BEST BOKER KNIFE EVER! | On Another Level & Way Better Than Expected
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- THE BOKER URBAN BARLOW AND BOKER PLUS URBAN TRAPPER NEW VERSIONS ARE BY FAR THE BEST BOKER KNIVES IVE TRIED, THESE BOKER PLUS KNIVES ARE MADE BY REATE AND IT SHOWS. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE NEW BOKER PLUS URBAN BARLOW AND THE BOKER PLUS URBAN TRAPPER ARE EVEN BOKER KNIVES. THESE ARE THE BEST BOKER KNIVES SO FAR
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You should of mentioned Brad Zinker who designed this model. Brad has been on my radar for a long time and he has “so many” gentlemanly, Uber slicey, flippers & folders . You should check his customs out. As far as Boker, I’m with ya, they have always missed the mark on their premium knives for some reason. Tho Reate can make most anything premium if the design elements are there. I did love Boker’s Soligen, Germany “compact kwaiken” designed by the genius Lucas Burnley which was a titanium frame lock with cpm 154 satin finished blade with the titanium scales with a super cool finish which was coined “marbled titanium” which was soo good. Confucius says: If more manufactures strived for Reate quality their business would surely prosper. Just sayin 😊
I am a fan of BZ...
But this almost have more Enrique peña DNA, than BZ.
I have the longer version and absolutely love it. Big fan of Zinker in general. I did have some gritty feel in the pivot, and I had a hell of a time with reassembly (couldn't get the pivot screw lined up properly to save my life) eventually got it back together. I can also confirm that the pocket clip was way too tight. Aside from those things, it's gotta be my favorite knife when I'm feeling fancy
Brad Zinker makes some of the nicest Gentleman's folders. The Civivi Bo you showcased in one of your videos a few days ago is from him as well.
And his Customs are also very reasonable priced considering his reputation and how long he's been a knife maker and he always uses hollow grind on already thin blade stock which makes them crazy slicers and what a gentleman knife should be since it's not meant for hard use. I also always maximizes the blade to handle ratio which is awesome.
I have a Custom Urban Barlow, same as the 2 identical that are on the video, but with regular flipper and in 3.5" blade.
It's one of the very few Customs I have and I love it.
He's also a very kind person and awesome to deal with.
Boker is kinda like several companies in one. They have their cheap Asian made knives, and then there is still the division made in Germany that has been making high quality, and more expensive knives in that factory for a couple centuries now... Those tend to be more traditional in nature, the ones made in Solingen, but they are very high quality and well made.
I like it, but the clip to me is way too large for the knife. It’s a slim flippy folder with a giant clip that is very wide and tall for the style of knife.
Sorry to post on an ollllld vid, but KC put the K390 version of the smaller knife on sale, so I grabbed it. I can’t get my WIHA T6 bits in the body screws, I think they are actually T5, which I don’t currently have a bit or driver for. Other than that, agree with you assessment 100%. First Boker I will actually put in the rotation and I think I like it better than my production Pena.
Not into front flippers but I can see people liking these as more of a gent knife, build quality looks on point (Reate after all) and the full hollow will make them great slicers. Just not my style is all. Thanks for the look see and keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable.
I've owned a bunch of Bokers in the last decade or so including 2 German made premium models. They're not perfect. They do have issues.
The Chinese made Boker Plus knives I've owned have been pretty good though.
I'm hoping Boker will get it together.
I had looked real hard at these a little while back, but too expensive for me personally even though they're definitely real nice.
Their Kwaiken button lock is still the nicest feeling button lock I've had. I wonder who is OEM for that. I know it's not Reate.
The old Kershaw liner lock back will be my favorite,
I also love that longer blade shape, it's like the one on my Böker Plus Urban Trapper (with backlock and G10 scales).
These here are also Böker Plus.
I figured you'd pick the KC exclusive burnt orange w/K390 over the usual M390...but that being said you & I have got the same knife tastes aesthetically across the board all the time, quite amazing actually....thanks for showin as always ✌out
THE BLADE OPS VERSION IS DOPE AF AS WELL
@@NeevesKnivesI'm with you on that one. I'm waiting for it to go on sale just because I have a few different custom Zinker front flippers and the price for the Bokers are pretty close to the price of the customs. If the BladeOps cocobolo gets below $275 I'll buy it, but right now - $375+ - no way... but I say no way just because I already have these knives in custom format. As soon as they're on sale, I'll definitely buy one because as far as looks, size, ergonomics, materials, opening action, action in general, etc these are as good as it gets for me. Just like you, these are exactly what I want especially if they would've used Brad Zinker's type of deep carry pocket clip.
