Sidearms & Scatterguns Need help identifying this knife

[Time2Hunt]

This might be a tough question but haven't found ANYTHING online that is a help so far...

Story is that my Dad's daughter(my half sister) found this knife back in the early 60's under a rock overhang along Bear Swamp Creek in New Jersey. She was only 11 at the time and my dad still remembers her yelling out "daddy, daddy i found a knife!"...he was trout fishing in the creek and said he thought to himself sure you did hunny, but yes she defintely did find a knife! lol

Here it is...


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The sheath is the same that the knife was found in way back in the 60's.

As you might be able to make out, the knife was made by H. Boker & Co and has the famous knife town of Solingen engraved under it.

So far there is absolutely no knife i have found that you could compare to this and while my dad and i have spent quite a bit of time researching it, we can't come up with anything.

Thanks for any help you can give me! I would love to track down the history of this amazing knife for my dad and my sister.

-John

 

[Phylodog]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

Looking at the different tree brands on this page: http://www.888knivesrus.com/category/allbrands.boker/ and comparing with the pic it looks like it may have been manufactured between 1924 & 1935.

 

[Phylodog]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

This document would support those dates also: http://www.boker.de/pdf/knifeworld.pdf

 

[Time2Hunt]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Phylodog</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looking at the different tree brands on this page: http://www.888knivesrus.com/category/allbrands.boker/ and comparing with the pic it looks like it may have been manufactured between 1924 & 1935. </div></div>

Thanks for the replies...i did run across those sites as well, and you're right i think going by the tree design and what those sites have to say it must've been made between 1924 & 1935. What has me confused is that i can't even seem to find anything that was made durring that time period of similar design? I did find one...but it had no serrations, made later on, and had grip and guard that were not origonal.

 

[chainring]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

I dunno, but I'll give you $25 for it.

 

[Time2Hunt]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chainring</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dunno, but I'll give you $25 for it.

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haha well that sounds like a great price but there is the sentimental value of course! ...that a lone is worth at least $32.50

 

[chainring]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

Deal.

 

[okiefired]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

Tag......and good luck.

okie

 

[bear58]

Re: Need help identifying this knife

I really like the patina of real stag handles when they age. They are in really good shape it looks like.