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Permalink Reply by Art Cooper on June 2, 2014 at 22:58

I am a collector of Boker and have over 100, but have never collected this particular series. I suspect the wide variation in price is due to the perceived value of the knife to a particular seller (frequently not the original collector) and the perceived value of that same knife to a particular buyer.

A knife is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I have purchased rare limited edition knives from the early 1980s and have paid vastly different prices based on perceived value. For a nominal fee you can ask a knife expert on line for a value for a select knife, but I suspect you will get an answer like I have when doing that: the knife retailed for a set price when new, demand is not high for the particular knife now and not get a high valuation that you may be looking for.

I have no idea how limited these knives were when produced or if they are even serialized. Serialized knives in limited editions should be worth more, but it does not always work that way. Take a look at E-Bay.

If you have them all and sell these as a set, you will likely get more that if sold separately, especially if you have documentation that shows only 12 were in fact produced. If they are serialized and all had the same numbers, then the set should be worth more.

If you are collecting them, patience will save you money. These will likely come up for sale one by one and be undervalued when they do.

You really need to find a collector who really wants to own this set to sell them well or troll the internet sites to find them for sale at decent prices.

Don't know if this helps at all, but these are my thoughts based on years of collecting Boker knives.

Permalink Reply by Ricky Ray on November 27, 2014 at 7:52

United Boker was started in 1984, after Boker USA stopped making knives in 1983. The founders of United Boker were John Parker, brother of the late James Parker, and Kevin Pipes of Smoky Mountain Knife Works.

United Boker was a totally separate company from H. Boker & Co. and BOKER USA.

It appears to me that the United Boker knives were the same patterns as Boker Solingen knives, but used a different pattern number. United Boker ceased to exist circa 1994. But these knives were made by H. Boker in Solingen, Germany.

Here is a quote from a fellow knife collector who sent me this info.

"The United Boker knives were made in Solingen Germany. One of the original owners of United Cutlery was John Parker, Jim Parkers brother (Parker Cutlery). ... many of the early United kinves were made in Seki Japan. The information was obtained from the Standard Knife Collectors Guide second edition".

Value is anywhere from $25-$40 each.