I was excited about that k390 until I saw it's at 61hrc which is really low for k390. Shame since I love that steel and would have been all over it if it was at least 63-64hrc. I have a custom small fixed blade in it at about 66hrc and it holds an edge like few steels do.
I've found one of my knives easy to front flip with my middle finger, the Civivi Appalachian II. It was funny to try all my front flippers, by the way.
Jerad if you ever get the chance to check out a custom Brad Zinker, that would be awesome to get on the channel. I only handled a few. And everyone that has ordered from him say it was a dream to work with him, he was so accommodating and willing to go the extra mile to what the customer wanted the end product to be.
YEAH ID LOVE THAT I WONDER IF HE WILL BE IN ATLANTA
@@NeevesKnives That would be dope.
I have them both and the Barlow is definitely my favorite. It's perfection.
We knives Roman is a better front flipper!
Flipper tang mechanic can be flipped, waved, and even opened against the side of your leg. Pair it with the MKM leather slip and it's the best hole-poking, sandwhich slicing, fish cleaning EDC
Boker has been making some of the best slip joints for well over 100 years. I've got 1 that's nearly 100. Always loved the old Tree Brand
"I can do it with the tip, I can do it with the first knuckle, I can do it with the back knuckle" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣
I wish both of the marble carbon models had the stonewashed finish. stonewashed always looked sleeker and better longterm. It is odd that a knife that is over $400 on their site doesnt have a sharpening choil though. Were these expected to never be sharpened and just be collector pieces? between the price, lack of sharpening choil, and the fact that the smaller one doesnt have the stonewashed finish i will probably have to skip depite these checking off so many of my boxes. Also, why are those pocket clips soooo wide?
Boker Bullpup is my favorite.
Boker coming around might be the best news of 2023 yet...
Until now I looked at them only for fixed blades, but this just got my attention.
nice but i love the boker folding smatchet better than any other boker
I have the Urban Trapper. It's a pretty amazing knife. Slicey as hell, and it looks so good. A great gents carry!
“I can’t use the hole. The hole is too tight.” Said no man ever.
I've been RANTING about this knife ever since it came out. The K390 one is amazing. The only thing I dislike is the k390's target hrc is 61. I dunno if that's good or bad.
That shape of front flipper is the best imo , like the MiG akri 2 . Ekko style is cool too but I have to push the tip in my thumb pad for a nice snap . Imagine one with spyderco para 2 or 3 jimping . This looks close
Again, love your work man! Can you make a tutorial on how to make the sharpening choil on this particular knife?? Thanks!
I got Boker fixed blades , I never thought about getting a Boker folder.
Böker doesn't nearly get as much praise as they should. Especially the Solingen pieces
Yeah if i struggle to pull it out cause clip is so tight. Then I want a lanyard hole.
These have really caught my eye but I was scared of the price, especially being a Boker. Knowing they're Reate built though makes the price more justified. I like the trapper because it has a stonewash
Thanks Jared. If only they had not put that weird pocket clip on it. Don’t get it. We can’t get excited about this because they use various OEMs for different price-points.
Thanks for showing us these. This officially makes knives 12, 13, and 14 I need to get on my next paycheck, LOL!
I know what you mean about what you normally see as far as Boker quality, and I’ve run into that, but back in the ‘80’s Boker made some very nice stuff. I have a Boker Tree Brand folder with sambar stag and polished brass bolsters from 1982 that’s one of the most beautiful knives in my collection, just incredible stag you don’t see anymore, that locks up like a vault.
No flippers then, and the only knife production in the far east was Seki City, no Taiwan other than cheap pocket junk, and certainly no mainland China. All nail nick opening lockbacks straight from Germany.
Anyway, glad to see these being made to this high standard. Thanks for the review! 👍
Sexy knife! I still need a gentleman’s carry style knife and this one is looking to fit the bill… but that bill might be too much for my pocket at the moment! Thanks for this video I will add this into my “definitely will buy” list
Hey Jared, How does the Urban Trapper stack up against these knives as I like the longer slender designs that most people don't lol. Does the Urban Trapper drop or shake shut as well as these? Thank you...
I got the premium urban trapper and it’s hands down one of the best Boker I’ve ever had. Kinda wish it was in magnacut or k390 just to have something different tho.
The slightly longer Boker what model #? Cant find it....
I think KnifeCenter has a k390 model
Knife Center has the barlow as a dealer exclusive with. K390
I got the k390 version and absolutely love it
I didn't hear the price. Also you didn't mention Zinker.
