Thread: The Boker Brotherhood

Originally Posted by Mathew

Where can I get a handle like that? The lime green handle on page one.

It was a rescale and so is a currently available material. I have no way of knowing exactly what the material is, but you can search for acrylics at Masecraft or other plastics sources. You will have to buy a sheet or other quantity and cut out what you need. That's my suggestion. Google is always good.

Bill

Wow what an amazing find
Those are some nice bokers
I've never seen the ivory covered sides before

I hope you get them sharp and enjoy them for a long time

At least buy that man a bottle of rye whiskey or something

Guess I can finally post my Bokers since I finally finished my other Boker which happens to be my favorite razor. I really have a soft spot for shouldless grinds. Here is my model 1101 5/8+ and a 9/16. I'm not sure of the model of the other one. Pictures aren't the best.

Not vintage, but a brand new one. Shaves great! 6/8 silver steel.

Very nice razor. I'm still puzzled about what is meant by silver steel.

Originally Posted by rpaduano

Very nice razor. I'm still puzzled about what is meant by silver steel.

I'm sure someone else knows better than I do, but I think at one time in the past it meant there was some small percentage of silver in the steel, but now, I think it's more of a branding name. The razor is actually carbon steel, not stainless...and more of interest to me it has a nice heft, a nice grip that fits my hand and shaves me well.

Someone who is a collector, please jump in. I'd like to know what Silver Steel means/meant also.

Source, Wikipedia:

"Silver steel is common tool steel that is supplied as a centerless ground round bar (with tolerances similar to that of drill rod).
Amongst other applications, it has been widely used to make such things as punches, engravers, screwdrivers. Sheffield silver steel is used in France as a blade steel for straight razors. In Finland, German silver steel was and still is widely used for Puukko knives.

The composition is defined by UK specification BS-1407, and is as follows: carbon 0.95–1.25, manganese 0.25–0.45, chromium 0.35–0.45, silicon 0.40 max.[1] In the annealed state it has a hardness of 27 HRC. It can be hardened to 64 HRC.[2]

The European/Werkstoff equivalent grades are 1.2210 / 115CrV3 with a composition of: carbon 1.10–1.25, manganese 0.20–0.40, chromium 0.50–0.80, silicon 0.15–0.30, vanadium 0.07–0.12."

Looks like the Bokers might be the higher carbon content or European/Werkstoff type. Silver steel is just another name for high carbon steel.

New razor day!!

Looks like I'll have to clean her up some first.
Stropped for a while and got the edge to pass the hanging hair test with flying colours.

This makes it 4 beautiful bokers for me.

Any tips on how to safely sterilize the blades?

Here's my entry,

this was my first restore, they threw it in for $15 as an afterthought when I was purchasing a couple others. Didn't know anything about bikers or injuns. Had quite a bit of rust on it and someone had ground the round point down, I didn't have much hope for it to be honest. Turned out to be one of my favorite shaves yet!




have a couple more headed my way from the bay, king cutter and a fully in tact red injun 101. In another day perhaps the 102



will be restoring both of these when they arrive, hope that I can keep the etch on the cutter. In the event that I can't I'm looking into ways of creating my own stencil and remaking the etch myself.

Feeling the early manifestations of RAD

Originally Posted by SailorJ

Here's my entry,

this was my first restore, they threw it in for $15 as an afterthought when I was purchasing a couple others. Didn't know anything about bikers or injuns. Had quite a bit of rust on it and someone had ground the round point down, I didn't have much hope for it to be honest. Turned out to be one of my favorite shaves yet!




have a couple more headed my way from the bay, king cutter and a fully in tact red injun 101. In another day perhaps the 102



will be restoring both of these when they arrive, hope that I can keep the etch on the cutter. In the event that I can't I'm looking into ways of creating my own stencil and remaking the etch myself.

Feeling the early manifestations of RAD

Really nice! I love my boker injun