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For your consideration, you are viewing a Vintage 60's Boker USA miniature folding blade pocket knife with a mother-of-pearl style handle. This miniature pocket manicure knife has two carbon steel blades, a brass liner and a round silver nickel Boker Chestnut Tree logo inlaid on one side of the composite Mother of Pearl handle. It has s mall nickel-silver fluted bolsters and handle pins. Beautiful old vintage gentleman or Ladies Boker folding mini pocket knife.
MARKS:
- RICASSO: "BOKER" over "USA" REVERSE: "2157"
- HANDLE SHIELD: "Boker Tree Emblem" within a circle. This design shield indicates a USA Boker knife manufactured before 1975. #Note the lack of ® trademark-registered symbol next to the Boker trees base.
#BOKER & CO KNIVES: In 1829 the H. R. BOKER Cutlery Company was formed in Remscheid Germany by the brothers Hermann and Robert Boker who had decided to start the production of sabre knives in Solingen Germany. With a permanently growing product line of tools and cutlery and the excellent open opportunities of global sales, the family company decided to distribute the tasks for their best interests. In 1837 Hermann Boker emigrated to the United States and founded Boker & Co. in New York, whereas the younger Robert Boker established his company in Canada, as well as a branch in Mexico in 1965, and has been the market leader under the name of Casa Boker until today. During WWII in 1944: British bombers dropped 783 tons of explosives on Solingen destroying the German facility. The Solingen factory was completely destroyed with no remaining machines, tooling, catalogues or samples. During the rest of WWII, the contact with the US stopped. In 1947 Major John BOKER (US Army Intelligence) purchased the rights back from the US Government and renamed it “BOKER USA" After the war there was a shortage and in turn a high demand for pocket knives, which increased faster than the production capacities in Solingen, so the New York Bokers Company decided to start their own pocket knife production. In the 1950s Boker USA began importing from Solingen again. In 1983 Boker US knife production ended in the United States, and most of their products were imported from Solingen. The company is now known as "Boker Solingen"
Since the late 40s, there have been two different product lines of Boker knives on the US market with identical logos and sometimes even identical item numbers;
- One product line was actually made in the USA, that has the marking "Boker USA"
- The other product line was made in Solingen GERMANY, with the different markings "H. Boker Improved Cutlery Solingen".
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CONDITION: This folding blade knife is Vintage 1950s to 1960s, Pre-Owned and it is in Good Condition for its age and use. There is no damage to the faux mother-of-pearl handle grip scales, other than light surface scuff. There is no damage to the silver nickel bolster pins and inlaid logo emblem. The points and the edges are sharp with no dings. The two carbon steel knife blades have a nice naturally aged grey patina, Both Blades open and close freely and have a good snap back. # Please note: The Photographs form part of the description; Super-sized photos can show the finer details and conditions.
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WEIGHT & MEASUREMENTS: The item is measured in both centimetres and inches. All measurements are approximate only.
- WEIGHT: 17 gm. approximately unpacked.
- LENGTH: (OPEN) 14.5 cm / 5.70" (from the tip of the blade to the end of the handle) CLOSED: 7 cm / 2.75"
- BLADE ONLY LENGTH: (small) 2.8 cm / 1.10" (not including the handle) (Large) 3.8 cm / 1.49"
- WIDTH: 1.7 cm / 0.66" (at the widest part of the handle)
- DEPTH: 0.08 cm / 0.031" (at the widest section of the handle)
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