All About Pocket Knives

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.

rangerbluedog wrote:Evidently H. Dorwall was a knife made by Boker for the Canadian market. Ever seen one?

saltwaterebel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:20 pm Saw this as i watched a video about a general store that operated from 1900-1963 when the doors were close with all its items sill on the shelves and undisturbed Screenshot_9-3-2025_151338_www.youtube.com.jpeg