New Boker Barlow Knife

[Dave Markowitz]

After playing around with my old Imperial Barlow knife last week, I decided that I needed a new Barlow as a user. So, after a bit of shopping around I ordered a Boker Barlow from Knifecenter.com.

It's one of Boker's "Grand Canyon" series, though for some reason it's not listed on Boker's website (or at least I can't find it).





This is my first Boker knife and I'm very pleased with it. The blades are carbon steel and came decently sharp. I touched them up on my Sharpmaker and now the clip blade has a very acceptable edge. The pen blade needs a bit more work. Both blades have a positive half stop.

The bolster are made of nickel silver AFAIK and the scales of jigged bone. The bone scales offer a secure grip.

Fit and finish are excellent. You can just barely feel where the backsprings, liners, and scales come together.

This is a really nice example of the type if one is looking for a Barlow.

 

[Todd A]

I was just looking at that knife earlier,on New Graham's site. It does look nice and a good price, but they list the bolsters as stainless steel?

I'm looking to expand my user choices and Boker seems to have some decent offerings.

 

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Dave,

Very Nice!

I like Boker's and I like their carbon steel a lot!

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Plus One

What Steve said.

I have a couple of (cheap) Imperial Barlows, made in Ireland, done in carbon steel.

They're pretty sharp, but you can feel the "pretty good but not great" quality.

I have a Remington that is good for comparison, as it has that "much better" quality thing.

I'm pretty sure the Böker is a top notch Barlow. I'll have to get one just to be sure. I mean, why take anyone else's word for it, right? -

 

[Dave Markowitz]

I'm pretty sure the Böker is a top notch Barlow. I'll have to get one just to be sure. I mean, why take anyone else's word for it, right?

Absolutely! You can't believe everything you read on the Internet, ya know?

 

[Eagle1899]

Case makes a nice Barlow.