🤔 Reminds me of some other knife made by Reate.... oh yeah, the Pena front flipper trapper!
Is Boker a good brand? I purchased their HL boar dagger, the orange handle hunting dagger. Just wondering what everyone thinks of them because i dont know much about em.
What is the reddish color model called? Man, you had way too much coffee.
I’ve been looking at those. They are dope AF. Reate made baby.
Thanks for sharing bud glad to see them doing something right
I understand. We understand. 😂😄👍 got a boker trail. Lovin it.
Ima have to try it
@@NeevesKnives i would, i did 😅 it's simple but nice. Medium sized not too big for appendix, nice handle(thinking of minimal stippling on the more frequent handling areas) 440A easy grind and for everyday stuff it's great. 50 bucks done. It brings a certain confidence
They have one of these on knife center in k390! I wonder how they did with the steel?
Im new to your channel and really like the content and this question has probably been asked already but im curious if you have ever been to smoky mountain knifd works in sevierville, tn
The Wingman EDC Mach 1 is that good. I believe it is also made by Reate.
Personally I love my very similar pēna x raptor. Highly recommend.
Best Boker made is a Reate lol. I love the looks of this. Perfect edc
Very nice. I'm always rooting for Boker. But it seems like every time I get a Boker I'm disappointed
Can you give me the Name Of the red Knife please?
Love that deployment
GREAT INFO VIDEO again Sir you are great
Beautiful knife, but $375 is hard to swallow for that little guy. $300 for K390 is arguably worse.
I HAVE SOME LINKED IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR AROUND 240 FOR THE BLADE OPS VERSION, THESE ARE REATE MADE KNIVES
Welcome to this channel. I've only watched a couple of videos and........really ? 😅
The Wingman EDC Mach 1 & Mach 3 I can open with every finger all sorts of different ways.
I also have several Zinker front flipper customs. I had him make one with two different types of Hansen G-Carta I had to make the scales look like the American flag. I like these Bokers a lot, but you can get a custom for just a little more money, and Zinkers pocket clips are my favorite pocket clips by a longshot.
i’ve had a hard time purchasing a boker ever since the orange kwaiken i got and another knife i think was called “Kuhno” or something like that and later they had a auto version…. but those two knives ruined boker for me. like i understand their sob story, it’s too expensive to export their products and they have stringent local knife laws so that company has extra stress that other companies don’t have to deal with but even if you get past all of that they are disappointing. that 2012 orange g10 version was the first blade that i thinned and you could never tell that it was a hollow grind because it was so thick behind the edge. that knife sucked so bad that it forced me to geek out on it and that knife was so fun to modify and looks really cool after i snapped the tip off and turned it into a flipper by grinding down the corner of the frame but constantly fighting the ikbs bs and trying to tune that knife which has a “hydraulic feel” so the action just sucked so bad. and the other knife was just terrible, everything about it. i think they were able to move away from some of those issues but none of their designs have ever called to me since.
These are not Boker but Boker Plus, the budget range of Boker knives, which are made in China. Boker knives are made in Solingen Germany and are not cheap, and are high quality. As far as Chinese made knives go, Boker Plus are excellent bang for the buck.
Well it’s not even that. It’s a Reate with Boker branding.
@@watchreport Bokerplus. Hence the plus symbol.
Nice knives but for 400$ too high come down to 200-250$ an id pick it up
Definitely looks cool but if it's a Riate it is not a Boker ?
BOKER HAS ALWAYS USED OEM FOR THE MOST PART
If Reate makes them, are they really Bokers?
Wonder how this knife came about. If Reate designed it or Boker designed it. My guess it's Reate designed and Boker gets a cut for buying the design and putting there name on it doubling the price. Way to much that's tough
These are all Brad Zinker designs
Now if we can just get them to get some toxic storm Arctic storm fat carbon fiber on them handles dude that would be sick with it sick with it😊
Great content. What I don’t get is why companies don’t perform secret agent industrial espionage on Reate…lol…and replicate their methodology and equipment. Cheers.
There is no big secret they have over everyone else. They use the same methods and equipment. They just have much stricter QC and minimum standards and carefully pick the designs they produce.
@@jdisdetermined that doesn’t sound so hard ta do. QC up the Waazoo. Cheers.
@@Tatterdsoul 🤙✌️
Those are bad ass but a bit out of my grasp
I've always been a Boker fan..I just got the Urban Trapper. Now, my local gun/ knife shop has a limited edition Boker /Damascus slip joint, I want that one next ...these seem great as well
The Urban Barlow is so great. And if people wanna save about $100 they can go for the Knifecenter exclusive in K390.
