Post Your Pictures - The Legendary Bokers

My as-of-yet-unrestored Boker Red Injun 301 with original scales.

Not sure if I will do the restore or post on BST.

Telly has the only other one of these that i've seen with all the trimmings. And his looks in better condition than mine. Plus he has the gold Tree Brand logo and i have the silver

6/8ths King Cutter from Tom @ Revisor:



6/8ths Inox out of a vendor in Hawaii that sells mostly Japanese blades. Not so sure but yours might be more rare, Walker.

Oooooo!! Another one!! Great pic. Next to my Le Grelot 1/4 grind it's my best shaver. They may be all over the place for all i know. Other than Telly's and now yours they are the only ones that i have seen in mint condition.

This was one of my first restorations, an 11/16 hollow ground Boker. It's also the first razor I honed myself. It shaves nicely. The original bakelite scales were trashed so I replaced them with purpleheart wood and a torquoise wedge.

Oh I really want one of those Inox Bokers!

Here's my one and only Boker, a Red Injun, pretty much the way it came to me

I've since cleaned it up some-

It's a nice shaver for me FWIW, the fellow I bought it from (ebay) said he found it at an estate sale in Oil City PA. I paid $35 for it including shipping IIRC. The pivot pin is tight, the blade centers well between the schales. it takes an edge nicely...holds it well too


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.

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After:



I got this in an eBay auction last week.

The auction was for three razors

• A Durham Duplex in near mint condition (with safety guard)

• An abused and broken-scaled Wester & Butz De~Fi

• And this Boker which simply needs a little TLC

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I got all three for $20.50 US which is including shipping. I went to work on it with a little Simichrome and some elbow grease. It needs more work, but is coming along nicely. I am sorry my images are not better.


-Darby
Auburn, CA

Beautiful thread! Thanks for posting.

Here's my only Boker the only marking on the tang is the tree logo which looks like the design from the 30's the blade is etched "Bazar DeVelasco Manila"
Haven't cleaned it up yet it needs alot of work but I thought it was pretty neat when I found it

Getting ready to do a restoration on this one

Fine shavers. I have a king cutter, an "our own" hardware model, and this one which has some very fine micarta:

Here is mine King Cutter. Excellent shaver.

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Yesterday I scored a cased 5/8 King Cutter made by Boker cira-1924-1935
So Sweet..............Can't wait to start using her.

I have a Boker "14" on the way that is reminiscent of this http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/131187-Boker-14-complete-restore-by-Max-Beauty!

It's not that one though ...
mine looks like the before picture as seen below..

This is my only Boker, a nice Extra Hollow square point with a lovely celluloid handle. It came extensively covered with shallow rust. The etching is deep so it cleaned up nicely and retained the etch. It sharpens easily and gives a nice smooth shave. I'd certainly take another Boker after using this one.

boker sublime, the blade etch of the word sublime just couln't get to photo. its a 5/8 with no hone wear. thought i would add this one to. it is just 5 1/4 " long closed, a baby for sure. tom

My lovely long tail'd boker!

nice razor.