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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 20, 2015 at 19:29

am thinking bone Timothy, but a slightly brighter more detailed pic might help. Looks like its in great shape though!

Permalink Reply by Timothy Morris on March 20, 2015 at 19:33

Me too... It's hard material and compared to my case knives with bone scales it compares - somewhat. But, I'm not knowledgeable about Boker and they used many different types of material for handles, as I'm finding out.

I'll take a better image tomorrow and add it to the post. 

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 20, 2015 at 19:37

We have many, more knowledgable Boker Collectors than me. One of them might have an opinion as well.

Permalink Reply by Timothy Morris on March 20, 2015 at 19:48

It does seem too me, at least, that Boker might not have taken the same painstaking craftsmanship as Case - just my opinion - in comparison. Many people probably didn't see the Boker pocket knife as one to collect, but instead as one to use because finding a vintage Boker in nearly unused to mint condition is much harder than finding a vintage mint to near mint Case.  

Of course this is somewhat the appeal for me as all my knives growing up were well used. I like the used look...

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 20, 2015 at 20:14

thats a great point and you might be on to something. Certainly many pure Case Collectors!

Permalink Reply by Timothy Morris on March 21, 2015 at 16:43

Here's a picture of the Boker taken in outdoor light. Looks like bone to me...

Permalink Reply by Brian Martin on March 29, 2015 at 18:44

I would say bone also.

Permalink Reply by Timothy Morris on May 13, 2015 at 7:55

I'm not sure if bone now. I've recently gotten another Boker that for sure is bone and the feel is much harder and the scales much more coarse. This maybe delrin. At any rate I still like the knife.