I DONT PROMOTE KNIFE CENTER BECAUSE THEY WONT SUPPORT OTHER CHANNELS SO I WONT SUPPORT THERES BY TALKING ABOUT THEM, HOWEVER I HAVE SOME LINKED IN DES FOR AROUND 250
The KC exclusive k390 runs at 61HRC, dont know why they made this soft their K390…
@@4d4mko Reate always run their steel around 61. I knew this was true for M390, and as far as they explained it's a "limitation on their side". Not sure how true that is or if they are not willing to push it further. But kinda strange running K390 at that also. Personally like to see it at 64-65, 63 would be "fine", but as close to 65 as possible. Wonder if they would run ZDP189 at 61 also 🤔
@@Cid_1 yeah, for a fixed blade it could be « understood » 61HRC, for a pocket knife 64-65 would be ideal! K390 at 61HRC is comparable to M390 at 61HRC… I am from France, I was tempted by this exclusive version but knowing that it is at 61HRC it is not worth the import charges…
@@4d4mko Yeah I agree. Looking at Bohlers Tempering chart, 1030°C (1885°F) Aust and 525*c (975*F) tempering cycles should get that hardness. But it's still wild that it's so soft, maybe that's why they are $100 cheaper, I don't know. Reate usually does a great heat treatment even if their M390 hardness is still only around 61HRC. But I can't speak on the K390 since I've not used it.
Luv a Boker
I love booster locks!
BOLSTER
@@NeevesKnives lol, those also!
Props to Brad Zinker for his excellent designs! His custom pieces are amazing.
been wanting one both of these for a long while now... great to see they're actually good knives, besides being great Zinker designs
btw, if i'm seeing right, one of those is the KinfeCenter exclusive in K390? how is Reate's heat treat on that one? i don't expect it to be close let alone better than Sypderco's K390 or 15V, but i do expect it to be significantly better than the average M390 :)
I'm not sure yet on the heat treatment, I'm honestly not even sure what hrc they are doing but that would be the first place I'd look, I think someone told me it was softer but I didn't confirm
Ridiculous pricing though. Supply and demand gets ya every time.
Kaviso wants $239, KnifeCenter wants $341!!!!
For the price, you shouldn't have to modify it..
I can flip my Shamwari with any finger too.
YEAH THATS ANOTHER GREAT ONE I WISH I HAD ONE IN THE COLLECTION AND THEY WERE MORE AVAILABLE
Cool
They missed second deployment
Late to the party? Where's the best version of them, i.e. the JC K390 one? No mention of the terrible edges and terminations?
What’s a termination?
Id like to see Boker make a dragon bowie.
🙌🔥🙌
For $300, the thing better give free handies
432.95$ FOR A POCKET KNIFE!?
Pocket knives can go WELL beyond that price depending on maker and materials.
@@watchreport oh I'm very aware, just seems unnecessary to me. Pocket knives are tools meant too be used. At those price points they just seem pointless.
Clip is too fat for a clean skinny knife in my opinion. That would be perfect with a titanium matchstick clip.
Not gonna lie, as soon as I saw this knife I wanted this. But the price is so over the top compared to many better options out there
I really like these since they came out. I just can’t get over that fat pocket clip. Ugh I hate it.
I personally like the way it looks, it could be smoother however mines breaking in well
FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw the KC exclusive version with k390 instead of m390 and was excited until I saw it was at 61hrc. That's so low for k390, it's like 57-58hrc for m390. Reate usually does a pretty good job with their heat treatment for production knives so I'm surprised they went so low on their k390.
Shame cuz I would have been interested in it but I'll pass.
"I can't believe it's a boker"
It's not a boker. It's a reate with boker branding
I mean ya I can't believe it's a Boker. Cause it's a Reate 😂.
EXACTLY
I have a couple bokers I think are nicer than my heretic
😁😁😆😆😅😅😂😂 "I can't believe this is a Boker."
I don't trust Boker. Their QC is bad enough that almost every knife I have been interested in seems to have problems.
I think there are plenty of front flippers out there from companies with a better QC track record than Boker.
PS. 379 bucks on BHQ for the cocobolo wood version.
I PUT LINKS IN TO THE DESCRIPTION, AND I WOULDNT TRUST THE QC EITHER IF IT WASNT REATE
It’s NOT made by Boker.
The silly faces in the thumbnails these days is definitely why I click on them!😂🤣
2nd..
$376.95 toooooooooooooooo Much
I hate it when the hole is too tight
Only it’s not a Boker, it’s a Riote, and I’m really tired of Riote
Reate *. Also why are you tired of them?
Very expensive knife