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Is this Boker Mamba made in Germany? Or is it a Boker Plus made in China or some other country? I don’t recognize this shield on this one. These pictures are from a knife that is for sale on eBay right now and the price is already over 300 dollars. I looked these up on the internet and found some made in Germany and some made elsewhere. Not all have the same blade as this one, so it’s really confusing. I didn’t know Boker ever made a Mamba knife, it looks like this is now discontinued and no longer produced. I like it a lot. Amboynia is one of my favorite handle materials so this really appeals to me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

very strange there's no tang markings. Genuine German Boker should say Solingen.

Thanks Tallguy, I noticed that too and the unusual shield threw me on this one. Surprised to see it sell for 305 last night, that’s not far off the price of one of these with a Damascus blade when they were new.

German made, part of the 1674 series. As far as I know they did not stamp these, MSRP was $160

Montanaman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:12 pm German made, part of the 1674 series. As far as I know they did not stamp these, MSRP was $160

Thanks Kris, What an increase in prices over the original MSRP. That’s amazing. Amboynia is a nice wood for knife handles, but the price puzzles me on this one.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:58 pm Thanks Kris, What an increase in prices over the original MSRP. That’s amazing. Amboynia is a nice wood for knife handles, but the price puzzles me on this one.

Amboyna is often used on German made Bokers. They have made that pattern for a long time, not always called the mamba. Boker really sticks to their patterns. I also think they make the best factory lock back, outside of Japan. Here is a link to all the annual damascus series, you can see the similarity in their patterns of some time. Use google translate. 1992 specifically

https://www.boker.de/jahresmesser

Thanks for that link Kris, I bookmarked that one, it’s a good reference for those knives. Challenges me to read it in German to try and remember how much of the German language I still remember.

This is the newest Annual Damascus, designed by the well loved Raphael Durand. It is hard to get a custom made by him, very good maker,


https://www.bokerusa.com/annual-damast-2022-1132022dam

That is a beautiful knife. A pretty price too! I’ve noticed that all the Boker knives made in Germany, actually made in Germany, have really gotten expensive here of late.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:37 pm That is a beautiful knife. A pretty price too! I’ve noticed that all the Boker knives made in Germany, actually made in Germany, have really gotten expensive here of late.

I have noticed that too. Their higher end knives have always been expensive, but lately, by quite a bit.