H. Dorwal Knives

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H. Dorwal Knives

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Found this on the Bruce Voyles auction site. Evidently H. Dorwall was a knife made by Boker for the Canadian market. Ever seen one?
http://www.jbrucevoyles.com/mini1/mini1.htm
BOKER TURN OF THE CENTURY COLLECTION

The next six lots have a common history as the all came off the same factory board. Here’s the history. The board was in the safe at Boker when Ernst Felix bought the company, but the original owner refused to include those knives in the deal, and took them home with him when he left the factory. Years later Kevin Pipes asked Felix to find some old things for him to put in the Smoky Mountain Knife Works showroom, and Felix introduced Pipes to the original Boker owner, who sold Pipes several boards of original turn of the century Boker boards. Most are still on display at Smoky Mountain Knife Works. Included in this group was a board marked “Dorwal, Solingen”. Three of the celluloid knives on the board started to go, so that board was pulled out and sold at auction, and we purchased it from that buyer. At the Blade Show Ernst Felix gave me the history, adding that Dorwal was a trademark of Boker’s for knives to be sold in the Canadian market. We have cut these off that board.
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rangerbluedog wrote:Evidently H. Dorwall was a knife made by Boker for the Canadian market. Ever seen one?
I don`t have a knife but I do have a box that proves Boker made the knives under the name Dorwall ::nod::
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Cool M.B. ::tu::
Got any pics of the box?
I just bought this DORWAL on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT
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Interesting blade etch dontcha think?
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Nice Blue, i really like that one ::drool::

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Thanks Tim, I am anxiously awaiting its arrival from Canada. Got it at my favorite price point - $9.99.
Getting really interested since I've learned from a little 'net research it could be from the 1920s or even earlier! ::groove::
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WOW......... $9.99, you gonna be ok to sleep tonight? lol
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Here you go.....

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Now I need a knife like you found ::drool:: ::tu::
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Thanks M.B. - that's the smoking gun!
Beautiful box, and nice bit of historical evidence also. That thing has got to be really rare. First one I've ever seen.
The Remscheid Bokers are also tied to the Twin Pelican head tang stamps.
Interesting stuff! ::tu::
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HI

i got this knife from my grand-father. i wonder is anybody here saw one before and if it has any value.
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3-5/8-inch Regular Jack, both blades stamped H. DORWAL/SOLINGEN (two-line, no “GERMANY”).

Mint, but curiously blades not very sharp. Looks like an economy knife, with steel bolsters, liners, and shield.
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I have had this one a few years.
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I like that one. Looks mint and beefy.
What is the length?
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Thanks stumpstalker its beefy but is just 3 1/8 inches closed with great snap.
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