Boker Blade Etches

[Mason]

Here are just a few of the neat blade etches that Boker used.

Mason:

First of all, what a beautiful collection of Boker's you have there. I don't own any Boker knives but I am very impressed by yours.

Second, on the top knife, there appears to be 4 numbers written on the blade: 7473. Would you happen to know what those numbers mean? Could that knife have been a "Salesmen's Sample" or something to that effect?

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Mike

Thanks XX Case XX, Those knives are all salesman sample models and the inked numbers are the model numbers. Many have the inked numbers on the back side of the blade.

[peanut740]

Also many of the Boker etches are reversed etches.Something rarely seen in old American made knives.

[wlf]

One for wlf...

Thanks, I had these in mind when I patterned my etch . As a matter of fact, I downloaded these images, probably all from Roger R.

[Quick Steel]

Very impressive knives being shown here. The new Boker book contains all the tang stamps from 1828 thru 1983.