Looking for a Boker four blade folder.

[TheKayakingCarver]

I am looking for a Boker or case that is the equivalent to the Old Timer Workmate. Or if there is a knife brand that is better or exceeds the two mentioned that has the same blade configuration let me know.

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[orca8589]

That one (U.S. Schrade 44OT) is pretty unique, with a fourth blade that's a Wharncliffe, I believe. I don't know of any other mfr. who makes, or made, an identical pattern. (I looked in Bernard Levines Guide for something similar a few years ago, but never found anything exactly like it in that size/blade configuration.)

You will find (larger) four-blade Stockman patterns with a leather punch instead of that small Wharncliffe. The 44OT Workmate is only 3-5/16" long, and I don't know of a Case pattern that matches it.

Boker might; it seems like there is something new & interesting in each new Boker catalog I get.

~Chris

 

[Planterz]

I think your best bet might be a congress pattern. Boker makes a congress with a large spearpoint blade, large sheepsfoot, and 2 pen blades. Case makes their congresses with large spearpoint and sheepsfoot blades, and small pen and coping blades. If you want a pointier (wharcliffe) blade, you can grind the spine of the coping blade to make it that way. The medium Case Congress is 3 5/8", and the large is 4 1/4" closed. I don't know what steel that Schrade used, but if carbon (non-stainless) is what you're looking for, you can find the medium Case in their CV steel and chestnut bone handles.

More expensive, but Schatt and Morgan makes a couple that are similar to that Schrade. Search for the Series XVII Rail Splitter, which has a larger clip blade and 3 smaller blades; a sheepsfoot, pen, and spey blade. Or the Series XIX Sowbelly Stockman, which has pretty much the same blades (same types, but slightly different in shape). It just depends on which you'd prefer. S&M also makes a congress with a spearpoint and sheepsfoot large blade and small pen and coping blades.

None of those have exactly the same blade arrangement of that Schrade, but they'll all get the job done just as well.

 

[Triq]

I agree with the Boker congress, here is mine.

 

[Nixelplix]

I really like this Henckels 4 blade stockman. I don't think they're making them any more, but there's still plenty around-- just google the phrase.

Of course it has three springs, but it's the same width as my old timer bearhead trapper:

and they both carry nicely.