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[bighomer]

Thanks Tony. Jerry yours is before here's after.

[Tsar Bomba]

Thanks Tony. Jerry yours is before here's after.

[jerryd6818]

Thanks Tony. Jerry yours is before here's after.

Yeah, that's an older one with the black synthetic handles. Did you notice that these 18s (& 14s) all have excellent snap to the blades. I have yet to see one with weak snap. They're just like potato chips. I can't seem to get enough of them.

[KnifeSlinger#81]

Thanks Tony. Jerry yours is before here's after.

Yeah, that's an older one with the black synthetic handles. Did you notice that these 18s (& 14s) all have excellent snap to the blades. I have yet to see one with weak snap. They're just like potato chips. I can't seem to get enough of them.

Wait until you try oven baked potato chips.

[Lansky1]

Best part is it doesn't have the oddly shaped quasi-trapper blade they usually put on the medium frame Saddlehorns as the secondary blade - that is the one blade design I think Tony Bose didn't get right

The skinner blade? I think that's the best part of the Bose-designed saddlehorns (and my Boker copperheads)!

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Takes all kinds...

Funny, that skinner blade just looks outright bizarre to me & out of place on that Saddlehorn frame. I hated that skinner blade so much, I couldn't live with it, but I really like the heft and palm swell of the Saddlehorn pattern ... so extreme measures were necessary. I figured there was enough meat on it & the nail nick placement enabled me to lop off the tip & create a sheepsfoot blade out of it. Overall, I wish it didn't have the swedge grind but the mod suits me far better.

PS - you mentioned the Boker Copperhead - that is similar in design to the Case Tiny Hunter - I've had several of those & eventually sold them all due to that skinner blade - I guess that extreme upswept blade just doesn't work for anything I do with a pocket knife - LOL. So I guess you're right - takes all kinds.

[ken98k]

New Boker Auto

[KnifeSlinger#81]

New Boker Auto

I used to have a mini one, very fun knives.

[ken98k]

New Boker Auto

I used to have a mini one, very fun knives.

I have an orange one I bought a couple years ago, that has worked flawlessly so I couldn't resist a new color and blade shape.

[kootenay joe]

Hmm, now i need a Boker auto, esp in orange or red. Darn, i thought i had enough knives.

Here is a small Advertising Lobster knife made by "Inox" in Solingen
For: "Nobel's Explosives Company Limited"
"Nobel" ----- seems i have heard this name before for some reason ?? but i never bought any "explosives" except firecrackers.
kj

[jerryd6818]

knife made by "Inox" in Solingen
kj

"Inox" = Stainless Steel

[sakoblade]

Picked up a Victorinox today, with a Braun logo.

Early Braun products interests me as well as knives so this is a nice find.

Jim

[bdev]

knife made by "Inox" in Solingen
kj

"Inox" = Stainless Steel

Inox is short for Inoxidable.

BTW.... The Name Victorinox came from two names. Queen Victoria and inoxidable. Victor- inox.

[kootenay joe]

Not Queen Victoria. Victoria was the name of either the mother or the wife of the man who started the company that became SAK.
kj

[jerryd6818]

In 1909, the mother of founder Karl Elsener died and he named the company "Victoria" in her honour.

[Tsar Bomba]

New Boker Auto

Clip point AK74 in OD.

Grumble.

This place is not good for my wallet.

[jerryd6818]

knife made by "Inox" in Solingen
kj

"Inox" = Stainless Steel

Inox is short for Inoxidable.

BTW.... The Name Victorinox came from two names. Queen Victoria and inoxidable. Victor- inox.

According to Google, the translation of "inox" (French) is "stainless steel" --- The translation of "Inoxidable" (Spanish) is "Stainless"

[bdev]

Not Queen Victoria. Victoria was the name of either the mother or the wife of the man who started the company that became SAK.
kj

I stand corrected. Now that you mention it, I do remember reading that it was a family member and not the Queen.

[Tsar Bomba]

in-oxidable
non-oxidizing

i.e. stainless steel.

[jerryd6818]

Now that that's settled, on to the next conundrum. Is Stainless Steel really stainless?

[KnifeSlinger#81]

Now that that's settled, on to the next conundrum. Is Stainless Steel really stainless?

Well it stains less. That's about it.

[zp4ja]

New Boker Auto

My son swears by those Ken. More of a traditional knife guy myself. Don't own any tactical, assisted opens, etc. To each his own as I stated many times. Fine with that.

That said, unfortunately at 31 years old, he thinks it is a screwdriver also. Broke off the tip on several. Asked me to fix them. I declined and told him to get a screwdriver.

Good action. Just not my thing. But if it was...

Jerry

[ken98k]

New Boker Auto

My son swears by those Ken. More of a traditional knife guy myself. Don't own any tactical, assisted opens, etc. To each his own as I stated many times. Fine with that.

That said, unfortunately at 31 years old, he thinks it is a screwdriver also. Broke off the tip on several. Asked me to fix them. I declined and told him to get a screwdriver.

Good action. Just not my thing. But if it was...

Jerry

I generally carry traditional style pocket knives as well but, I do have some tactical knives. Same with firearms, the rifles I hunt with never hold more than 1-5 rounds, but I own many, many, high capacity semi-autos.

[Lansky1]

New Boker Auto

My son swears by those Ken. More of a traditional knife guy myself. Don't own any tactical, assisted opens, etc. To each his own as I stated many times. Fine with that.

That said, unfortunately at 31 years old, he thinks it is a screwdriver also. Broke off the tip on several. Asked me to fix them. I declined and told him to get a screwdriver.

Good action. Just not my thing. But if it was...

Jerry

Lessons well learned ... lets just say my dad wasn't as constructive when he caught me in my youth using one of his wood chisels for a screwdriver

[zp4ja]

New Boker Auto

My son swears by those Ken. More of a traditional knife guy myself. Don't own any tactical, assisted opens, etc. To each his own as I stated many times. Fine with that.

That said, unfortunately at 31 years old, he thinks it is a screwdriver also. Broke off the tip on several. Asked me to fix them. I declined and told him to get a screwdriver.

Good action. Just not my thing. But if it was...

Jerry

I generally carry traditional style pocket knives as well but, I do have some tactical knives. Same with firearms, the rifles I hunt with never hold more than 1-5 rounds, but I own many, many, high capacity semi-autos.

I am with you Ken as far as firearms. Just never went that direction with knives. Remind me of my Dad rolling his eyes at my slide guns. The man never owned a semi auto his whole life, handgun or long gun. Plenty around while he was alive. He was a wheel gun and single shot guy. He did own a pump 30-06 that he had for about 6 months before out the door.
As I stated,to each his own. Everyone does it different and that is cool by me. I like your traditional carries for sure.

Jerry

[kootenay joe]

I gotta confess: i was jokin' when i wrote "Inox in Solingen". After 50+ yrs of knife collecting & being bilingual English & French, i do know that Inox is not the manufacturer. The valid replies will help some who read here, but i will try to not joke again.

I posted that knife because of it's real significance."Nobel Explosives" = Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite who became the greatest philanthropist of all time endowing the Nobel Prizes. Since 1901the Nobel Prize has been the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
kj