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Boker repair
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:39 am
by Henryaus
Gday
Was wondering if anyone could help?
I have a henry boker 3 blade stockmans knife which has a broken back spring on main blade and the delrin scales are buggered. I made a new back spring but think i might be a mm or two out. Id like to have it fixed professionally but am having no luck here in Aus. Anyone have any suggestions? I know it will probably cost more than the knife is worth but it has sentimental value.
Thanks
Attached pics are what it should look like
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:49 pm
by just bob
Kaleb - Muskrat Man just did a backspring for me and did a super job. I think that starts at $35 + the S&H involved. That's not a bad looking knife. IMO the very best thing to do would be try and find a donor knife on ebay with a good spring and scale. Obviously if you can take the knife apart and put a spring in then you could repair the knife yourself and save a lot of $ in labor and S&H. Would a decent knife like this one on ebay bring much more than $35?
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:24 pm
by just bob
Something just occurred to me. What is the length of your knife and what is the thickness of the spring you need? There is at least a small chance that the spring from a Boker 3 blade stockman with bolsters would plug into your knife without alteration. If that would happen to work I may have one. If they are the same length the location of the rocker pin hole would be critical. I can send you a pic if it is close.
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:48 am
by Henryaus
Bob
The knife in the top pic is advertisd for $300usd. They are quite hard to find in that pattern without bolsters. So a donor knife is not really an option. I have the spring made , im sure with a little heat or manipulating it will work. Im not really fussed if the scales are jigged bone or delrin. I know the old story about when you replace parts its not the same knife ,but i still want to repair it. As for the length, i will give it a measure and get back to you.
Thanks for your help mate.
Joe
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:02 am
by Henryaus
Bob
The spring is 3mm thick, not taking into account any wear. Knife is 94mm long measuring liners. End pin to centre pin looks to be 40mm
Thanks
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:30 am
by Henryaus
Decided to have a crack at it myself , being the impatient person i am. Not perfect , but im pretty happy with it. Clip blade is just a touch loose in the closed position . When i get more time ill pull it apart and bend it a touch. Pics are prior to clean after rebuild. As you can probably notice, the oins are a bit ordinary.
Thanks everyone for your advice.
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:50 pm
by glennbad
Doesn't look bad at all! Looks very serviceable now. Good job!
Re: Boker repair
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:52 pm
by doglegg
Henryaus, that looks pretty good. You may have found your calling.
