Early Boker Knives

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Ridgegrass wrote: Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:58 pm It has the tree stamp too. ::tu:: Do you ever look at the "Tang Stamp Charts" thread under "General Knife Q & A"? Scroll down the first page and you'll find Boker and lots of other stamps and dates. great resource. J.O'.
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luckydog64 wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:57 pm Here are couple more H. Boker & Co. Solingen 1869-1944 whittlers.
That first one with the spey and sheepsfoot is plumb amazing. I’d have given my eye teeth for that one.
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Oledadsknives wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:16 am All the Bokers on this thread are fantastic! I’m showing the oldest I have. Appreciate anyone that can date it for me! Bokers Improved Cutlery.
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I love that old knife. 👍🏻
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Thanks Colonel, those old stag knives are hard to beat, imho!

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I'm almost ashamed to post this one. Compared to the other knives shared here, this is a wreck.

Well, yeah, it is a wreck. I actually had it in my junker pile. I was going through there and saw it, so I thought I would take a closer look at it.

Tang stamp reads R&H Boker Cast Steel. I looked through Neal and Ricky's book, but they didn't offer that exact stamp. However, Neal did think it would place in the mid-1800's anyway.

I guess it'll earn a place in the pearl drawer...
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Hello all. Thought I would add my only Boker to the thread. Found it locally. H.Boker & Co's Cutlery Germany. Single blade with a blade lock. Blade is etched King Cutter. Nice knife.
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That's a beauty! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: J.O'.
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Checkered past wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:27 pm Hello all. Thought I would add my only Boker to the thread. Found it locally. H.Boker & Co's Cutlery Germany. Single blade with a blade lock. Blade is etched King Cutter. Nice knife.
Beautiful knife! ::drool::
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Butter & Molasses handles.........
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Well used but still a nice old knife :)
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Beautiful knives, Checkered past and Dimitri!
I think this is a fairly old one. Stamp is H.BOKER & CO's over IMPROVED over CUTLERY. The Boker book by Neal Punchard and Ricky Ray say c.1880s - late 1930s. I believe this one is likely from the 1930s?
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Very nice Dan, that's a hard pattern to find! ::tu::
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Thanks Dimitri.
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Here is a recent pick up, H Boker & Co's Improved with waterfall scales......
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Miller Bro's wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 9:45 pm ::tu::
Thanks, Dimitri. Until today, I hadn't looked at this thread in quite some time, that butter and molasses that you posted is a beauty.
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Thank you, it's the best B&M handle knife in my collection ::nod::
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I like old Bokers too.Nice knives Dimitri and Ike.
A 4" red celluloid ( I guess), etched.All blades marked. This has been a favorite of mine.
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This one is very similar to the nice one Roger R posted earlier, except it has two blades and a bone spud. H Boker & CO's Improved Cutlery.
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wlf wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2026 10:18 am I like old Bokers too.Nice knives Dimitri and Ike.
A 4" red celluloid ( I guess), etched.All blades marked. This has been a favorite of mine.
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wlf wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2026 10:18 am Nice knives Dimitri......
Thank you!

Two nice old Bokers you have there Lyle 👍
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That's a beauty Lyle. What is the handle material? ::tu:: o'.
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