Boye boat knife?

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I was wondering if any of you own or have handled this knife? If so, what are your impressions of it?

Thanks, Steven
 
Hi Steven,

I´ve never handled his Boat Knife, but I have a small dendritic cobalt fixed blade which is really a great knife. It´s very sharp and keeps a good edge. If you´re using these knives around salt water they are perfect since they will not rust.

Maybe just a partial answer to your question, but I hope it helps...
 
Bought a drop point after reading this article on his website:

http://www.boyeknives.com/images/review.pdf

It works as advertised. Truly rust proof and cuts and cuts. Boye invented the dent in the lockback release that Spyderco is using on their lockbacks, and I'm a huge fan. Allows you to grip the knife very tight without the risk of the meat of your hand accidentally releasing the lock. The one gripe I have is the 3" blade length. I wish it was a bit longer.
 
Have not used that knife, but others from Boye. He makes highly efficient cutting knives which have solid ergonomics.

-Cliff
 
Sorry I'm late on this.

I have the earlier version of the David Boye "Boat knife" - when it was just the BDC - Boye Dendritic Cobalt "Prophet" folder.

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David made this for me - after he and I discussed at length about the almost "magical" cutting ability of the BDS steel Eagle Wing folder on the right of that photo - which was one of my cuttin'est and sharpest knives.

David said he should be able to make a Cobalt knife to be like my Eagle Wing - well, not quite - but nonetheless it is still very good indeed - just not quite "magical";) :D

Those 2 folders were the subject of a thread in the Gallery:

Boye Dendritic Folders (+interview)
 
My boye boat knife arrived today and I am very pleased. I got the regular blade without serrations with the blue handle. The knife locks up solid, looks great, and the blade is suprisingly sharp.
 
Originally posted by Westflorida
My boye boat knife arrived today and I am very pleased. I got the regular blade without serrations with the blue handle. The knife locks up solid, looks great, and the blade is suprisingly sharp.
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Yeah I'm sure you'll enjoy the knife Steve. David does great stuff., and you can get a pretty wicked edge on that thing once you goof around with sharpening it a little.

As Tony menitoned, they will cut all day. Good job..., very nice knife. :)
 
Sorry for the late post, too. I have an Eagle Wing in dendritic cobalt and like it very much. I think there's a general caution against cutting hard material with the dc blade (because it may be subject to chipping) but it's not a problem for me.

I don't know if it's just me but I really think that the design is almost identical to the Spyderco Chinese Lum (although that knife has a VG-10 flat grind blade). I believe the Boye came to market first.
 
Originally posted by toothed
I don't know if it's just me but I really think that the design is almost identical to the Spyderco Chinese Lum (although that knife has a VG-10 flat grind blade). I believe the Boye came to market first.
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Bob Lum first made the Chinese Folder in 1998. Spyderco made it a production model in 2000. Not sure when David released his resin models, but he's been using that blade style in his folders for quite a while. While both are leaf shape, the Lum Chinese is based on a old Chinese folding utilty knife that's hundreds of years old in design.
Originally posted by Westflorida
I think the Spyderco Lum is a liner-lock?
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It is.
 
Just to add to what tonyccw recalls, I first handled a Boye Prophet folder in 1996 at his retail gallery in Davenport, California.

John F. Jensen has some older Boye stuff. He would know the actual dates of manufacture.
 
The blade style is often called a spearpoint, it's just a bit more radical in width for the Chinese style. Spearpoint blades in folding knives is nothing new.

I have the BDS Companion and a Basic 1 and 2. All great cutters. I personally believe the Boye pocket folders are the perfect pocket knive. A great blending of cutting ability, great steel or cobalt blade technology, reliable lockup, utilitarian blade shape, lightweight strong handle, etc. The sculpted opening indentation makes it a stealth one hander plus the 3" blade makes it legal virtually everywhere. It's my sebenza (i.e. the best overall design for a single bladed pocket knife.) It's also cheap enough to lose.
 
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