Need Help on Boker 2626 Blue Marble

[69gto]

Greetings,

Wondering if anyone could help out on this Tree Brand copperhead I purchased on ebay. It came in gray "tree brand classic" box with white sticker 2026 blue marble and included paperwork (registration card Boker USA, pamphlet...Presenting Your Boker). It's in mint condition. The steel certainly appears to be high-carbon alloy; shield is marked Solingen; clip blade is etched Tree Brand Made in Germany. Mainly, I'm curious because there is no tang stamp on either of the blades?

Thanks so much for anything you can tell me.

SZ

[gino]

I went and looked at all the Bokers I own (and I have a bunch) and each knife has a blade marked Soligen Germany - most with model numbers.
I myself have never seen a Boker without tang markings. But I am not a expert on Bokers.
Hope this helps. Nice looking knife though. I wouldnt mind owning it.
Gino

[rangerbluedog]

looks like you got a factory error. Everything else looks right.

[69gto]

that's my thought, too. guess it's not a problem if I plan on keeping it? wonder if the lack of tang stamp or factory error would make it rare or more collectible?

[rangerbluedog]

That's difficult to say. It definitely makes the knife rare, but also makes it suspect. Does that make sense? I'm getting sleepy.
First Boker knife I've ever seen without the tang stamp - and I've seen a LOT of them in the past 8 months or so.

[trail]

I have one with no tang stamps. It has the 140 year shield - in German - and a blade etch that says Tree Brand with a tree, no Made in Germany. The seller represented it as an Arbolito. When I emailed him about the lack of tang stamp, he did not reply. I checked with the people at World Knives and they said it quite possibly could be an Arbolito, but there is nothing similar in their catalog. Just speculating, perhaps they are not as strict about labeling in Argentina, this knife was made for domestic sale but this one slipped out. Or it could be a Solingen made knife that didn't get stamped.