Interesting Boker! Please add your Boker Tang Stamps!

[waynorth]

Boker's rich history continues!
I will be away for a week, so might miss some of this ongoing saga!
Don't let that stop you boys and girls!!
I'll catch up when I get back. Thanks for all the contributions thus far!!!

 

[Will Power]

Any info on the Boker Arbolito's? Made in Argentina I think.--KV

Si! Here on a delrin Sodbuster.

 

[5K Qs]

If you look closely you can see the tang stamp on this Boker USA electrician (thanks, Mark):

And here's the tang stamp of a stockman I won in a recent Will Power GAW:


- GT

 

[meako]

The green never did it for me. Not sure why because I like most greens.

meako I have one of those, a fine lockback, great slicer and I too appreciate the Washboard Bone. Pity they stopped it. I gave Andi a Whittler with it but the GREEN version, that looks great too. Excellent in the hand.

Thanks, Will

 

[Campbellclanman]

Wonderful Knives everyone!
Charlie my friend, PLEASE forgive me for the very late posts on these great threads, to find time in taking photo's - cropping etc is hard for me of late, I did buy a printer/scanner with the hope I could plonk my knife in the Scanner and presto- very much like you do so well- but unfortunately lol... I dont get the desired results.

I have a Boker at Pauls House and only a few here, and these have the usual stampings that are shown here, so nothing out of the ordinary I am afraid to say, but I thought I wouls share any way.

To find a "scriptured" stamped Boker would be nice- and thank you for sharing so we all could view that one Charlie!
Here is a couple of Easy Openers from Boker, the Smaller being a "Block Letter" Stamp, the other a Boker USA..

The Smaller E/O's Block Letter stamping which I think? dates it around the 1930's

The Stamping on the Bigger E/O, the more of the norm that we see, by the way when I study the Bone on both of these Knives...the Jig work is exquisite!

A large Folding Hunter almost, lol this knife was an important lesson to stop...let the blood finish pumping a hundred miles an hour before purchasing a knife...in saying that I bought this knife for possibly a 1/4 of it's value if it didnt posses the problems it does ( it was obviously a back pocket Knife and has a slight curvature to it which happens at times).

Bill Howard looked at this particular Knife and apart from the cosmetic issue I just explained he was intrigued with it- as it looks like a knife that wasnt quite finished in factory in his opinion- Bolsters/ Caps in their Natural unfinished shape - and so on...interesting- and such a magnificent user- Big Carbon Blade with a great Pen- Lovely Bone!

Interesting link on Boker...
https://www.boker.de/pdf/knifeworld.pdf

 

[waynorth]

Well Duncan, I was getting a little tired of waiting!!

Not!! Thanks for posting those beauties! I remember well the "curved" knife at T'Ville. Interesting history to ponder. Thanks for showing us these!!!

 

[5K Qs]

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Interesting link on Boker...
https://www.boker.de/pdf/knifeworld.pdf

Great post with informative photos, Duncan!
Being a knife novice, and having recently purchased a Böker beer barrel canoe, I found the link especially fascinating reading!

EDIT: I should include a photo of the tang stamp of my new Böker canoe, since I don't think it's pictured in this thread. I was surprised that no tang has a tree stamped on it, although there is a tree on the Solingen shield and as part of the Tree Brand Classic "reverse" blade etch. Maybe this Beer Barrel Series uses an unusual stamp? I don't see it on the chart posted earlier.


- GT

 

[tongueriver]

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[herder]

Some great Boker models shown in this thread. Here is a large Cigar Jack from the 1960s.

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[Amir Fleschwund]

Though not very knowledgeable about Bokers - they seem to have many iterations and origins - I still bought this 3 11/16" 4-blade Cattle knife! The various blades are nice examples of each type, and the bone is very attractive. I just wish there was more info on the Tang Stamps.
I did not find a thread devoted to the various Boker stampings, so hopefully this thread will help to write the details of Boker!
Please add your tang stamps and knowledge!!
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Just a great knife there. Looking at old cattles for sale on the web emphasizes how rare it is to find near virgin blades and intact bone. Congrats!

 

[r8shell]

H. Boker's Improved Cutlery.
The chart says 1860 to 1880s. I think it's likely that old, and not a "heritage stamp" considering the handle material.