Hey BOKER Fans!

The new 2017 Boker knife catalog is out!
https://www.bokerusa.com/Catalogorder
You can order a free hard copy, or download the catalog immediately as a pdf file.
The first 47 pages are great! (all made in Germany - REALLY!)
They even have a new Solingen made BARLOW pattern.

Now your talkin!  47 pages of Solingen Bokers!

Here is an original WWII Boker Mark 1 fighting knife and sheath.

Here is a Boker - Michael Walker Designed,  Liner Lock.   Not sure of the date on this but probably in the mid 1990's ??  I picked this up used, but it is pretty mint, box and all,   I am debating whether or not to smooth out the cross way marks on the scales or leave them,  probably leave them, as I am sure that they are  from the original maker.  70mm blade length, just about 170mm overall... maybe 90 grams. 

Beautiful knife. I agree with you to leave the cross marks. One of the two I have in my collection also has these marks, so I think they are from the original maker. This knife first showed up, as far as my catalogs show, in 2000 with cocobolo wood. It retailed then for $110. They had another one out with G-10 handles that retailed for $99.95, and it was also the 2000 Damascus knife of that year with 300 layers by Manfred Sachse, the master of his time.  This Damascus Annual had snake wood handles and retailed for $485. They were limited to 999 and the one in my collection is #107. That is everything I know about this Walker Design knife.

Wow - Thanks for all the info Art - all good to know.  btw - you must have quite a collection - if you 2 of these!

I have maxed out the display space in my knife room/office with 18 display cases on every spare inch of wall space.

My collection is too large for me, because I like to keep my knives on display to appreciate again every day and space limitations keep me from expanding further. This may be a good thing.

I have seen many folks show an interest in the Boker made GREAT AMERICAN STORY set.  It is rare to see it come up for auction but here it is, on Bruce Voyles newest auction

http://www.jbrucevoyles.com/ 

ITEM # 137

Sixteen Boker USA Great American Story knives, each part of a 24 knife set that began in 1975 for the US Bicentennial, each knife was well done with a color box and honoring different aspects of American history. Each pattern was different. This is not a complete set, there are duplicates of Remember the Alamo (3 Moose), Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill, and one other. Great start on putting the complete set together.

That was of course KNIFE Magazine, the December 2017 issue... Bruce Voyles wrote that article on Boker GAS knives. KNIFE is the successor to Knife World, who published the extensive article on Boker's history and tang stamps several years ago... I wrote that article. There's a direct link to our website on the iKC home page.

For that matter, there's an article evaluating two current production Bokers in the January 2018 issue, goes to press this week.

That was a good article. The Great American Story knives are very unusual. They were all made in the USA! Most of the other Boker Limited Edition knives were made in Solingen. I think the GAS knives are undervalued. You can still pick them up for about $20-$30 each if you search.

They also are unusual in that Boker changed ownership in the middle of this series of knives. Some of the boxes are marked WISS/BOKER, while the knives mades later in the series are labeled The COOPER TOOL GROUP along with Boker USA.

Also, in case I haven't mentioned it. Mark, the new format of KNIFE Magazine since the name change is FANTASTIC! It's like you guys found another gear, cause it's really taking off now.

Thanks for the kind words, Ricky, I appreciate it. That's a nice bunch of GAS knives you've got there -- is that ALL of them? It's sure more than I have ever seen before, in one place at one time.

Yessir that's all of them. Series I on top and Series II on the bottom!

The February 2018 issue of KNIFE magazine just arrived today! There's a good article by Bruce Voyles on the Boker Limited Edition Knives that started in 1971.

Thanks for pointing that out, Ricky -- I appreciate it anytime folks spread the word about what we're trying to do.

No problem Mark. There were a lot of really interesting articles this month: Besides the Boker LTD Editions, I really enjoyed the article on the A-F first gen knives with the mystery serial number, and the cipher blade knives too. I had never heard of those before!

I've got some other interesting ones in the hopper and am always looking for more. We've had some response to our ads seeking more writers and I hope to find more, it's a constant search for good material!

