This is a **Mint** ***SALESMAN’S SAMPLE*** Unused and Unsharpened H. BOKER & CO SOLINGEN STAINLESS 2-Blade Equal End Pen Folding Pocket Knife with an Unused and Unsharpened Stainless Steel Spear Point Main Blade with a Common Nail Pull, it’s Original Factory Mirror Polish and it’s Original Factory Edge and Remnants of the Salesman’s Code Still Visible on the Rear Face, an Unused and Unsharpened Stainless Steel Pen Secondary Blade with a Common Nail Pull and it’s Original Factory Mirror Polish and it’s Original Factory Edge, A Beautiful Set of Fiery Genuine Mother-of-Pearl Scales in Excellent Plus Condition with No Cracks, Splits or Missing Chips, a Brightly Polished German Silver Long and Narrow Bar Shield Inlaid Flush in the Center of the Front Scale, Three (3) Brightly Polished Brass Handle Pins in Each Scale, Brightly Polished German Silver Rounded Bolsters, Brightly Polished Brass Liners, a Single Mirror Polished Steel Back Spring with No Cracks or Breaks, 2 11/16” in Length, Made in Germany by H. Boker & Co. Located in Solingen, Germany and Made Between c.1914-1944 and Came Off a Salesman’s Sample Board from the Offices of the Boker Baumwerks.

This knife came off a salesman’s sample board which was taken by Ernst Felix, the former president of Boker, when he left the company. Several of those boards of mint knives were acquired by Smokey Mountain Knife Works in the 1980’s. This knife is from one of those boards and has only recently been cut off the board. This knife was made in the Boker factory in Germany between c.1914-1944. I chose 1924 as the earliest date as that’s the year modern stainless steel was developed It may have been several years from then before it was used for pocket knife blades The knife has an unused and unsharpened stainless steel spear point main blade with a common nail pull. It still has its original factory mirror polish and its original factory edge. You can still see much of the remaining salesman’s knife code on the rear face but only a few specks on the front face. Stamped on the front tang is H. BOKER & CO (over) SOLINGEN (over) STAINLESS. Stamped on the rear tang is the Boker Tree Brand tree logo for that era and vertically to its right is ROSTFREI which is German for stainless steel. On the other end of the frame is an unused stainless steel pen secondary blade with a common nail pull. It still has its original factory mirror polish and its original factory edge. Stamped on the front tang is H. BOKER & CO (over) SOLINGEN (over) STAINLESS. Stamped on the rear tang is the Boker Tree Brand tree logo for that era and vertically to its right is ROSTFREI which is German for stainless steel. Both blades have excellent open and close snap. The scales are a beautiful set of very fiery Genuine Mother-of-Pearl. They are in excellent plus condition with no cracks, splits or missing chips and have the pinks, blues, purples and greens within the pearl when turned in the light. There are three (3) brass handle pins in each scale. The liners are brightly polished brass. The knife has a single mirror polished steel back spring which is free of any cracks or breaks and continues to perform the functions it was designed to perform. The stamping on this knife was used by the Boker Germany factory between c.1869-194 but STAINLESS wasn’t added until at least after 1914. It comes right off a salesman’s sample board from the H Boker Baumwerks offices in Solingen, Germany. It has only recently been cut from the board and has never been carried or used. This Mint Equal End Pen Folding Pocket Knife with Mother-of-Pearl scales is 2 11/16” in length. Additional photos or information on request.

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Knife will be safely packaged in bubble wrap and shipped in a box to reduce chances of damage. I will ship multiple purchases together to reduce shipping costs.

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