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Boker hawkbill

I picked a nice boker hawkbill at a yardsale today and was wondering if anyone could tell me a little about it it appears to have celluloid handles tang stamps reads boker usa 9215r

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on June 15, 2013 at 20:52

By any chance do you have a picture Mark?

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Permalink Reply by Mark l. Harmon on June 15, 2013 at 20:56

Here it is!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on June 15, 2013 at 21:07

I just had a feeling it was red!

Thank you Tuna !

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Permalink Reply by Mark l. Harmon on June 15, 2013 at 21:08

Thank u I paid 5 bucks for it. I didn't figure it was a high collector but couldn't pass it up. I'm a nut for any old knife lol

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on June 16, 2013 at 18:04

Well your in the right place then Mark...Us too

These old Hawkbills are a great reminder of the day when all knives were considered tools. Most every man in my family had one

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Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on June 17, 2013 at 3:41

I'd say for $5 you did quite well. Those red scales look more like delrin than celluloid to me? Which, from my perspective, is a good thing. Of course, I could be wrong? I'm just a little leery about old celluloid scales and usually steer clear of 'em. I'll take delrin over celluloid any day. Maybe the Tuna can tell us for sure what those scales might be? Ron, you still in the neighborhood? What say you on these red scales? Celluloid or delrin?

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Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on June 17, 2013 at 14:30

Thanks, Ron! That's what I suspected. I was curious because Mark--the OP--had speculated that it might be celluloid. I was pretty sure it would be Delrin, but I have a very limited experience with Boker knives. Thanks for lending your expertise on this matter.