BTW, I saw the new Boker Kwaiken Auto at SHOT and it's way cool!   :)

Nice! Hopefully they will bring the Kwaiken Auto to the BLADE show in ATL!

In other news. I just picked up this Boker/George Schrade stainless steel fishing knife for my collection. Circa 1956-58. Strange, I seem to be migrating to the cheaper knives lately! But it is a neat piece of history. Now if I can only find that stamped steel "Boy's Knife"!

Oh yeah, one more thing about the KWAIKEN AUTO:

"MADE IN USA"

I don't think many realize it, but nearly all the autos by established knife companies are Made in the USA. That's a great thing regardless of the reason, but the real reason behind it is that switchblades are still illegal in interstate commerce -- and importation counts. The big companies aren't willing to risk losing an entire shipment to customs and being in their doghouse -- so they source from US manufacturers. In this case the Kwaiken is being made by Pro-Tech, who makes a wonderful knife. This is going to be a big hit.

I am new to pocketknife collecting, just recently got bitten by the bug. My Pa was a big Boker fan, and always carried a Boker congress in his pocket. His love for German knives came was when he served  in Solingen during the final days of World War II and for a short time afterwards (Combat engineer,)

I have a question. Has anyone got information about a knifemaker ccalled H. Frohsinn of Solingen?

Welcome to iKC William!

Welcome William,

I don't know anything about H. Frohsinn, but I have seen a couple of knives marked in such a fashion on eBay. They appear to be a quality knife, maybe from the 1930s?

Here's a pic of one.

Just saw this little nicker go across the online auction block. I let it get away, but it sold at a pretty good price. Not much over $100.

That was a pretty good price!

I thought so too, Jan!

Just in case I haven't mentioned it, I really like the Boker 85 razor jack pattern. Three of these have custom handles, one was made in Argentina, and the rest are original as made in Solingen.

A nice whittler catches my attention too...

The razors always seemed odd to me when I began collecting Ricky, they have certainly grown on me and you know I love a good whittler!  you sure have a sweet collection of both

Here are a couple of pics of H. Boker & Co.'s Boys Knife from the 1920s.

I've been looking for one of these for a long time!

Geoff Croucher,

WELCOME to the BOKER Fans Group!

Good news, Boker fans!

The 2019 Boker catalog is out, and features the limited edition 150th anniversary knives! They are all made with green stabilized curly maple handles, semi satin blades, with two tone etching. All limited to 150 pieces each.

You can order a paper catalog, or view them online.

BOKER USA CATALOG

If anyone would like to look in the For sale forum on here or on reddit knife_swap I have posted some old Bokers for sale. Hopefully this is not against the group rules and if so i apologize!

Those OPTIMAs are really nice. I love Boker's old smooth grey bone they used back in the 90s.

Just saw these new traditional style knives made by Boker in Solingen - NEW in the 2021 catalog.

Love these swell end knives.

This barlow with the spear blade is cool too!

Sorry, not barlow, just swell end jack knife with curly birch scales. Love it though.

BOKER Blade show 2021

My Boker Lightweight 3000:

Check out the on line auction this Saturday at Floridaestatesales.org as part of my collection is being liquidated at very good prices. Bidding early is accepted and future auctions will offer the remainder of my collection which I am liquidating as I move to smaller place.

I bought my 1st boker knife in 1988. Looking forward to hearing from other boker fans 

I'm having a devil of a time trying to identify this Boker. 0190 Stockman. But the shield is throwing me for a loop. My Googling hasn't been much help. Anyone know anything about this?

To Bob Amato:

Doing a quick search of "Boker Plus trapper O190" (capital letter "O", and numbers "190") led to this double-lock trapper:  https://www.bokerusa.com/double-lock-trapper-01bo206  .  And this one in red bone:  https://eye-brand.com/products/boker-plus-smooth-red-bone-double-lo...  Does yours having locking blades?  

Or is it more like this slipjoint mini trapper?   https://www.knivesplus.com/bokerknifebk-bo294b.html

Either way, I hope these leads are helpful...