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OLDE CUTLER wrote:Some nice Bokers on display here. My latest is this 3 5/8" Boker Congress that I picked up at our local fleamarket last weekend. I am assuming that this is of fairly recent manufacture? The handle material must be some kind of reddish acrylic, as the pins can be seen when looking in from the edge.
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OC, that is imitation tortoiseshell from the early 1990s. Boker never told what they used, but I assumed corelon or similar. I have a few of these and they look great. Carbon steel blades too! The earlier ones didn't have a shield - like yours.

rangerbluedog wrote:

OLDE CUTLER wrote:Some nice Bokers on display here. My latest is this 3 5/8" Boker Congress that I picked up at our local fleamarket last weekend. I am assuming that this is of fairly recent manufacture? The handle material must be some kind of reddish acrylic, as the pins can be seen when looking in from the edge.
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OC, that is imitation tortoiseshell from the early 1990s. Boker never told what they used, but I assumed corelon or similar. I have a few of these and they look great. Carbon steel blades too! The earlier ones didn't have a shield - like yours.
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Thanks for the great info!! Under good light the appearance of the imitation tortoise shell has kind of a colored glow to it.

I recently picked up this 3" Boker pen for a few bucks at a gunshow. The tangstamp on the master blade is "H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery" with the tree on the back of the tang. Secondary blade is stamped "H. Boker & Co's Cutlery Germany" with the tree on the back of the tang. Mother of Pearl is in good shape. Neat little knife. Am I in the ball park with a date of 1869-1910 for this one?

Picked up this Boker Farm Boy Barlow, really well made knife with nice rosewood.

Very nice John,a beautiful knife

Agree with BWT, you got yourself a fine one there JohnR

4" Solingen Trapper with yellow bone. Good blade sharpness.

Garry.. Those are some bright yellow handles!! Looks Good!! Nice score!!
John

Thanks John. I feel a few bright colors liven up a collection.

QS, that’s a nice one. I like that bone!

Thank you Colonel. Glad you like it.

Garry.. You are pulling in some fine Bokers as of late.. Your mail person is gonna wear a path to your mail box!!!
John

Gracias amigo.

Here is a special Boker "Double Tree" offering from 2006, a 3 5/8" (3 3/4' ?) stag Congress serial # 068 out of 300. Comes with a storage pouch & original paper work.Pattern 5464 & a "Classic" so not stainless steel. All for under $60. A good deal for me but a loss for the original owner. This is a very fine knife.
kj

Stag AND fancy bolsters! You got that one cheap, kj!

That is a real looker Roland. A fancy pants for sure but a quality useful knife. Good one.

kootenay joe wrote:Here is a special Boker "Double Tree" offering from 2006, a 3 5/8" (3 3/4' ?) stag Congress serial # 068 out of 300. Comes with a storage pouch & original paper work.Pattern 5464 & a "Classic" so not stainless steel. All for under $60. A good deal for me but a loss for the original owner. This is a very fine knife.
kj

That is an incredible knife. Reminds me of the stag congress from the “Storytellers”. Nice.
Here is my latest. Bought it from Gary Kennedy at Kennedy Knives right here on AAPK.
It’s a Boker Solingen Grand Canyon Bone Copperhead. Saw this one scrolling across the top of the screen and just couldn’t get it out of my head.
Thanks Gary,
Mark

Congratulations on a great choice. I have the Copperhead in red bone and I love the practicality of the pattern.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote:

kootenay joe wrote:Here is a special Boker "Double Tree" offering from 2006, a 3 5/8" (3 3/4' ?) stag Congress serial # 068 out of 300. Comes with a storage pouch & original paper work.Pattern 5464 & a "Classic" so not stainless steel. All for under $60. A good deal for me but a loss for the original owner. This is a very fine knife.
kj

That is an incredible knife. Reminds me of the stag congress from the “Storytellers”. Nice.
Here is my latest. Bought it from Gary Kennedy at Kennedy Knives right here on AAPK.
It’s a Boker Solingen Grand Canyon Bone Copperhead. Saw this one scrolling across the top of the screen and just couldn’t get it out of my head.
Thanks Gary,
Mark

Very nice!

Need to make a correction. The word "Classic" in a blade etch on German Bokers refers to pattern, not steel type.
kj

Thought I would post this one on this thread first. This is one of those Bokers w/ parts made in China and assembled in Germany. I sent this to Muskrat Man and had him replace the white bone handles with Amboynia wood and stippling on the bolsters. I am quite pleased with it. Plus I don’t have a ton of money tied up in it. I have a second one in white smooth bone sitting next to it in the last photo so you can get a good idea of before and after. Can’t decide if I want to sell the white one or get it in line w/ Muskrat Man to do this one also.
I have others done by Muskrat Man that I will be posting, not Bokers.
SSk

Terrific enhancement by Muskrat Man.

Yes Sir I agree. MM does great work as evidenced by the knife.

I've hired Muskrat Man before. He does excellent work.