Thread: Woo hoo! Boker Elite is here!

Boker Elite s/n 007 just arrived. (The name's Elite, James Elite.) A week shy of a year from when I saw a prototype and ten months before the supposed production date, I managed to get my grubby little paws on one. My "guy" thinks it's the only one in the states.



Now all I need to do is convince gssixgun to put a Spanish point on it and I'll be in Boker heaven.


rs,
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That's a slick-lookin' razor there! Shaved with it yet?

Nice looking shaver you got there.

Originally Posted by Dorf

That's a slick-lookin' razor there! Shaved with it yet?

Nope, just got here. Has the factory edge, of course, and a slightly uneven bevel which will be no problem to correct. However, I do want to put a Spanish point on it and get rid of those factory pins. I hate those nails that they use for pins these days.

Those are horn scales with nickel silver liners, btw. Pics don't show it but the horn as some clouds of white in them - German karasu, pretty cool.

Hmm.. just noticed that I double posted the images. Sorry 'bout that, I was excited!


rs,
Tack

Congratulations. You can double post as many pic's of the Elite as you like. : )
I am glad to know they may actually surface in retail in not too many more months/years.

That is just flat good looking, I am really liking the Lined Wedge

So this is soon to be a production by Boker?

Originally Posted by lz6

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I am glad to know they may actually surface in retail in not too many more months/years.

Well, it may be a while Bob. This all started a year ago when I had a chance encounter with a Boker salesman in a cutlery store, the conversation "somehow" turned to straight razors, and he whipped out an Elite prototype. Of course I had to have one. I've done business for some time with Country Knives in Pennsylvania ("Located on Hwy 772 near Intercourse between Paradise and Blue Ball") because they are big Boker dealers, speak German, and are into anything with a cutting edge so I contacted them & asked them to look into the Elite. They preorderd some, with the production date to be in early May. May along and production was pushed into June, then finally into December! About a week ago I called Boker directly and, in my miserable German, inquired again and was told that production was now scheduled for September. (With typical German precision he told me that production would begin September 26, 2014. )
When I called Country Knives with this news, my contact seemed annoyed and called them himself. I don't know what he said - he said he "pulled some strings" - but they immediately sent one and only one by DHL express & he sent it on to me. It's not one of the prototypes since it has a serial number but is probably what he called a catalog model.

And now you know.. the rest of the story.


rs,
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That's a beautiful razor. With a Spanish point it will be even more stunning.

This shop is like an hour from me..........sweet!
Bummer only one........are they getting more?