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I often peruse the internet for "interesting objects", items that may eventually find themselves added into my "Interesting Objects Collection". Knives are a big part of this personal collecting hobby of mine, and so it's not a surprise that my perusing will often land me on knife vendor websites. Well, I happened to be checking out Knifecenter's site, and there on the top of their page it stated that they were running a sale on selected Boker branded products.
Okay, I'll bite... I mean, hey, maybe there will be a good deal on something I may really like
Their sale only popped up seven or eight Boker products, with only the Boker Plus Apparo hollow handled survival knife catching my eye.
I don't have any hollow handled survival knives, but have considered getting one to have that genre represented within my collection. The Buckmaster survival knife was the one I have considered the most, but since they've been out of production for quite some time now, their secondary market pricing is a wee bit too high for the mint specimen that I'd be trying to obtain.
Anyhow, it's been a while since I was looking into them, but then this deal pops up at Knifecenter, and my interest in obtaining a knife of this genre gets revived. I guess the full MSRP is somewhere North of $200, but their common going rate seems to be in the $150 to $180 range.
Well... Knifecenter's blowout sale has them at $79.95! Now, I ain't no mathematician, but that's about half of what they normally go for, (I even checked other vendor's sites to price compare)
After reading some reviews on their website, (and on some other websites), I decided it would be a worthy enough specimen to have in my collection.
It's produced in Asia for Boker, and that gave me some pause, but it seems that they are doing a decent job in making this 'Martin' knife design
Anyhow, yes... Knifecenter kind'a twisted my arm by offering this neat knife at a price that's pretty irresistible
I'm guessing that Boker has discontinued this model, and they likely offered Knifecenter a blowout price on their remaining inventory of them. I have taken advantage of such deals before on Knifecenter, and it's hard to find a better deal when they do this!
It's 440C stainless steel blade is listed as being 7" long, so... she seems to be quite the stubby beast.
Pics from the Knifecenter website...
So, if someone reads this post and feels that this is a deal they would like to get in on, the Knifecenter blowout price is only good while their limited supply lasts. Once they are sold out, the deal is gone.
It isn't a knife that most folks here will likely be interested in buying, but if you are interested... go ahead and get one while the get'in is good
Btw, if one wants one of these as a collectable that will represent this type of knife genre, it's likely to be quite scarce piece out there in it's total numbers.
Why do I guess that?... Well, we have been outside of the 1980's for quite some time now, so they probably sold okay for the Boker company, but probably not great in sales. These are simply not the genre of knife that's at it's prime in popularity, (and, to boot, they are not usually cheaply priced, which further dampens sales). Tie that with them actually being considered a very decently made and robust product, helps make them a decent knife for collecting them for posterity reasons
I think they first came out during 2012-2013, and from what I have seen on the internet, they were commonly selling in the $100 price range.
I don't know exactly when or why they jumped up in price sometime during the past so many years, but they did, with their commonly sold for price rising to the $150 to $180 range. Why?... I have no clue. I do believe they are now a discontinued item, but don't know when that occurred.
Okay, I'll bite... I mean, hey, maybe there will be a good deal on something I may really like
Their sale only popped up seven or eight Boker products, with only the Boker Plus Apparo hollow handled survival knife catching my eye.
I don't have any hollow handled survival knives, but have considered getting one to have that genre represented within my collection. The Buckmaster survival knife was the one I have considered the most, but since they've been out of production for quite some time now, their secondary market pricing is a wee bit too high for the mint specimen that I'd be trying to obtain.
Anyhow, it's been a while since I was looking into them, but then this deal pops up at Knifecenter, and my interest in obtaining a knife of this genre gets revived. I guess the full MSRP is somewhere North of $200, but their common going rate seems to be in the $150 to $180 range.
Well... Knifecenter's blowout sale has them at $79.95! Now, I ain't no mathematician, but that's about half of what they normally go for, (I even checked other vendor's sites to price compare)
After reading some reviews on their website, (and on some other websites), I decided it would be a worthy enough specimen to have in my collection.
It's produced in Asia for Boker, and that gave me some pause, but it seems that they are doing a decent job in making this 'Martin' knife design
Anyhow, yes... Knifecenter kind'a twisted my arm by offering this neat knife at a price that's pretty irresistible
I'm guessing that Boker has discontinued this model, and they likely offered Knifecenter a blowout price on their remaining inventory of them. I have taken advantage of such deals before on Knifecenter, and it's hard to find a better deal when they do this!
It's 440C stainless steel blade is listed as being 7" long, so... she seems to be quite the stubby beast.
Pics from the Knifecenter website...
So, if someone reads this post and feels that this is a deal they would like to get in on, the Knifecenter blowout price is only good while their limited supply lasts. Once they are sold out, the deal is gone.
It isn't a knife that most folks here will likely be interested in buying, but if you are interested... go ahead and get one while the get'in is good
Btw, if one wants one of these as a collectable that will represent this type of knife genre, it's likely to be quite scarce piece out there in it's total numbers.
Why do I guess that?... Well, we have been outside of the 1980's for quite some time now, so they probably sold okay for the Boker company, but probably not great in sales. These are simply not the genre of knife that's at it's prime in popularity, (and, to boot, they are not usually cheaply priced, which further dampens sales). Tie that with them actually being considered a very decently made and robust product, helps make them a decent knife for collecting them for posterity reasons
I think they first came out during 2012-2013, and from what I have seen on the internet, they were commonly selling in the $100 price range.
I don't know exactly when or why they jumped up in price sometime during the past so many years, but they did, with their commonly sold for price rising to the $150 to $180 range. Why?... I have no clue. I do believe they are now a discontinued item, but don't know when that occurred.
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Have to replace that sheath with a nice custom made Kydex.. 
