Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. model is available with a partially serrated black blade or bead-blasted plainedge blade. The blade can be accessed by either a thumb stud or a flipper located on the front side of the blade. A step up in size is the beefier M-Type model. This folder checks in at 8.25" fully extended, 3.7" of that in a wide yet curvaceous Gladius-style blade. Like the Trance, the M-Type has a grooved handle but steps up to a higher-grade G-10 reinforced fiberglass handle. The Chad Los Banos Subcom, Trance, and M-Type models all feature a pocket clip for quick and easy access. Other Boker Plus knives, like the TD model, are designed in-house. The TD is a slim, everyday pocket carry featuring a 3" black-coated blade with partial serrations. The handle is made of Zytel with a non-slip checkered and grooved pattern molded in with a lock-back mechanism for positive blade lock. A reversible pocket clip and a highly affordable price tag round out the equation. The Boker Turbine Tanto tactical folder may just may be the most progressive of the lot. The Turbine, produced in Solingen, is a member of Boker’s up-scale line of tacticals. This knife features features a 4.0" black PVD coated Japanese-style tanto blade made of premium 154cm stainless steel and hard-coated machined aluminum han- dles with grooved G-10 onlays. At 9" overall, the Turbine Tanto is a handful of serious combat knife. Tradition Those who appreciate traditional Boker knives need not fear. Boker still makes knives rooted in their history and has no intention of leaving their past behind. The Applegate-Fairbairn Combat Knife is a staple in the company’s fixed blade line. Named for closecombat legends Colonel Rex Applegate and William Fairbairn, this is a dagger lover’s delight. Boker does the Applegate-Fairbairn up in handles of polyamide nylon plastic reinforced with fiberglass. Two versions are available in 10.75" and 9" overall with 440C blade steel, and a tan handled desert model is optional. You’ll also find traditional folders in the Boker line-up. If you like a sturdy folder with loads of heft, the Lock Blade Hunter will fill the bill. The Lock Blade Hunter is 7.25" overall with a sweeping 3.2" trailing point blade. Handles can be had in a variety of traditional materials including genuine stag, mother of pearl, African Thuya wood, rosewood, and affordable Delrin. Boker also makes a wide variety of pocket folders in patterns reminiscent of your grandpa’s knives. The trapper is one of their best sellers and can be had in a wide variety of handle materials similar from basic to exotic. Boker also offers pocket knives in other old-time patterns including the canoe, copperhead, stockman, folding hunter, congress, and pen styles. One of the benefits of the Boker explosion to the knife consumer is the fact the company offers something for every consumer’s budget. The BokerPlus Subcom, TD, Trance and M-Type folders are priced in the $40-45 range suggested retail, and the large Wagner Reality Based B-BO051 has a retail of just $99. The upscale Boker Turbine Tanto has a suggested retail of $289. Traditional hunting and pocket folders run the gamut depending on handle material, but once again you’ll find one for every budget. Boker’s catalog is a quarter-inch thick treatise on how diversity and forward thinking has kept the company on the forefront of the international cutlery industry. The company also offers a wide range of knives manufactured in Argentina under the Boker Arbolito name and a low-cost line under the Boker Magnum SIG line, all included in the catalog. For more info: Boker USA, Inc., (800) 835-6433, www.bokerusa.com. * 90 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST 2009