Böker

Böker
Company type	Corporation
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1869; 155 years ago
Headquarters	Solingen, Germany
Products	Knives
Revenue	US$30 million
Number of employees	140
Website	Böker Knives

Böker (German pronunciation: [ˈbøːkɐ]) was one of the first companies to offer ceramic knives as a featured product line.^[1]

History

Böker traces its origin to the 17th century as a tool maker in Germany graduating to swords and blades by the 1800s. The company claims it was producing 2000 sabres a week by 1839 for use in various wars. By the 1860s the company had fractured with a branch of the family emigrating to North America and setting up plants in Canada, Mexico and The United States. The German and North American factories produced similar knives and used the "Tree Brand" trademark. This continued until World War II when the Solingen factory was destroyed and "Boker USA" took control of the trademark until the German factory was rebuilt in the 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s the company changed hands several times, with the US facility (Hermann Boker & Co) shutting down in 1983. In 1986, Boker reacquired the rights to the American brand^[2] and Boker USA was started in Denver, Colorado for US production.^[3]

Products

The production is mainly of knives for leisure, hunting and collection, as well as those for sports and professional use for military and police bodies. There is also a production section dedicated to professional kitchen knives and shaving products.

The production is divided under the brands:

Böker Manufaktur Solingen is the brand offering handmade knives of the parent company Böker in Solingen, specialized in small series productions for collectors. Among the best known products there is the Speedlock switchblade and knives with damask blades, or unique pieces such as those made of steel obtained from the cannon of the Leopard tank or from the Tirpitz battleship.
Böker Arbolito is the brand of handicraft products from the Buenos Aires factory.
Böker Plus is the Böker brand for innovative and professional products conceived and developed in Solingen and manufactured overseas.
Magnum by Böker is the brand for products conceived in Solingen and designed, developed and manufactured overseas.

References

^ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2004). Encyclopedia of kitchen history. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-380-4.
^ Szostech, Michael. "Boker Tactical Pens". Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ Kerzman, Joe (2003), "Pocket Knives", Sporting Knives 2003: 117, 148–149, ISBN 0-87349-430-X

External links

Official website

[1] Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2004). Encyclopedia of kitchen history. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-380-4.

[2] Szostech, Michael. "Boker Tactical Pens". Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[kerzman-3] Kerzman, Joe (2003), "Pocket Knives", Sporting Knives 2003: 117, 148–149, ISBN 0-87349-430-X

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Kitchen and table knives	Boning Boti Bread knife Butcher knife Butter knife Caidao Cheese knife Chef's knife Cleaver Electric knife Fillet knife Grapefruit knife Lame Mezzaluna Parmesan knife Pizza cutter Splayd Steak knife Tomato knife Japanese kitchen knives Deba bōchō Maguro bōchō Nakiri bōchō Santoku Sashimi bōchō Udon kiri Unagisaki hōchō Usuba bōchō Yanagi ba
Other knives	Aircrew Survival Egress Knife Athame Balisong/Butterfly Ballistic Ballpoint pen knife Bayonet Boline Bolo Boot knife Bowie Cane knife Ceramic knife Clip point Combat knife Commander Corvo CQC-6 Deba bōchō Diving knife Drop point Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife Gerber Mark II Ginsu Golok Gravity knife Guna Hacking knife Higonokami Hunting knife Husa knife Ivan's Knife Jacob's ladder Karambit Kard Kirpan Kitchen knife Kukri Laguiole knife Machete Mandau Marking knife Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife Palette knife Pantographic knife Parang Penknife Penny knife Pesh-kabz Pirah Pocketknife Phurba Putty knife Puukko Rampuri Resolza Sabatier Sami knife SARK Scalpel Seax Sgian dubh Sharpfinger Sheath knife Shiv Sliding knife Smatchet SOG Knife Straight razor Strider SMF Survival knife Swiss Army knife Switchblade Taping knife Throwing knife Trench knife Tumi Ulu Utility knife Verlängerungsmesser Warrior knife Wedung X-Acto Yarara Parachute Knife Yatagan
Daggers	Anelace Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife Arkansas toothpick BC-41 Bagh nakh Balarao Baselard Bichuwa Bollock dagger Cinquedea Dha Dirk Ear dagger Emeici Facón French Nail Gunong Hunting dagger Jambiya Jile Kabutowari Kaiken Kalis Katar Khanjali Khanjar Kris Kunai Liaoning dagger Mark I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine Raider stiletto V-42 Yoroi-dōshi
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Knifemakers	Rex Applegate James Black Tom Brown Jr. Blackie Collins John Nelson Cooper Jack W. Crain Ernest Emerson Jerry Fisk Bill Harsey Jr. Phill Hartsfield Gil Hibben Jimmy Lile Bob Loveless William F. Moran Ken Onion Ralph Osterhout Bo Randall Chris Reeve A. G. Russell Jody Samson William Scagel Mike Snody Robert Terzuola Michael Walker Buster Warenski Daniel Winkler
Associations	American Bladesmith Society Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association Knifemakers' Guild
Category:Knives / Daggers