Thread: The Boker Brotherhood

Doc you have already seen mine its nearly identical to yours. It cleaned up well after this pic was taken. Its a full hollow and my easyest to sharpen of all my razors.

yeah these are great razors I would love to build a 7 day set of these! I just need 6 more!!!

Anybody know the story behind the S.S. St. Louis blades one sees from time to time. I have one, and it's a great shaver.

I've been able to determine that the S.S. St. Louis in question is not the one that was the subject of movie, Voyage of the Damned. This one was a mid-sized (11,000+-ton) steamship that did the New York to Southampton or New York to Liverpool run from 1895 to 1918, when it was sold to the military. That made it an approximate contemporary of the S.S. Carpathia, which figured in the Titanic rescue.

There's a picture of her on this page: http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=stlou

Why there should be a number of Boker blades with the ship engraved on them is my question. Was it an advertising stunt for American Lines? Part of a larger series of steamship blades (in which case, why don't you see other ships on Boker blades)? Were they supplied in the First Class cabins?

Just a question.

Oh, and I'm new. Nice to meet all of you.

j

Thought I just might sign up,I have some others but I kinda like this one the best
Kind regards Peter

Nice bg42! Welcome to both the Boker Brotherhood and the Butcher Shop!!

Originally Posted by Vashaver

I just picked up a Boker with almost that exact set of scales, in yellow-ish. Sadly, they are so busted up as to be unsalvageable, so I'll be rescaling.

I look forward to restoring and shaving with this bad boy!

A recent acquisition...
The Kilbourne Jones Co. Boker

Pic #1 = Has a bicycle race etched on the blade.

Pic #2 = Has "Finest India Steel" etched on the blade. "Bokers Brand" on the front scale.

Pic #3 = Has "Hand Forged" etched on the blade. The scales has pics of flowers.

Pic #4 = Has "Each Blade Fully Guaranteed" plus "Finest English Cast Steel" etched on the blade. The scales have a silver inlay of vines wrapped around what looks like a harp.

Pic #5 = This is a "Red Injun" #101. The scales have the Boker Tree stamped into them.

Pic #6 = This is a "Red Injun" #101 S. P. The scales have the Boker Tree inlayed in silver.

hey Bill thanks so much for posting those. Love that SP!!!!

the very popular King Cutter.