Let's see your Scout/Camp knives

A Winchester from 1919-1931 period.

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- Stuart
 
Nice Winchester, Stuart!! Does it have a Napanoch double-flute Punch??
 
Here’s a new one for me, a Boker USA 9361. It’s hard for me to pin a date on it, as my knowledge of Boker is really quite pitiful. But since it has bone scales and a two-piece can opener, I’m guessing maybe early 1960’s. Boker used that style of opener for a long time, from what I’ve seen on the Internet.

It looks like the blades and springs are stainless. But the bail is carbon steel. I don’t know when Boker changed over to stainless, but maybe the bail was leftover stock from their older carbon steel models.

It’s a very nicely made knife. Good strong snap on all of the blades, and they’re pretty tight too. Almost no blade rub of any kind, which is extraordinary on a scout. Nice long screwdriver. I love the long pull and swedge on the nice full main blade, and the ringed bolsters as well. Obviously, what sets it apart from your average scout is the substitution of a small pen blade, where an awl would normally sit. But I personally prefer a secondary blade in my traditionals, so I have no complaints on that choice. The knife came to me with some pretty big rust spots, but I’ve cleaned up most of the damage.

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Buzzbait said:
Here’s a new one for me, a Boker USA 9361. It’s hard for me to pin a date on it, as my knowledge of Boker is really quite pitiful. But since it has bone scales and a two-piece can opener, I’m guessing maybe early 1960’s. Boker used that style of opener for a long time, from what I’ve seen on the Internet.

It looks like the blades and springs are stainless. But the bail is carbon steel. I don’t know when Boker changed over to stainless, but maybe the bail was leftover stock from their older carbon steel models.

It’s a very nicely made knife. Good strong snap on all of the blades, and they’re pretty tight too. Almost no blade rub of any kind, which is extraordinary on a scout. Nice long screwdriver. I love the long pull and swedge on the nice full main blade, and the ringed bolsters as well. Obviously, what sets it apart from your average scout is the substitution of a small pen blade, where an awl would normally sit. But I personally prefer a secondary blade in my traditionals, so I have no complaints on that choice. The knife came to me with some pretty big rust spots, but I’ve cleaned up most of the damage.

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Lovely knife and that can opener (canopener?) is elegant, as are the lined bolsters.
- Stuart
 
Thanks again Stuart!!:)

Nice Boker, Buzz!! Beautiful really!!:thumbsup:
 
Agreed- That Winchester is a great knife, Great Punch on that one.

Charlie- this was the punch that inspired you for use on your HJ series? Paul and I were talking about this Punch the other day.

Buzz- That Boker was a great Score, Great Bone and as you say the Blade configuration gives you a great choice!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Agreed- That Winchester is a great knife, Great Punch on that one.
Charlie- this was the punch that inspired you for use on your HJ series?
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Yes - I have always liked that punch! Napanoch first used it, and Winchester inherited it when it bought Napanoch out. Win used it for a while, but switched to a simpler (less expensive) punch eventually.
 
Thanks Charlie- that makes Stuart's Knife even more interesting if Winchester only used that Punch for a short term- must definitely a strong talking point about that particular knife.

Rockman0
With that Bail off - a nice knife like that woyld slip in the pocket very nicely. :thumbsup:
 
Buzzbait said:
Here’s a new one for me, a Boker USA 9361. It’s hard for me to pin a date on it, as my knowledge of Boker is really quite pitiful. But since it has bone scales and a two-piece can opener, I’m guessing maybe early 1960’s. Boker used that style of opener for a long time, from what I’ve seen on the Internet.

It looks like the blades and springs are stainless. But the bail is carbon steel. I don’t know when Boker changed over to stainless, but maybe the bail was leftover stock from their older carbon steel models.

It’s a very nicely made knife. Good strong snap on all of the blades, and they’re pretty tight too. Almost no blade rub of any kind, which is extraordinary on a scout. Nice long screwdriver. I love the long pull and swedge on the nice full main blade, and the ringed bolsters as well. Obviously, what sets it apart from your average scout is the substitution of a small pen blade, where an awl would normally sit. But I personally prefer a secondary blade in my traditionals, so I have no complaints on that choice. The knife came to me with some pretty big rust spots, but I’ve cleaned up most of the damage.

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That's a great looking Boker camper model Buzzbait, and certainly nice to have that full etch.
These 9361 models had a pretty long run which started in the early 1920s and ran until the late 1980s.
From the 1920s up until the late 1950s, these models had punch blades instead of the secondary spear point blade as seen on your knife.
By the early 1970s, the genuine bone handles had been replaced by "Improved Stag" (synthetic) handles, all of which dates your knife to the 1960s.
 
Thanks all for the nice comments on my Boker camper, and some nice old American examples shown from Duckdog and rockman0.
 
Nice Rem, Rob! The bone looks more like Rodger's bone than Remington's.
I wonder if it's wear, or some other explanation??
 
herder said:
That's a great looking Boker camper model Buzzbait, and certainly nice to have that full etch.
These 9361 models had a pretty long run which started in the early 1920s and ran until the late 1980s.
From the 1920s up until the late 1950s, these models had punch blades instead of the secondary spear point blade as seen on your knife.
By the early 1970s, the genuine bone handles had been replaced by "Improved Stag" (synthetic) handles, all of which dates your knife to the 1960s.
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Thank you very much for the excellent information!!! I’m finding it very challenging to research Boker USA on the Internet.
 
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