Boker Daggers

torino · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

If you want to be scared right out of collecting, well almost anyway, go to the German Boker site and see what they are producing. I predict we will see some of the elusive Boker SA daggers very shortly come on the market in exceptional shape straight from a "SMALL FIND" in Germany. Yeah I am skeptical of most of the dealers I know and all I don't know. The company is is the business to make money and it only takes an order of 100 to have something specially produced so I am told by a representative of Smokey Mountain knife works. They have on display a Klaas HJ that you couldn't tell from one made in 1934 except this one was made in 2004. The more I think about it the more disgusted I get. I got out of helmets for good reason in the mid 90s and thought I had enough experience to tell a reproduction dagger from an original but if you can order 100 "new old stock" daggersif you have the financial means to do so then no one is safe.

The Thicket · Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 96 Location: Right Here.

I have seen a few of the modern made German blades, made by not just Boker, but WKC, PUMA, Wustoff, etc. These are some fine works.

One then comes back to the basic question why are big named US and UK dealers going to buy stock in Germany?
If the new laws in Germany state that no historical items may be removed from the country, what are they buying? Maby the question should be what are they having made? Keep in mind the new flood of MINT boxed SS Rings for an example, they sell for- $10,000.00 per item whats the cost of manufacture? $150.00 per unit = with a $9500.00 profit?
That adds up to real money in short order. selling just 10 per year, makes a nice living for a dealer.

Just a few thoughts.

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