BEST BOKER KNIFE EVER! | On Another Level & Way Better Than Expected

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[@xmk-zc9eb]

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 😊

[@izayus11]

I am a fan of BZ... But this almost have more Enrique peña DNA, than BZ.

[@macsonalaska]

🤔 Reminds me of some other knife made by Reate.... oh yeah, the Pena front flipper trapper!

[@jodiehighroller9820]

300$😂

[@watchreport]

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.

[@DerekWhite-ft4mh]

Beautiful knife, but $375 is hard to swallow for that little guy. $300 for K390 is arguably worse.

[@NeevesKnives]

I HAVE SOME LINKED IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR AROUND 240 FOR THE BLADE OPS VERSION, THESE ARE REATE MADE KNIVES

[@davidarwood6264]

Welcome to this channel. I've only watched a couple of videos and........really ? 😅

[@SquireSCA]

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.

[@optimuscrime608]

it’s not a Boker. It’s a Reate with a Boker emblem on it

[@kjreames]

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

[@davec3651]

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.

[@holdernewtshesrearin5471]

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.

[@bdpf1744]

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.

[@JustFluxz]

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?

[@StevenMoney]

Ridiculous pricing though. Supply and demand gets ya every time.

[@Stringz2810]

I'm surprised Boker lowered their standards... To say that's the best Boker ever is ludicrous! Boker I one of the oldest & best knife companies in existence! They make great knives, surprised they outsourced to a communist country. Germany make great knives. China steals great knife designs! Your funding our enemies if you buy this garbage!

[@leonkennedy4587]

The slightly longer Boker what model #? Cant find it....

[@davidkeep1653]

432.95$ FOR A POCKET KNIFE!?

[@watchreport]

Pocket knives can go WELL beyond that price depending on maker and materials.

[@davidkeep1653]

@@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.

[@iceman5117]

"I can't believe it's a boker" It's not a boker. It's a reate with boker branding

[@damiangreene2152]

nice but i love the boker folding smatchet better than any other boker

[@jvf4608]

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.

[@Matthew-wn8oq]

Clip is too fat for a clean skinny knife in my opinion. That would be perfect with a titanium matchstick clip.

[@cctvspystore]

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

[@NeevesKnives]

THE BLADE OPS VERSION IS DOPE AF AS WELL

[@DrBlazer50]

​@@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.

[@D00MTR33]

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.

[@seankeller6126]

Nice knives but for 400$ too high come down to 200-250$ an id pick it up

[@WTF-Cubing]

“I can’t use the hole. The hole is too tight.” Said no man ever.

[@dogonmountain6445]

I didn't hear the price. Also you didn't mention Zinker.

[@r.m.cortez8178]

Boker Bullpup is my favorite.

[@Jonnygurudesigns]

For the price, you shouldn't have to modify it..

[@paullmight42]

boker has a few that look decent but overall, pretty damn ugly blades lol

[@what76485]

Yeah if i struggle to pull it out cause clip is so tight. Then I want a lanyard hole.

[@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241]

What is the reddish color model called? Man, you had way too much coffee.

[@mattrc77]

I think KnifeCenter has a k390 model

[@Shess387]

Can you give me the Name Of the red Knife please?

[@paulrash8861]

The old Kershaw liner lock back will be my favorite,

[@what76485]

I have a couple bokers I think are nicer than my heretic

[@49giants3]

$350 for that. Hard pass my friend

[@iceman5117]

For $300, the thing better give free handies

[@chrisandsneaky2453]

$300 for a Chinese knife? No thanks.

[@cheatobandito]

Those are bad ass but a bit out of my grasp

[@55brutus84]

They missed second deployment

[@cherrywoodbladeworks8044]

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?

[@watchreport]

What’s a termination?

[@dennisthemenace7513]

$376.95 toooooooooooooooo Much

[@TheWhiskyExplorer]

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.

[@thechancellor842]

I really like these since they came out. I just can’t get over that fat pocket clip. Ugh I hate it.

[@NeevesKnives]

I personally like the way it looks, it could be smoother however mines breaking in well

[@theresafolderinmypocket]

"I can do it with the tip, I can do it with the first knuckle, I can do it with the back knuckle" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@MrTJohnston]

Very expensive knife

[@tylerrohn6938]

Only it’s not a Boker, it’s a Riote, and I’m really tired of Riote

[@watchreport]

Reate *. Also why are you tired of them?

[@Cid_1]

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.

[@NeevesKnives]

YEAH ID LOVE THAT I WONDER IF HE WILL BE IN ATLANTA

[@Cid_1]

@@NeevesKnives That would be dope.

[@SwingCritic141]

Front flippers are not identical. You’ve got about 5 more grooves to catch on the red one

[@jamescowing4009]

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.

[@bladesandedc]

The Wingman EDC Mach 1 is that good. I believe it is also made by Reate.

