Under $45 delivered???

[hso]

Boker Strike Auto


Yeah, the blade is AUS8, but the handles are aluminum and the reviews are great.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Overall Length:7.875"
• Blade Length:3.25"
• Blade Thickness:0.12"
• Blade Material:AUS-8
• Blade Stylerop Point
• Blade Grind:Flat
• Finish:Stonewash
• Edge Typelain
• Handle Length:4.625"
• Handle Thickness:0.50"
• Handle Material:Aluminum
• Color:Black
• Frame/Liner:Stainless Steel
• Weight:4.70 oz.
• User:Right Hand
• Pocket Clip:Tip-Down, Tip-Up
• Knife Type:Automatic
• Openerush Button
• Lock Typelunge Lock
• Brand:Boker Plus
• Model:Strike
• Model Number:01BO400N
• Country of Origin:Taiwan

 

[Slamfire]

Nothing wrong with AUS 8. Takes an sharp, excellent edge and holds it well. Examining my edges with a magnifying glass, the edge is smooth with no chipping. For a knife steel it is relatively tough, I have a bend, not a break, in a Cold Steel Recon in AUS8. I decided to hack some bamboo and twisted the bevel . I am glad it did not break. Don't think I have rusted any of my AUS 8 blades, I react very negatively, if not pathologically to rust. AUS8 is bit easier to sharpen than some other steels, even so, I have to use my diamond stones to set the bevel, it is not soft by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[cheygriz]

I've had two knives of AUS-8. I will NEVER have another one. IME, a very low quality steel.

Yes, it will take a very sharp edge. But cut a sandwich with it, and it's dull.

 

[sparkyv]

Sounds like a good deal for a decent EDC knife. Many good knives come out of Taiwan. It may need frequent sharpening depending on what you put it through. I'm a huge fan of folders, but I shy from autos. Got this thing about them...opening in my pocket.

 

[hso]

opening in my pocket.

Good concern to have since I've known a couple of people have this happen. Good thing this one has a lock to prevent it opening inadvertently.

 

[Elkins45]

I've had two knives of AUS-8. I will NEVER have another one. IME, a very low quality steel.

Yes, it will take a very sharp edge. But cut a sandwich with it, and it's dull.

There's a least one that's worth owning: the Beretta Loveless Hunter. It's made in Japan by Moki and they have absolutely perfected the heat treat. The Loveless is hollow ground but still has enough edge retention I can completely take apart 3-4 deer before it needs even a touch up on fine ceramic. Usually it will still pop hair at the end of a full hunting season.

I left mine on the truck tailgate all covered with fat and blood, and I think the neighbor's dog picked it up and ran off with it. I say that because it had teeth marks in the handle when I brought it up in my garden with my tiller five years later.



It looks pretty good considering it was buried for five years and banged around in a rototiller.


Sorry for the thread drift. I'll stop now.

 

[WestKentucky]

I have heard of binge eating, binge drinking, and binge watching tv shows, you sir may have created a new binge...auto knife binge buying.

 

[hso]

Wouldn't want folks to pay more than they have to, ya'know.

I talked a guy in the NE through a deal he was working for a couple of Frank Beltrame Italian autos. He got 2 minty pieces, one stag and the other blond horn, for under $150! THAT'S a sore!

 

[Obturation]

Boker is hit and miss from my experience, i think there are a couple different product lines. I might just buy one of these autos just to check it out. My regular auto is a benchmade CLA, which i find excellent. But im not a snob about steels or countries of origin its all in the manufacture and qc. Want to get a microtech halo VI or V, but thats b8g money for a knife i'll never carry.

 

[Slamfire]

I've had two knives of AUS-8. I will NEVER have another one. IME, a very low quality steel.

Yes, it will take a very sharp edge. But cut a sandwich with it, and it's dull.

Knife edge testing is always a contentious subject, no one outside of industry has a standardized edge testing procedure. I watched a "How things are Made" and the show was about Cutco knives. Cutco has a machine with special paper that tests and edge in a "standardized procedure". I thought it was neat, it cut paper until the edge dulled. In another thread, a poster claimed the machine was $250,000 so that puts it out of my price range.

Now if you are dulling a AUS 8 knife by cutting just one sandwich, or even two, that is one tough sandwich. Something that tough would ruin my crowns. As little Red Riding Hood would say "Grandma, what big teeth you have!"

I have a number of knives made out of AUS8. I don't have a problem with it. This tank is AUS8. Cuts well, can't say it dulls too quickly. I wonder if it is legal in New York state, as it is the nick nail version, not a flipper version.



Have a new thumb stud version in the box. Also AUS 8



Still Aus8

 

[Slamfire]

It looks pretty good considering it was buried for five years and banged around in a rototiller.

