Boker blades show the influence of many different national styles, which might be expected from a company with roots on three different continents. Boker intentionally patterns knives after popular regional designs, which often developed because they were the best blade for the local conditions. You’ll see familiar shapes like the puuko of Scandinavia and the American Bowie blade, produced with the best modern steel and the high standards of German engineering.
One of the company’s symbols, a giant tree, recalls the origin of the Boker company in Remscheid, Germany, where in the 17th Century a chestnut tree shaded the first Boker workshop. The company started out producing tools, including military sabers for the first time in 1829. By 1865, Boker had production facilities not just in Germany but in New York, Canada, and Mexico. World War II destroyed the company’s factory in Solingen, but international holdings in Argentina and Chile helped the company recover. Boker’s American division continued as a branch of Cooper Industries before becoming an independent corporation again, resulting in two different Boker brands being sold in the American market at the same time. Boker U.S.A, based in Denver, Colorado, uses the same trademark symbols as H. Boker Improved Cutlery, based in Solingen, Germany. You’ll also find the words “Treebrand” and “Arbolito” on the knives, a legacy of Boker’s history in South America.
Boker produces one of the largest product lines of any cutlery company, covering virtually every knife application, from military automatics to Damascus steel culinary knives. Boker’s line of slip-joint pocket knives looks as American as any U.S.-made folder; but you’ll find exceptional steel in Boker knives, along with very exacting standards. Sporting knives in folding and fixed blade styles follow the traditional knife patterns of hunting and fishing cultures from Europe, North America and South America. The common feature all include is precision. That approach extends to one of Boker’s newest products, the Gorm collection of kitchen cutlery. Designed by Danish knifemaker Jesper Voxnaes, the Gorm knives adapt Viking blade styles to the needs of today’s chefs.
This personal tactical folder designed for Boker Plus by martial arts instructor Jim Wagner may be just what you need if you carry a knife for urban emergencies like cutting yourself out of a safety harness or smashing an occasional car window. Although the Reality-Based Plain Blade serves ...
The ideas behind this unusual and very practical urban tool resemble a knife design from Becker Knife & Tool, now a part of Ka-Bar. The Boker Plus Cop Tool uses concepts similar to a tactical tool Becker designed for police SWAT teams. It's more tool than knife and makes ...
Ceramic blades get better every year, and although owners still need to relearn a few basics of use, knives like the Boker Plus Anti-MC could make you happy simply because they're razor-sharp and stay that way.
The Boker Plus Anti-MC combines two modern materials to create this elegant pocket ...
Now and then it's nice to just get a good deal, and the Boker Arbolito Peeling Knife qualifies. The construction is simple, and the materials are of good quality.
Bird's Beak paring knives play a part in complex sculpting of fruits and vegetables but also make working with convoluted produce easier ...
Designed by Chad Los Banos and manufactured by Boker, the Hyper streamlines one of Los Banos's earlier knives -- the Subcom. Built thinner but just as solid, this 3.2-ounce, one-handed opening knife slips neatly into the pocket with a barely noticeable profile.
Dual thumb studs allow opening from either ...
The Boker Plus Double Action knife does have some good features which aren't obvious on first glance. This knife looks like an ordinary one-handed folder, but the construction quality and the extra slide lock have made the Boker Double Action a popular choice for automatic conversion as well ...
The Folding Deluxe Whittler from Boker of Solingen, Germany, continues to be produced in what is now a somewhat rare metal -- plain-edged carbon steel. You'll notice the difference in the color of the blades right away, since they lack the mirror finish of high carbon stainless steel. If you ...
If you skimp on quality where paring knives are concerned, loading up the kitchen drawer with bargain blades that don't hold an edge, think again. The Boker Yadama III paring knife could replace them all.
A Damascus steel blade, laminated hardwood handle, and stainless steel ferrule give the black Boker ...
If you grew up with stainless steel pocket knives, you may not be aware there's something better. High carbon tool steel pocket knives aren't that common today, but Boker still makes several models, including the Tortoise Congress, with blades of American-made 1095.
Boker's 3-5/8-inch-long Tortoise Congress is very similar to ...
In spite of all the good features in this precisely built folding clip knife from Boker of Germany, the Boker Infinity is still a collector's piece. Buy it for the ceramic blade and the bragging rights to one of the sharpest but most limited pocket knives available today.
The Boker Infinity ...
Most throwing knives are cheap, in all ways. That's great for practice, but if you know what you're doing and want to step up to something real, try the Boker Ziel.
Boker's Ziel meets the specifications of most tournament throwing clubs, making it the choice of professionals who need ...
This small, nine-inch-long utility knife from Boker of Solingen, Germany, may appear ordinary, but its fine materials and workmanship could mark it as the best slicing knife in your kitchen.
Boker's Ceramic Ebony Utility knife combines a five-inch ceramic blade with a real ebony hardwood handle. That's real African ebony, ...
This SK-5 high carbon steel fixed blade from Boker of Germany matches one of my favorite survival knife designs. Recreating a style commissioned by General Curtis Lemay of the Strategic Air Command, this knife competed successfully against models from Randall's Tree brand and for years was the standard pilot's ...
This heavy fighting knife -- drop forged from one piece of high carbon 440C stainless steel -- has good balance, although the green canvas micarta handle doesn't do much for its looks. A full tang build including a heavy forged bolster and hand guard give the Schanz Integral Dagger ...
Jim Wagner's Reality Based Rescue Knife, manufactured by Boker of Germany, drastically revises the design of the usual rescue blade. The result is actually more tool than knife, with some real advantages if emergency rescue work is the main thing you intend for the RBR.
