Legendary Boker Quality, what a joke

Firstly Boker+ isn't a Boker !
Real Boker must be 20-30+ years old, sorry

Also Boker Magnum isn't a Boker
Former Cold Steel is following that way right now
 
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So how was the action of the knife?
The things you sent it back for were cosmetic, had it been all shiny and no chunks out of scales would you have liked it?
Other than the huge choil it looks like a cool knife to me.
 
Two observations that may or may not be true. Or have relevance in this case.

I don’t trust manufacturers in foreign countries to use the materials they say they are using. They are great when the parent company rep is there. Then when the cats away the mice play. It might not even be D2.

2nd. If you use a mail order vender that has a brick and mortar shop. In person you can hand pick the knife you want to buy. Which is great if you are that guy. What happens to their rejects? They get sent to the mail order guys.
 
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willc said:
So how was the action of the knife?
The things you sent it back for were cosmetic, had it been all shiny and no chunks out of scales would you have liked it?
Other than the huge choil it looks like a cool knife to me.
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Actually a decent design, flipped out great and had a nice sharp edge. The glow cf is a joke, with a good amount of light to charge it would only last about 2 minutes before it dims.
 
Cowboyfromhell666 said:
Well it matches your rusty stove tins....always a silver lining....I kidd
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Hahaha, that stove has stories my friend! I actually took it from my old home to swap with the new home because I'm so attached. One burner doesn't work. It's my baby though! :)
 
Jdottinger said:
Isn’t that a countycomm exclusive that has been out a year or 2 now? You’d think the vendor deserves to be named for sending it out like that. Why just call out Boker?
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Well, it might be because CountyComm didn't make the knife, and not being an actual knife company*, they probably don't even open the boxes to inspect knives before they ship them out. If I got a knife from CC that I didn't like, I'd probably have approached them about an exchange, but that's about it. If it was a knife I was interested in keeping but that had issues, I'd approach the actual manufacturer.



* Having a CEO who's "really into knives"...I mean, I certainly don't count that as any actual staff expertise (ymmv).
 
You probably should have gone with one of the cheaper Bokers in 440A. At least it wouldn't have rusted. :p
 
Quiet said:
Well, it might be because CountyComm didn't make the knife, and not being an actual knife company*, they probably don't even open the boxes to inspect knives before they ship them out. If I got a knife from CC that I didn't like, I'd probably have approached them about an exchange, but that's about it. If it was a knife I was interested in keeping but that had issues, I'd approach the actual manufacturer.



* Having a CEO who's "really into knives"...I mean, I certainly don't count that as any actual staff expertise (ymmv).
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Thanks for explaining how exclusives work, I thought for sure BladeHq had a factory somewhere making all the exclusives they have. Yes the carbon fiber pitting is Bokers fault. My post was about the rust, I should’ve been clearer. It being a semi stainless knife that has been sitting on a shelve at countycomm for over a year or 2 now. I’m not trying to argue or sound like a jerk, I just think it’s relevant that it’s an exclusive that’s been in the dealers possession for quite some time now.
 
I mean one of these could have solved some of those problems....

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jiggyfly16 said:
I mean one of these could have solved some of those problems....

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Agreed. My buck 110 slim D2 didn’t come with a gel pack in the box. Oddly enough though I have received one in a boker plus plastic tube package that was a countycomm exclusive in D2. Not defending boker or bashing countycomm.
 
Jdottinger said:
Thanks for explaining how exclusives work, I thought for sure BladeHq had a factory somewhere making all the exclusives they have. Yes the carbon fiber pitting is Bokers fault. My post was about the rust, I should’ve been clearer. It being a semi stainless knife that has been sitting on a shelve at countycomm for over a year or 2 now. I’m not trying to argue or sound like a jerk, I just think it’s relevant that it’s an exclusive that’s been in the dealers possession for quite some time now.
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I don't think you were being a jerk, I was merely commenting and sharing what I would do if I were in this position, and if sending the knife back to CC for an easy exchange weren't an option. Also, my expectations for a certain level of service that plenty of actual knife dealers provide would be less with CC.

Also, sadly, voids in carbon fiber is a fairly common issue. I have a BladeHQ exclusive CRK Sebenza that has them in the scale inserts. At the time I received it, I simply figured that was how they come. Then they sold out (years now), and that was that. The knife itself has HUGE personal meaning for me, so it's never leaving my possession at this point.
 
Quiet said:
I don't think you were being a jerk, I was merely commenting and sharing what I would do if I were in this position, and if sending the knife back to CC for an easy exchange weren't an option. Also, my expectations for a certain level of service that plenty of actual knife dealers provide would be less with CC.

Also, sadly, voids in carbon fiber is a fairly common issue. I have a BladeHQ exclusive CRK Sebenza that has them in the scale inserts. At the time I received it, I simply figured that was how they come. Then they sold out (years now), and that was that. The knife itself has HUGE personal meaning for me, so it's never leaving my possession at this point.
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Just as an FYI, you can fill the voids in with melted extra-dark chocolate. The more you know!
 
IIRC, Boker Plus is all made in China (that model definitely is). Their German and Argentinian (Arbolito) stuff is supposed to be great. I have a few Taiwanese models, and they're perfectly fine for $30-50ish. At least some of their US-made stuff is from ProTech, and is exactly what you'd expect from ProTech. Just need to be judicious about which OEM is producing the product.
 
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