All About Pocket Knives

And a recent eBay win.

looks like you are off to a good start

Thank you!! My first pocket knife was a Böker Barlow like the one pictured here so I have a soft spot for the brand. I lost the knife as a kid and replaced the childhood memory a few years ago with this one. These are my c. 1970's 5452 Half Congress and 492 Barlow.

I certainly can't compete with greedy but here's an old H.Boker and Co. Improved Cutlery cattle knife I have.

^^Beautiful!!

Yehuda: I like your taste in knives. That swell center jack is a hard one to find.

gsmith7158: That is an EXCELLENT old cattle knife with killer bone! There's never any competition on my part because I tend to like them all.

Thank you greedy a compliment from you is a compliment indeed!

thegreedygulo wrote:Yehuda: I like your taste in knives. That swell center jack is a hard one to find.

gsmith7158: That is an EXCELLENT old cattle knife with killer bone! There's never any competition on my part because I tend to like them all.

Thank you sir! You seem to be a Boker authority so quick question, what is reasonable money in your opinion, for an absolutely pristine 5974?.

I wouldn't say I'm an authority on them; I have just been collecting them for a few years. As for the 5974 congress, it would depend on handle material, etching, etc. With that said, I personally don't collect any U.S.A. stamped Bokers. Not that the're not nice knives, I just fool with the older ones. I don't want to sound like a smart aleck, but as the old saying goes, it's worth whatever it will bring. The fact that it's a congress pattern is definitely a plus. I see them quite a bit on ebay and have seen mint ones sell in the $200 & up range. Ricky Ray (aka rangerbluedog) could probably give you some good input regarding value. Hope this helps & good luck.

It helps. I like the older German ones as well. This one just caught my attention for being so well preserved at almost 70 years old. Thanks!

Other than dumb luck at knife shows and flea markets, ebay has been my only resource for finding these old Bokers. Any leads to finding these beauties???

Here's my 1930's Heinr Böker, really good condition.

I may be mistaken as per date on the Heinr Böker above. I've found conflicting data on shields. Bökers huh!!

Here's an example of another early one. I speculate early 1900's

Yehuda, I think what you have is from the 1990s.
I have one almost exactly like that from 1994. It came as a commemorative set for the 125th anniversary of the Solingen factory.
They used a retro tang stamp on it. Boker is bad to do that sometimes.
The knife is at least no older than 1976, because that is when they started using the "DEL-BONE" handles. DEL-BONE was Boker's trademark, but they are just delrin handles tined and molded to look like stag.
Here's a pic of the 1994 commemorative set. Your last post, with the tree on the back of the blade is definitely pre WW2.

I was afraid of that. The tang stamp didn't look vintage for that era and the shield has a trademark. I'm happy with it though. It's a great knife. I'm going to have to handle a LOT more knives to get the hang of properly identifying them. Thanks for your input and knowledge. I've been collecting coins and paper money all my life and I can see a picture or just touch a piece and tell you everything there is to know about it. I feel like such a neophyte with knives! I'm likely to make a few more mistakes so keep pointing me in the right direction!

H. Boker & Co Solingen.

Oh nice!

Been Hanging out here at AAPK for a while now and still discovering all sorts of sub-sections & threads.
I have several old (not sure how old) Bokers mostly stockman pattern as I dig them out and photograph them I'll pop them up here and in the stockman thread too - for good measure.
This one with pic & tweezers still in place - very popular here in Australia for digging out splinters and thorns. And how cool is this??? on my knife restoration bench
Henry Boker Pliers

Derek

An old horn handle H. Böker & Co's Improved Cutlery with a German stamp on one blade.

Holy cow, that's a beauty. Still has some blade etch left too!

rangerbluedog wrote:Holy cow, that's a beauty. Still has some blade etch left too!

Thank you sir! Glad you approve! Here's another with etching still intact. I acquired it from a seller on this site.

H. Böker & Co's Improved Cutlery swell end jack.

Nice knives guys!

Fairly decent.

Yes, indeed; nice knives! I don't have anything tiptop to show, but I just got this old one and it is making me happy until the GREEDY GULO sends me a few just to be knice.

tongueriver wrote:Yes, indeed; nice knives! I don't have anything tiptop to show, but I just got this old one and it is making me happy until the GREEDY GULO sends me a few just to be knice.
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If I run across a broken Böker with a good set of scales I'll clue you in. Thanks for sharing!!