Many rescue knife designs build ...
This plain edge version of the Boker Magnum has a solid feel even though it's only 3.5 ounces in weight. The machined aluminum handle gives it considerable strength, and the action is smooth and accurate. The top locking system uses a plunge lock button that won't release until solidly ...
Two beautiful and rare woods form the handle of this full width, full tang hunting and skinning blade from Boker of Germany. Shaped to match the stainless steel bolster and finger guard, two small slabs of Brazilian rosewood fill the forward section of the Elk Hunter's bolster. ...
This hunter skinner knife from Boker of Germany will need more upkeep than blades with higher grades of steel. Made with 440A, the knife could be an excellent choice for fisherman, especially those who go after saltwater prey. One of the most corrosion resistant stainless steels, this alloy will ...
Boker designed the original Automat Kalashnikov knife to resemble the clean engineering of the namesake Russian military rifle. This new version keeps to the same specs but replaces the textured handle grips with inlaid strips of cocobolo hardwood. Black anodizing of the blade and 6061-T6 aircraft aluminum handle gives this new ...
I'm not sure this is as new an idea as Boker makes it out to be, but the result is a good knife with improvements that could be a sensible industry standard. Personally, I consider a knife to be safe if I know how it works, so doubled blade locks ...
Damascus steel hand-forged by master smith Manfred Sachse forms the two-inch blade of this mother-of-pearl handled gentleman's folder from Boker Knives of Solingen, Germany. Three hundred layers of high carbon steel give the blade exceptional toughness and edge-holding ability. Closed, the knife measures only 2-1/2 inches long, but the wide ...
From Boker Knives of Solingen, Germany, this Mini Lockblade is a perfect pocket size with a closed length of only 2 1/2". The high carbon stainless blade, flat ground for added strength, packs full sized quality into a 2" long drop point style that has the width of many larger ...
With the Tacticos Corto, Boker of Solingen, Germany, brings a tactical design into the world where the rest of us live. Many modern special ops blades have features that limit their use in the private sector, but this practical military model will fit the needs of civilians as well as ...
Bud Nealy is a professional musician turned master knife maker. He began knife-making nearly thirty years ago, as a hobby, and has made knives his full-time job for the past two decades. His designs are renowned around the world, and he is perhaps most celebrated for his innovative MCS ...
Everybody's pocket knife used to look like this, back when small differences in style and quality were the most dramatic choices we had. There was a time, oddly enough, when a pocket knife didn't need a built-in flashlight, fire starter, or anti-reflection coatings to be handy. Although the extra ...
Boker's Bullfrog is a bead blasted 2" plain-edge, drop point, lock-blade knife. The manufacturer's specs say 440 stainless steel, which probably means 440A, which is not a fantastic steel, one generally considered barely good enough for the Bullfrog's proclaimed design intention as an "every day knife." It's higher carbon ...
This Damascus Masame Tsukuri is a very beautiful collector's piece from Boker Knives. The crafters used different styles of ancient sword making techniques and blended them into one knife, making it truly unique.
The blade is forged with an elite style of traditional Damascus craftsmanship called masame tsukuri. It's a Japanese term ...
Boker, a German knife maker, has a made a handsome medium-sized stockman pocket knife. With a closed length of 3.25-inches long, the handle is made from beautiful stag - a piece of antler from a mature male deer. This is a traditional stockman knife with three carbon steel blades: ...
If I think of German engineering, I think of efficiency, utility, and horrifically creative design. I see some of that in this knife. I'm sorry if it sounds weird, but I think German engineers just can't help it.
Smaller than the Ka-Bar version of the Gurkha military knife, the ...
The craftsmen behind Boker bring you the knife you see here; a blade that's fairly cheaply made, but is still handy to have as an all-around tool knife.
Its 2.75-inch blade is made from carbon steel, but it's not high enough of a grade to warrant anything above its low price tag. ...
Boker is traditionally known for integrating the heritage of their craftsmanship into every knife they make. This Trapperliner is no exception, and any Boker collector won't mind owning one of these.
We haven't found any surprises as far as the blade is concerned. Boker kept their tradition of using Solingen stainless ...
Boker is well known for providing high-end, limited edition knives. They're expensive, but since they're collector's items, you know that they might just bring you a return on your investment in several years.
This 10-inch trench knife is no exception to that fact. It's made from Damascus steel and features ...
Four hundred bucks for a pocket knife?! What's up with that?
Well, for starters this is made from a very rare steel. It was forged from the German tank Leopard I. That's where the name "Leo" comes from.
Next, Boker has added modern technology to that steel by including chromium and vanadium to ...
Tracing Boker's lineage is a bit like tracing down a family tree. The current Boker knife making company has been at it for just over twenty years. And yet their lineage traces back another two hundred years before that!
They've been sold, re-formed, moved and just about anything else you ...
A ceramic folder knife with a titanium handle? That's some fancy materials there, sir. Is it worth the hype?
Ceramic, as you may know, presents a unique trade-off. Ceramic blades are lightweight, hold their edge for darn near forever and are extremely sharp.
The downsides? Ceramic blades can chip or break under ...
This handy little tomato knife is brought to you by Boker, so you know it will stand up to any self-respecting tomato.
The 440 Carbon Steel Solingen blade is manufactured for maximum sharpness and long-term use.
Snugly fitted into a durable POM handle, anyone who uses this knife can feel secure in the ...
Tired of eating around the campfire with a spork? Boker does the outdoor knife and fork set right. The balance, blade sharpness and grip will stand out as the highest-quality you can find for this type of item.
For starters, it features the quality of Boker. Boker is one of the ...
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