All About Pocket Knives

Tanuki wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:12 pm H BOKER & CO
SOLINGEN
GERMANY
(on two blades, the main spear point blade omits 'GERMANY')

I just started cleaning up old knives, prompted by helping clear out a relative's life time of clutter.

I thought this was a junk knife with plastic scales when it was given to me by a family member. (Is 'scales' a knife term?) It sat on the 'miscellaneous' shelf of my workshop for a few years. I finally opened a blade and realized it was well made, but highly degraded, perhaps ignored since the MOP cracked and chipped. 2 5/8" long, exclusive of brass loop and split ring. It could serve as a flashy anchor for your watch or key chain.

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Boker was proud enough when they made it. Three blades have the cutler's name and at least seven have the tree branding, including all five edged blades and the two pointy tools.

Is what I think of as a 'pin awl' meant as a pipe stem cleaner? Does what I think of as a long manicure tool/file with a crab claw tip have a standard name? What do I do with the hook? Button my shoes?

I am not sure how to proceed further with clean up. There is enough knife here that I can dink with it for a long time. Too weird and rare for EDC, unless I start wearing a vest and watch chain.

edisdead wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:21 pm

Tanuki wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:12 pm H BOKER & CO
SOLINGEN
GERMANY
(on two blades, the main spear point blade omits 'GERMANY')

I just started cleaning up old knives, prompted by helping clear out a relative's life time of clutter.

I thought this was a junk knife with plastic scales when it was given to me by a family member. (Is 'scales' a knife term?) It sat on the 'miscellaneous' shelf of my workshop for a few years. I finally opened a blade and realized it was well made, but highly degraded, perhaps ignored since the MOP cracked and chipped. 2 5/8" long, exclusive of brass loop and split ring. It could serve as a flashy anchor for your watch or key chain.

CEE14EC6-C9BB-4B6E-9F21-5E40B3AB922E.jpeg
1E67585F-5329-4799-B9BC-4C8FC1DF960B.jpeg

Boker was proud enough when they made it. Three blades have the cutler's name and at least seven have the tree branding, including all five edged blades and the two pointy tools.

Is what I think of as a 'pin awl' meant as a pipe stem cleaner? Does what I think of as a long manicure tool/file with a crab claw tip have a standard name? What do I do with the hook? Button my shoes?

I am not sure how to proceed further with clean up. There is enough knife here that I can dink with it for a long time. Too weird and rare for EDC, unless I start wearing a vest and watch chain.

So much workmanship gone into that piece, be worthy of a sympathetic recommissioning imo. I have some thing similar and yeah it's a weird prospect to "EDC" but EDC it I ocassionally do:)

gsmith7158 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:58 am Early Camillus whittler.

edisdead wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:44 am When time allows I have a pleasure stroll through this thread. Thought I'd add a couple

Dinadan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:32 pm Very nice Henry Sears, Olde Cutler. I have a very similar but slightly smaller (3") knife.

There are a lot of beautiful knives posted in this thread. Here is my rather humble contribution: a W H Morley & Sons. The MOP does not have a lot of character, but still cool to find a knife this old with intact handles.
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I recently posted this knife in a couple of other threads, but it does fit here as well.
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