Thread: The Boker Brotherhood

Here's my Boker King Cutter that belonged to my wife's great-grandfather (b.1880-d.1964).

I have been shaving with it for the past month and am really enjoying shaving again! I'm even using the vintage strop after a bit of clean up.

I think it is about 100 years old.

A transcription of the instructions are also attached.

I found this one in a picker’s dream shop. Stuff piled everywhere, but the owner knew where everything was.

The razor was black with patina, but cleaned up easily with extra fine steelwool and Mothers. The edge was in remarkably good condition and produced a nice shave after some touching up on a coticule barber hone I got at the same time.

The chart Bob provided suggests mid 1920’s to mid 30’s. The etching on the blade is so far gone it’s hard to make out what was there. It looks like “Clean Cutter”, but that does not seem to be one that I can find Boker actually used.

Here's a better photo of the Boker instructions and a transcription that I made.

I was drying the inside of my vintage Boker King Cutter this morning and noticed the number 20 stamped on the inside of each scale.

Could that possibly the year of manufacture?

Happy New Year!