I MUST HAVE THESE! - Stuff from the 2021 Boker USA Catalog.

[rangerbluedog]

Well, my must-have knives for 2021 just passed before my eyes in the new Boker 2021 catalog...

HORN HANDLES! Can you believe it??!! HORN HANDLES! (synthetic, of course.)

If anyone has a couple hundred bucks lying around and you are wondering what to get me for my birthday in May...

Carson Felix-Dalichau says in an interview with Blade HQ that Boker is one of the last remaining - and largest - knife makers in Germany, having around 50 employees.HobieonYoutbe sent me a link to this great interview.

HOBIEONYOUTUBE has a great knife channel, with dozens of videos on knife related stuff. His primary focus is on SAK, but he recently did a very detailed review of the Boker book!


Oh yeah, I shamelessly stole the two photos above from BokerUSA's new 2021 catalog. You can view the entire catalog here:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/fulls ... -busa-2021

Interesting to hear how Boker is positioning themselves in these trying times. The key phrase is "modern traditional", with many old classic patterns built with modern materials: G10, exotic blade steels, titanium, carbon fiber, etc...

[kootenay joe]

Boker USA ?
Surely you mean Boker Solingen, Germany ?
And prices ! $289 for a 2 blade Jack. I don't think many people will pay this much for a 'regular' Jack knife. I don't know cost of N690 steel but imitation cow horn is not a high end handle material and bolsters are N/S like most traditional style folders. If it had Mammoth handles and a gold shield, maybe people would spend the over $300 cost once sales tax and shipping is included, but not for what is a basic Jack knife with upgraded steel.
What am i missing here ? It does not make sense to me.
kj

[bestgear]

Those swell-end Jack's with the cap lifter remind me of the knife that Glennbad that cobbled together (I believe Violet was her name) and was passed-along to a dozen or so forum members. Maybe Mr. Trowbridge is due royalties

[Steve Warden]

Boker USA ?
Surely you mean Boker Solingen, Germany ?

kj

No, he meant what he said. www.bokerusa.com

[doglegg]

Rangerbluedog I am always excited when the Boker catalogue comes. What a bunch of great stuff and usually some very innovating things as well. Love German quality. Thanks for sharing.

[dlr110]

I just looked at the Boker USA website and in the new arrivals there is one I just have to own.
A Barlow Expedition, Olive Mircarta handle, brass bolsters and a 440C clip point blade. Looks
like there is also a matching single blade called the Barlow Prime Expedition only it doesn't
come with the typical bolsters found on a Barlow.

[kootenay joe]

Boker USA ?
Surely you mean Boker Solingen, Germany ?

kj

No, he meant what he said. www.bokerusa.com

O.K. I was thinking "Boker USA" was meaning manufactured in USA. I just took a look at the link you provided. The prices seem very high, 2-3 times that of GEC knives..
kj

[Montanaman]

I have always enjoyed the Boker catalog, used to get it in the mail, now just view the PDF. Their prices seem to have risen over the last few years. I was disappointed with the 150th Anniversary knives, I thought they would do something very special, but it was just green wood. They did more for the 140th, releasing a different knife every month.

Here is a link to the annual damascus series, it is a good reference, you can use google translate

https://www.boker.de/jahresmesser

[Railsplitter]

Those new Scouts have my attention. I've got one of the Boy Scouts (bottom knife) and I'd love to have one with a Spear blade and Ironwood.

I'm confused on these prices too. Did they start pinning their shields or doing something else to drive up the prices? I paid $135 for the pictured Boy Scout in October, 2018. The blade steel is N690 just like these new ones. These are almost double the price I paid 27 months ago!

[RevolverGuy]

Very nice knives. I know these prices listed in the catalog are MSRP and we will see them much cheaper online and at retail, but it sure does seem a bit steep for synthetic (horn). Then again it seems like everything in the gun and knife industry has gone up since the pandemic.

[rangerbluedog]

Yep, you usually find the retail prices about 50-60% of the MSRP listed in the catalog.
Still a little high, but knives coming from Germany pay a 25% tariff coming to the U.S.
-Blue