - than the Case examples. They came uniformly sharper, too. My Case collection is likely closed to new entries... I am sadly unimpressed - the German-made Tree Brand Classics won me over.

Stainz
 
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They came uniformly sharper, too. My Case collection is likely closed to new entries... I am sadly unimpressed - the German-made Tree Brand Classics won me over.

Stainz
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Thanks Stainz, for your thoughts on the Tree Brand Boker's.

As of late, I have been really frustrated with paying good money, for GEC's and
Northwoods knives. :mad:
Only to have them dull out of the box, and one heck of a time trying to put a cutting edge on them.
I ordered a Boker TB lock-back last night, for a lot less, I'm betting it comes in relatively sharp.
 
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Here are a couple of my new ones. Beer Barrel Whittler (model 280), and Natural bone Fellow (model 1000).
 
I like the look of the Natural bone Fellow :thumbup: Now I just need to find a dealer on line.
 
ranger...how do you like that whittler? i've been eye-ing one, between that and a stockman maybe. is the main clip blade on the whittler based off of two back springs? how do you like the beer barrel scales? any experience with whittlers in general vs stockmans? thanks!
 
I really like it. For a long time, the stockman was the only pattern for me. I carried the Case 18 pattern, serpentine stockman. Also carried the Boker 7474 and 8388. The serpentine shape appeals to me, and the length I like to carry is in the 3 1/4 to 3 1/2" range.
The whittler blade layout seems to fit me better. It's like I don't have to look at the knife to pick the correct blade. It just comes to me naturally. I love the size (3 1/2"). As mentioned, the serpentine shape is nice. I also like the whittler pattern because the twin backsprings are tapered. So yes, the main blade rides on two springs, but they are narrower on the end where the main blade resides. This also gives a tapered look to the knife when viewed from the top (or bottom).
The beer barrel handle is nice, but I think I prefer the bone scales - especially the appaloosa! I now have 9 Boker whittlers. They all are great. I have both the 280 pattern and the old 8313. The whittler, razor jack, and single blade lockbacks like the Boker "fellow" are now my 3 favorite patterns, closely followed by the stockman.
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thanks for the input! definitely helpful...and yea, that appaloosa is beautiful! in the picture you posted can you tell me exactly what the two knives are? is the top one the beer barrel whittler? if so what's the one on the bottom....also a whittler? also given your experience with both patterns, can you comment at all on the clip/pen/coping of a whittler versus the clip/spey/sheepsfoot of a stockman and which combination of blades you think is better/more versatile in actual use? thanks!
 
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The knife in the top of the photo is an older 1970s era 8313 pattern. This one was part of the Great American Story series of knives in the mid 1970s. Boker used to have a brass spacer between the backsprings. The one on the bottom is a modern day 280 pattern. This one has black delrin handles, and I carry it a lot. The beer barrel knife is like the one on the bottom. The photo is from a thread I wrote on another knife site.
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=19101
I prefer the combination of the clip/coping/pen, because the uses I have for the knife are a better fit. I use the clip blade for the heavy stuff, the pen knife for opening packages, and the coping blade for fine detail work, even whittling sometimes! lol.
The stockman also has the clip blade, and the sheepfoot blade can serve the same function as the whittler's coping blade. I just don't have any legitimate use for the spey blade anymore - thank God - although it can double as a skinning blade if needed.
 
awesome, thanks so much ranger...that was extremely helpful and when the budget allows i think i know what i'm going to go with :-)
 
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