Thread: Are Boker King Cutters back in production?

Originally Posted by hults

This is what it looks like with the etching

Thank you for that picture! Very glad to see that they are stamping the tang.

The price that the ebay seller wants for a Cutter is 100 bucks less than boker's web site. I imagine buying directly from Boker is going to carry a premium. It wouldn't surprise me to see the entire line of Boker razors showing up at other etailers for much less than what is shown on their own site.

I would love to see Lynn and Don carry these beauties.

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

I would love to see Lynn and Don carry these beauties.

They are selling this and other brand new Bokers at Knife Center in my neck of the woods. There is a different aesthetic to these new Bokers--the blade is so thin, it looks to be no thicker than a disposable razor blade. Can anyone who has one comment?

Originally Posted by igitur55

They are selling this and other brand new Bokers at Knife Center in my neck of the woods. There is a different aesthetic to these new Bokers--the blade is so thin, it looks to be no thicker than a disposable razor blade. Can anyone who has one comment?

Those prices are *much* more reasonable than Boker's web site. Still a bit more pricey than Dovo's, but wow.. they are gorgeous blades, with sentimental names.

Originally Posted by igitur55

They are selling this and other brand new Bokers at Knife Center in my neck of the woods. There is a different aesthetic to these new Bokers--the blade is so thin, it looks to be no thicker than a disposable razor blade. Can anyone who has one comment?

mine is from knifecenter. i've always had a good experience with them.

the blade is a pretty hollow grind, but it's not quite that thin. It this makes sense, it seems more like a vintage hollow grind than the current production grinds on the TI's and Dovo's I have.

i'll try to post some comparison picks with other blades when i get home.

Originally Posted by hults

Couple of things... my King Cutter (current model) actually is etched with the boker name on the shank.

Isn't that pretty odd? The one on ebay isn't stamped. The reply from Boker that someone posted said that they had just gotten back to the razors, didn't have any in-house expertise and were borrowing Wacker's for the time being. You think they started making them and then someone said "heh, we should really be trademarking them with a tang stamp"?

now that Boker is making straight razors again, are we going to see new production Henckel Friodurs?

I'd be wary of that item, simply because of the use of a stock description and a stock photo. I haven't really been able to follow the discussion, so what's the consensus? Real or fake (regardless of whether or not Boker is now over priced)?

Here Boker's page on it: Böker - Your Knife Made In Solingen

As promised, attached are some pictures of mine.

The tang is numbered. I'm not sure if this is a serial number or batch. The marketing picture with the stamped tang show number 001.

The marketing guy must have been walking through the shop and overheard some of the workers...
"Hey Fred, you ever ground a spanish point?"
"Dunno, go ask Paul, he might know what they're supposed to look like."

If I were going to spend that much money I would get this one....

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