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H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery Boy Scout Knife Patented July 25, 1911 W/1933 Official Boy Scout Diary For Boys

Very Rare and in Exquisite form is this newly acquired H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery "Boy Scout" Multi Use Knife and an Original Copy of the 1933 Boy Scout Of America Diary for Boys. Yes as you can see it's all things Boy Scouts Today!! Rummaging through the ole shop today and I found myself off in Grandpa's stuff, Wow what an eye opener!! Hey it's a Boy Scout Knife I said but upon a much closer inspection I noticed the Leather Punch says "Patented July 25, 1911" Holy Smokes could it be I quietly told myself. Yes it was as I had anticipated, it's the actual H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery Boy Scout Knife in Knife World's 2009 Mark Zalesky Boker history article. It works just like the day it was made and other than a little age, missing Main blade inscription and a small piece cracked off the nail Nick Pull on the leather punch it works and looks amazing!! Next item found in another drawer is this 1933 Boy Scout Diary for boys, absolutely cool and unbelievable. I wanted to share these vintage items with y'all today as both are extremely rare and seldom seen, well that is as far as the old Scout knife goes that is. I'm blown away actually and y'all will be also because this knife is so rare that President Roosevelt himself didn't have one I don't think, LOL!! Incidentally did you know the very first Boy Scout meeting was held in February 1911 on the White House Lawn and it's purportedly speculated that President Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted his life crippling Polio Disease at the Boy Scout Jamboree held in 1935 in Washington D.C., another absolutely horrifying story all on it's on actually. Okay let's get back to the old H. Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery Boy Scout knife, it's rare and it's in tremendously great condition with the exception of the nail nick pull on the leather punch missing a very small piece, the knife measures a very strong 3-5/8" closed and has Perfect Walk & Talk on all utensils and Blades. It operates like new with stellar snap and half stops and the main blade appears to be dang near full and sharp. The old jigged Bone stag Handles are exceptional and would you look at that "Bail" it's a large "Hoop" for the lack of a better word. Solid German Silver Bolsters are absolutely gorgeous and it has exceptional Solid brass liners. I did a little more research and this knife has an added feature which is astounding all by itself and gives testament of the era in which it was made. Check out the old cap lifter and that extra notch, what do you think it's for? Well upon further research it seems that it could have dual purposes, yep 2 different jobs could be performed with this one little handy device. It served as a "Tack Puller" in later models and it also served as a "Prest-O-Lite Tank Key", What is a Prest-O-Lite Tank you ask well by lord it was one of the earliest means for illuminating head lights on Automobiles. The "Prest-O-Lite" Tank was of the very first apparatuses that compressed acetylene was put into and mounted on the running boards of the old Model A's and it would be retrofitted on the early Harley Davidson Motor Bikes and others as well. This would be the last year they would use this for that little task as Cadillac is credited with inventing and introducing the very first Electric Headlight system in 1912. Okay now that everyone has been made privy to this astonishing history lesson I'll leave you with a little thought to ponder. Were These early Craftsmen just Craftsmen? I believe they were Genesis and Artists!! I hope y'all enjoy the pictures and the little story. They'll be plenty more pictures coming as soon as I get off break.

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Comment by Charles Sample on February 13, 2016 at 21:17

Very, very nice!

Comment by Jan Carter on February 13, 2016 at 18:39

Remember when these could be marketed without someone saying that they were either prejudiced against girls or they were weapons and should not be given to boys LOL

Nice piece !

Comment by Derek Wells on February 13, 2016 at 15:33

Beautiful Knife Ralph! And you are correct the folks that built these were much more than craftsmen: given they did not have the tools we have today much of the process was done by hand & eye.

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