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Ricky Ray commented on Michael D Sabol's group Boker Fans"My latest: It started life as an ebonite handled 85 pattern made in 1982. I've always wanted one of the H. Bokers from the early 1900s with the acorn shield. I had a buddy replace the cracked ebonite handles with a rootbeer bone. Then he inlet…"
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Knives, Importers, and Retailers associated with Boker
Posted on April 17, 2011 at 19:00 6 Comments 1 Like
Just a little list of knife brand names and trademarks known to be associated with, or manufactured by Boker. (Both in Solingen and USA):
Arbolito - Spanish for "little tree". South American branch. Argentina.
Boker Plus - Boker's current "international" brand. Made in Tiawan and China.
Boker USA - Started in 1899 when H. Boker & Co. purchased the Valley Forge plant. Ended U.S. production in 1983.
Casa Boker - Hardware store founded…
Continue Arbolito - Spanish for "little tree". South American branch. Argentina.
Boker Plus - Boker's current "international" brand. Made in Tiawan and China.
Boker USA - Started in 1899 when H. Boker & Co. purchased the Valley Forge plant. Ended U.S. production in 1983.
Casa Boker - Hardware store founded…
The Shield Tells a Story - More on Estimating the Age of Boker Knives
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 19:30 7 Comments 2 Likes
First of all, let me start by saying this is a work in progress. We know how difficult it is to determine the age of a Boker knife. Tang stamps, steel, bolster and liner materials, blade etches, and scale materials all tell a part of the story. Another method is by looking at the shields. It is tricky, because one needs to be certain that the shield is original to the knife. For the sake of argument, let's say that you can be sure ...
Here is a collection of shields, and my attempt to…
Continue So You Wanna Know About That Old Boker Knife You Just Scored At The Flea Market?
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:02 1 Comment 3 Likes
I feel your pain.
Part of the excitement - and misery - of collecting Boker knives is the research.
Why is it so easy to find information on knives made by W.R. Case, but not H. Boker?
Well, back in 1970, Case started using tang stamps, dots, and now stars to help the collector. You can look at a Case knife from post 1970 and find out the exact year in which it was manufactured. You just have to know the code.
No such luck with Boker. There were a few years in the…
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- At 19:37 on April 25, 2012,
johnny twoshoes said… Ricky, it's awesome to have you as a member of the Arsenal. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy some of the discussions going on. Feel free to share as you like, thanks again.
- At 9:40 on February 1, 2012,
Smiling-Knife said…
Thanks very much for the warm welcome. Looking forward to seeing you onboard. s-k.
- At 20:36 on June 6, 2011, johnny twoshoes said…
Ricky, Me and my family pray for your wife everyday, we continue to pray that all goes well and that she will be healed and restrengthened by the Good LORD.
I wish I was more like your Dad, I just can't seem to pick a knife to stick with.
GOD Bless my friend
- At 18:26 on June 6, 2011,
stephen tungate said… - hi ricky how you and steel doing ?is your knee any better?and did you get that new knife you was waiting on?
- At 8:46 on June 5, 2011, johnny twoshoes said…
Hey Ricky, hows it going?
It's been a while my friend, Hope and Pray all is well for you and yours.
Great pics too, I'm not a Boker guy so thank you for showin' your's off.... NICE
How Is your Dad still liking that Buck?
GOD Bless
- At 7:37 on May 24, 2011,
Mark Zalesky said… Hi Ricky,
Well, excluding the Remscheid stamp labeled G1 on the chart, this is a pretty old knife. Hard to really say when this was made as there's not much to go on. It does appear to be imitation ivory celluloid so that likely puts it before WWII, and the true wharncliffe -- with a wharncliffe master blade -- is a very old pattern but as a shadow (no bolsters) and with a bail added, I can't imagine this knife being any older than about 1910 or so -- just guessing (I used to collect wharncliffes, a long time ago).
Based mostly on the markings, I would guess that this wasn't made for the American market, but likely for another English speaking market and Australia would be a good bet. Let's say c.1910-1940 for a wide range. Most of the knives I've seen with the crossed arrows logo have been much later, 1970s, but I think that Roger Russell has an older fixed blade marked much like this and maybe I've seen one more. Definitely rare markings, at least here in the states.
Hope this helps -- just my opinion of course, and everybody's got one!
Mark
- At 11:00 on May 3, 2011, stephen tungate said…
- thank you for joining the sog group you input is needed thanks very much.your friend stephen....
- At 9:56 on May 3, 2011,
managerSteve Hanner said… Thank you Ricky, glad you joined. Hoped you like the old Boker pictures and also all the other ones too! Some of those Roger posted I have never seen in my lifetime, not even eBay!
Also a knifemaker out of Wisconsin has joined us, Ken Erickson, who has agreed to let me post some pictures of the making of a stockman.
- At 21:52 on May 2, 2011,
Sunil Ram said… - Ricky, welcome to the Stockman Pattern Group.
- At 21:15 on April 27, 2011,
managerSteve Hanner said… - Ricky, if you get time (and have the interest) join The Stockman pattern group and see the pictures that Roger Russell has posted on old Bokers, great stuff along with a few other good stockman's!
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