Is this a Boker Gemini, or something else?

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I found this today in a pawn shop and picked it up, but I'm not certain what it is. It looks like a Boker Gemini, but browsing Amazon, Knifecenter, BladeHQ, etc, I can only find the Gemini in a combo edge, as opposed to the plain edge of this one...was there a plain edged Gemini that was discontinued? And does anyone know the steel on it? I know the Geminis I've found online list them as X-15 T.N. but I don't know if all of them use that steel or just some. The printing on the blade reads Boker Solingen Germany Stainless, the blade measures 3 5/8 inches, overall length of 8 1/8 inches by my measurements. Dunno the weight, but it's fairly light, I'd estimate about 4 ounces.

Here's the knife:
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Anyone? Can someone confirm if this is indeed a Gemini, and if so, give me any more info on it? This looks exactly like the Gemini depicted on a few vendors in languages I do not speak, but all the info I can find on it in English refers to the combo-edge version.
 
From what I've found, they did have a plain edge model. I can't really seem to find any [plain edge models] for sale through the normal places that I look, though.
A further look, and some websites listed it as discontinued.
It indeed looks like a plain-edge Boker Gemini.
X-15 TN steel blade; drop point.
Stainless liner. ABS handle with a kraton insert on the front.

Was there anything in particular you were wondering about?
 
Thanks man. I was wondering if it actually was a Gemini, mainly. I couldn't find any info about a plain edge model, and none of the sites I buy from had a plain edge version listed either, all combo edges. I found a knife that looked like this one for sale on a German site, a Russian site, and an Italian site though, and they listed it as a Gemini, but it's hard to tell from pics sometimes, so I was unsure. All the English language sites I found only had or described the combo-edge version, and so I wondered if this is indeed a Gemini, and if so, if the plain-edge version was discontinued, or was a Euro-only model. I also wondered if the steel was the X-15 TN, I knew the current ones were, but I wasn't sure if this model was as well, since I couldn't find info on the plain edge one(I went through a lot of pages on Google trying to find info on it, too, guess I missed one!). I'm pretty happy now that you gave me this info though, I know most sites sell the Gemini for $50-60, and only sell combo edges which I dislike, so I'm pleased I got the discontinued plain edge version for $20.
 
The standard Gemini sold with WNR4034 blade, the similar Badger model has X-15 T.N steel blade. I had them both, they were good light EDC folders with great slicing capabilities - but the linerlock were slightly weak.

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Golbat said:
The standard Gemini sold with WNR4034 blade,
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Really? A lot of the sites I looked at listed both the combi-edge standard Gemini and the Badger model as X-15 TN...wonder if they changed that, or if the sites are just wrong.
 
Golbat said:
Really. Check the manufacturers homepage - they know what steel they using for the Gemini... :)

http://www.boker.de/taschenmesser/boeker/taktische-einsatzmesser/110090.html
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I did check the manufacturer's homepage. However, I checked the English version of the homepage, and they didn't have the knife listed at all...didn't realize they had different listings for the German version. That one has different text on the blade than mine does, though. Do they print different things for different markets? Cause that one has German, "Boker Manufaktur Solingen" whereas mine says "Boker Solingen Germany Stainless"
 
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