[@TheRydog61]

Luv a Boker

[@rypaz87]

I have them both and the Barlow is definitely my favorite. It's perfection.

[@ColeMay]

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.

[@zuluwhiskey3650]

I can flip my Shamwari with any finger too.

[@NeevesKnives]

YEAH THATS ANOTHER GREAT ONE I WISH I HAD ONE IN THE COLLECTION AND THEY WERE MORE AVAILABLE

[@BillyJupiter]

I understand. We understand. 😂😄👍 got a boker trail. Lovin it.

[@NeevesKnives]

Ima have to try it

[@BillyJupiter]

@@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

[@Ajaxykins]

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

[@theMeshtar]

Böker doesn't nearly get as much praise as they should. Especially the Solingen pieces

[@agoodun]

Very nice. I'm always rooting for Boker. But it seems like every time I get a Boker I'm disappointed

[@dustinwhitt5297]

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.

[@mattg2935]

Kaviso wants $239, KnifeCenter wants $341!!!!

[@coldchaos6900]

Holy christ 375usd I just can't justify that

[@NobodysDarling138]

Personally I love my very similar pēna x raptor. Highly recommend.

[@cameronchicken8439]

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.

[@christolley4946]

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...

[@roel.vinckens]

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.

[@shaunsmith672]

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

[@Leftyotism]

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.

[@4d4mko]

Again, love your work man! Can you make a tutorial on how to make the sharpening choil on this particular knife?? Thanks!

[@stevebeyer]

Knife Center has the barlow as a dealer exclusive with. K390

[@theknifeconnection9571]

I got the k390 version and absolutely love it

[@ronfry5851]

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😊

[@lmcq784]

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.

[@killjoy8914]

I got Boker fixed blades , I never thought about getting a Boker folder.

[@airadaimagery692]

The silly faces in the thumbnails these days is definitely why I click on them!😂🤣

[@Hungrybird474]

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

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

I’ve been looking at those. They are dope AF. Reate made baby.

[@toddcarr.]

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.

[@the_bove]

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

[@StoneHands25]

They have one of these on knife center in k390! I wonder how they did with the steel?

[@bawhite125]

Nice knife, but in my universe it's a total rip-off.

[@watchreport]

What’s your universe?

[@bawhite125]

@@watchreport I have spent over $300 on a knife before. This one ain’t it. Take offense if you want, my guy.

[@experienceprecision5406]

Best Boker made is a Reate lol. I love the looks of this. Perfect edc

[@fredsanford336]

Id like to see Boker make a dragon bowie.

[@Mr_Obvious]

I have the Urban Trapper. It's a pretty amazing knife. Slicey as hell, and it looks so good. A great gents carry!

[@chrishinkle5982]

Thanks for sharing bud glad to see them doing something right

[@jofishgaming]

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timtim4525]

GREAT INFO VIDEO again Sir you are great

[@blade5658]

If Reate makes them, are they really Bokers?

[@experienceprecision5406]

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

[@cctvspystore]

These are all Brad Zinker designs

[@SMS2884]

I mean ya I can't believe it's a Boker. Cause it's a Reate 😂.

[@NeevesKnives]

EXACTLY

[@mikereese15]

Love that deployment

[@Osprey1994]

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.

[@NeevesKnives]

I PUT LINKS IN TO THE DESCRIPTION, AND I WOULDNT TRUST THE QC EITHER IF IT WASNT REATE

[@watchreport]

It’s NOT made by Boker.

[@simonh6371]

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.

[@watchreport]

Well it’s not even that. It’s a Reate with Boker branding.

[@simonh6371]

@@watchreport Bokerplus. Hence the plus symbol.

[@craigm2484]

Definitely looks cool but if it's a Riate it is not a Boker ?

[@NeevesKnives]

BOKER HAS ALWAYS USED OEM FOR THE MOST PART

[@Roscoe_357]

2nd..

[@davegoodridge8352]

Cool

[@Tatterdsoul]

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.

[@jdisdetermined]

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.

[@Tatterdsoul]

@@jdisdetermined that doesn’t sound so hard ta do. QC up the Waazoo. Cheers.

[@jdisdetermined]

@@Tatterdsoul 🤙✌️

[@larrymarsico4059]

🙌🔥🙌

[@rickyhurtt5568]

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

[@Cid_1]

The Urban Barlow is so great. And if people wanna save about $100 they can go for the Knifecenter exclusive in K390.

[@NeevesKnives]

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

[@4d4mko]

The KC exclusive k390 runs at 61HRC, dont know why they made this soft their K390…

[@Cid_1]

@@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 🤔

[@4d4mko]

@@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…

[@Cid_1]

@@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.

[@cursed_earth_edc]

I love booster locks!

[@NeevesKnives]

BOLSTER

[@cursed_earth_edc]

@@NeevesKnives lol, those also!

[@johngoodwin2734]

I hate it when the hole is too tight