Thread: The Boker Brotherhood

Hi i have just received my first Boker and would love to join the club .Its a Master cutter any info on it would be great i have just finished honing it and man did it take a wicked edge cant wait to shave with her very soon cheers.

My last contribution went to a new owner. So I'm here to pay my membership dues with this newly put together and as yet unhoned Boker Tree. I sorely wish I had some nickel silver rod so the pins would have been accurate. But...not sorely enough to buy any I guess. Please don't judge me too harshly. I've been sitting on one feather patterned scale for over a year waiting for the razor that'd need it. I was real happy to get this one.

Greetings. Long time lurker here but had to create an account to ask for help. I just bought a Boker today at a run down antique store for $5. I've been looking most of the day and have to admit defeat. I've seen exactly one like it somewhere and of course can't find it now, or remember where I saw it. The research I've found leads me to think its post 1891 and Pre 1932. I could however be completely wrong. Can anyone tell me more about it? If it isn't an authentic Boker, or just a combination, at least it looks interesting.
It was rusted in serveral places but after a quick initial polish it seems like something worth keeping. I've got some more pictures if they are needed.

Welcome to the madness.


Looks like the real deal to me and a great price to boot.

ENJOY!

Here's my entry. It's a 6/8's king cutter I re-scaled in birds eye maple. I stained it with a red aniline dye and finished it with 8 coats of high gloss polyurethane, walnut wedge. What a great shaver this one is. Still not sure on the date of this one.

Hi

Found this guy recently, 7/8 Hindoo. It has a little bit of staining, and looks to have been re-scaled in it's past. I honed it up (coticule only) and it shaved real nice. (I was a bit concerned, it's the largest blade I have and was not sure if a larger blade was more 'scary'. It was not, my fear was unfounded.)





I didn't even know it was a Boker when I bought it. The only evidence is a really tiny tree on the tail.

Joe in Seattle

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Here's my entry. It's a 6/8's king cutter I re-scaled in birds eye maple. I stained it with a red aniline dye and finished it with 8 coats of high gloss polyurethane, walnut wedge. What a great shaver this one is. Still not sure on the date of this one.

I have just acquired a King Cutter with the same tang stamp as in this photo. I am having trouble dating it. Is there a particular date range for these trees that are not in line with the tangs? School me oh Boker Brotherhood!