Thread: My New? Boker.

So I just got a hold of this Boker (for a song at that). It came in the mail today so I opened it up. I knew it had some rust and pitting on it, but I thought it'd be salvageable and after hearing good things about Boker and reading some stuff on their site I thought it'd be worth it.




The scales looked flawless, and I love the trademark. Kind of a silly thing I know, but something about it appeals to me.

I touched one of the brown spots and it wiped off. Turned out there was a sticky oily substance on the blade that had apparently acquired some brown goo (maybe from the inside of the box?) over the years. Most of the brown spots just wiped right off.

It was lunch so I decided to put the razor back in the box until I got back from work this evening...but when I did, there was something in the bottom of the box. I got a pair of my wife's cooking tongs and slid them into the box to extract THIS:




I was TOO excited to unfold this. It had been crammed into the bottom of the box, and the bottom was a little torn, but to me this was really cool! My wife even got excited over it!

The wording is interesting...aged...but then the spelling "symply" is interesting too. I tried Googling the spelling, but got nothing.



When I got home tonight I spent a little time on the one real bad spot of corrosion. Thick almost black material that gave a rust colored wash but mostly came off with the 2k wet sand paper I was using. I also wiped the blade with alcohol to get the oily substance off.



So here's the whole batch, Razor, Box, and Instruction Sheet. I'm very excited over this just the way it is...but the thought occurred to me...there are/were NO scratches on this blade anywhere (there are some from the 2k sanding I did for rust removal now), no signs of hone wear at all, no flaws on the scales, etc. Is it possible that this razor has never been used? Could this be a new? (NOS) Boker the seller found in an old house's attic?

I'll fix that status in a hurry, as soon as I can get it honed...I bought it to shave with, but was really surprised how great it turned out compared to what I'd expected when I purchased it!

Can any of you guys give me any info on the age/origin of this razor? (The back of the shank is stamped "Germany" but the H. Boker name I thought was only used by the American plant?) I would love any info I could get just for personal edification.

Peace,