That is impressive. For a while Beretta made the Loveless drop point pattern with wooden grips, and the price of those on the used market is beyond reasonable. Your knife is, as you probably know, a Loveless pattern. Wish I could have afforded, and put in an order, for a genuine Loveless when he was making them, because now, originals cost between ouch and bong!. I think this Loveless Drop point is the most attractive knife pattern he made. It has to be the most copied pattern he made, there are all sorts of copies and variations, by knife companies and custom knife makers, and your Beretta AUS 8 version is a very good knife at a very reasonable price. And the fact it did not rust, is just amazing!

 

[hso]

no one outside of industry has a standardized edge testing procedure

Not even industry has a standard edge testing procedure. There is a device that was built to mechanically cut rope with consistent downward pressure that could detect when the edge began to slip instead of cut, but only a very few companies use it.

For the using community, cardboard and sisal rope cutting are good gauges along with paper cutting.

 

[Slamfire]

Not even industry has a standard edge testing procedure. There is a device that was built to mechanically cut rope with consistent downward pressure that could detect when the edge began to slip instead of cut, but only a very few companies use it.

For the using community, cardboard and sisal rope cutting are good gauges along with paper cutting.

I looked for a Utube video of the "How its Made" episode but did not find it. Are you aware of the machine that Cutco has? Is it a unique test device?

I

 

[cheygriz]

The CATRA testing machine is the only one that I know of.

http://www.catra.org/pages/products/kniveslevel1/st.htm

IME, the CATRA tests have always been an excellent indicator of how well the blade will hold it's edge under normal usage.

I think much depends on what you demand from your blade. I've known many hunters that carry two knives because they can't complete field dressing an elk without dulling a blade.

That's fine for them, if that is what they demand of a blade.

That would be totally unacceptable to me. If a knife will not dress 4 or 5 antelope, a couple of deer and an elk without sharpening, I donate it to the Girl Scouts.

There are so many knives out there that meet my demands, and cost no more than a pair of top quality hunting boots, that I see no reason to settle for less.

 

[Browning]

Boker is hit and miss from my experience, i think there are a couple different product lines. I might just buy one of these autos just to check it out. My regular auto is a benchmade CLA, which i find excellent. But im not a snob about steels or countries of origin its all in the manufacture and qc. Want to get a microtech halo VI or V, but thats b8g money for a knife i'll never carry.

In my experience you're right. Boker is hit or miss.

Those particular knives are okay though. A couple guys at the station have them and they check all the boxes for a decent work knife.

I hadn't heard of them (this particular model) until recently, but it seems like they've cornered the market on cheap autos.

 

[hso]

Heaven help me, I fell prey to my own advice and bought some of them after coworkers said they'd get them if we could get enough together to avoid the shipping!

Woe is me, I've bought another (few) knife(s).

 

[hso]

Are you aware of

Individual companies use devices while others don't. To be clear, there is equipment out there, but nothing that is used industry wide. As a result you get what the company uses, or doesn't.

 

[Slamfire]

That would be totally unacceptable to me. If a knife will not dress 4 or 5 antelope, a couple of deer and an elk without sharpening, I donate it to the Girl Scouts.

That's maybe why I am happy with AUS 8 and you are not. I am a sharpening fool. I sharpen everything, and I sharpen often. I am probably pathological in this. Can't stand a dull knife, and my knives never get dull, because they are sharpened well before they become dull. I often tough up the edge with a ceramic rod, followed by a leather strop. And the edges probably don't need that attention, but, by God, they are sharp!

And my hands have the scars and cut marks to prove it.

 

[cheygriz]

Mine are sharpened to 15,000 grit on Shapton waterstones, then stropped with CBN on leather to .25 micron.

 

[C0untZer0]

Would you consider this Boker to be a self-defense knife?

I read more than a few times to never trust your life to an auto-opener that costs less than $100.00 I've also read quite a few people say that they wouldn't trust an auto for SD unless it was dual-action.

 

[JeffG]

Boker Strike Auto
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Yeah, the blade is AUS8, but the handles are aluminum and the reviews are great.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Overall Length:7.875"
• Blade Length:3.25"
• Blade Thickness:0.12"
• Blade Material:AUS-8
• Blade Stylerop Point
• Blade Grind:Flat
• Finish:Stonewash
• Edge Typelain
• Handle Length:4.625"
• Handle Thickness:0.50"
• Handle Material:Aluminum
• Color:Black
• Frame/Liner:Stainless Steel
• Weight:4.70 oz.
• User:Right Hand
• Pocket Clip:Tip-Down, Tip-Up
• Knife Type:Automatic
• Openerush Button
• Lock Typelunge Lock
• Brand:Boker Plus
• Model:Strike
• Model Number:01BO400N
• Country of Origin:Taiwan

I have three. Autos. Very solid and reliable. Blade HQ has discounts.

 

[hso]

They came in and handled well and had good fit and finish...and got snapped up.