Rara e Bellissima Insegna Pubblicitaria della nota Marca di Coltelli Appena si attacca la spina dell'insegna, la lettera "B" inizia ad accendersi fino a completare la scritta "BOKER" Misure: 37 x 13 x 3 cm Böker è un costruttore di coltelli e lame in generale, con sede a Solingen in Germania. Böker produce coltelli per uso domestico e outdoor. Böker è stato uno dei primi marchi ad offrire lame in ceramica. Un albero di castagno nel XVII secolo e la piccola fabbrica artigianale della famiglia Böker a Remscheid, è il fatto più antico noto riguardo al nome Böker del quale si abbia conoscenza. Hermann e Robert Böker iniziarono nel 1829 la produzione di sciabole. Il registro dell'azienda del settembre 1830 contava una produzione settimanale di 2.000 pezzi, fatti da 64 forgiatori e 47 affilatori e da diversi collaboratori. Hermann Böker successivamente fonda la H. Boker & Co. a New York. Robert Böker crea la sua azienda in Canada e successivamente nel 1865 una filiale in Messico. Heinrich Böker, un loro cugino, si trasferisce a Solingen, all'epoca già distretto industriale delle lame da taglio e dei rasoi. Con Hermann Heuser, un artigiano molto noto per la fabbricazione di forbici, fonda nel 1869 la Heinr. Böker & Co. I Bökers a Remscheid e i cugini a Übersee mostrarono grande interesse per la produzione di rasoi e coltelli dell'azienda di Heinrich. I prodotti commercializzati a Übersee furono difficilmente riconoscibili dalla gente on problemi di alfabetizzazione e quindi fu pensato di utilizzare il simbolo del castagno di duecento anni d'età, simbolo della manifattura della famiglia di Remscheider, Böker. Crearono anche un secondo marchio aziendale, la freccia. La documentazione sociale fu distrutta durante la seconda guerra mondiale, e si riscontra tale simbolo su pubblicità della Böker di Remscheid nell'anno 1874. Vi fu sempre un rapporto amichevole tra le società Böker. Dagli inizi del '900 il mercato statunitense fu conquistato dalla H. Boker & Co. di New York. Forbici, rasoi e successivamente coltelli della tradizione di Solingen. Si crearono due linee di prodotti specifici, una per l'America prodotta in USA e l'altra per il resto del mondo prodotta a Solingen: Boker USA e H. Boker Improved Cutlery Solingen. Produssero i coltelli con lo stesso logo dell'albero. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale la sede di Solingen venne distrutta completamente; le testimonianze che vi sono nel museo dell'azienda sono state acquisite da privati in giro per il mondo. L'azienda americana venne in aiuto della sorella tedesca. John Boker jr. commercializzò nel dopoguerra sia i prodotti americani che quelli tedeschi. Negli anni '50 post bellici venne ricostruita la sede tedesca. I cugini americani divennero in breve i titolari della sorella di Solingen. Modelli come il 7588, 7474 portabandiera dell'azienda e lo Sportmesser 182, divennero i nuovi prodotti comuni. Agli inizi degli anni '60 la Boker USA viene venduta alla Wiss & Sons. Successivamente negli anni '70 l'azienda fu ceduta alla multinazionale Cooper Industries. Da questa collaborazione la produzione diventa più industriale e razionalizzata. Nel 1983 dismettono la produzione di coltelli a New York.[3] Tre anni più tardi la Cooper lascia solo la sede a Solingen aperta, nel luglio 1986 viene fondata la Boker USA, Inc. a Denver in Colorado. Il mercato sudamericano era stato d'interesse fin dal XIX secolo per l'azienda. In Argentina, Cile e Messico. Oggi i marchi TREEBRAND e ARBOLITO sono specifici di quelle zone. In particolare il mercato argentino con ARBOLITO. Nel 1983 venne fondata la società sorella Böker Arbolito S.A. a Buenos Aires. La produzione è principalmente di coltelli per tempo libero, caccia e da collezione, così come quelli ad uso sportivo e professionale per corpi militari e di Polizia. Vi è anche una parte di produzione dedicata ai coltelli professionali per cucina e anche prodotti per la rasatura. Böker lavora con i più noti costruttori di coltelli, per pezzi unici così come produzioni serie. La produzione si suddivide sotto i marchi: Böker Manufaktur Solingen è il marchio dei prodotti della casa madre Böker a Solingen. Specializzata in produzioni di piccole serie e da collezione. Tra i prodotti più noti vi è il coltello a serramanico Speedlock e i coltelli con lame damascate, o pezzi unici come ad esempio quelli fatti in acciaio ricavato dal cannone del carro armato Leopard o dalla nave Tirpitz. Böker Arbolito è il marchio dei prodotti provenienti dalla fabbrica di Buenos Aires. Böker Plus è il marchio Böker per i prodotti concepiti a Solingen, di tipo innovativo e professionale e fabbricati oltreoceano. Magnum by Böker è il marchio per i prodotti concepiti a Solingen, fabbricati oltreoceano. ___________________________ The Boker Knife Manufactory The famous knives with the world-renowned tree-brand have been handmade in Solingen since 1869. Since the foundation, no knife has left our manufactory without this sign of quality. The long history of Boker has been affected by eventful times. But one thing has always been the same in 150 years: Our passion and enthusiasm for extraordinary knives. Today Boker is renowned all over the world as manufacturer and supplier of an unmatched variety of blade and handle materials and biggest manufacturer in Europe for Sport Knives, Tactical Knives and Collector's knives. The international success of our product range as well as the long tradition of our Knife Manufactory are both an incentive and an obligation for us to design and manufacture high-quality and innovative knives in the future as well. We make high demands on ourselves, our knives and the way we produce. With high quality standards, innovative power and passion for details, our knifemakers will continue their work. The Beginnings A huge chestnut-tree towering above the small Boker hardware-factory in the 17th century is the oldest traceable fact about the Boker family. Apparently Boker tools were very successful on the market as they were ranked among the leading manufactured goods in Germany and neighboring countries hundred years later on. Due to rising demand in a politically restless era Hermann and Robert Boker decided to start with the production of sabers in 1829. Inventories of September 1830 had already proven a weekly production of 2000 pieces made by 64 smiths, 47 grinders and a large number of workers and trainees. With a permanently growing product line of tools and cutlery and the great opportunities of global sales, the family saw the need to distribute the tasks to make the best use of their interests. So Hermann Boker emigrated to found Boker & Co. in New York, whereas the younger Robert established his company in Canada and in 1865 a branch in Mexico, being the market leaders under the name of Casa Boker until today. Heinrich only crossed the river Wupper to go to Solingen, where the German cutlery industry was booming. Together with the well-known cutlery expert Hermann Heuser he founded Heinr. Boker & Co. in 1869. The Expansion The Bokers in Remscheid and their cousins overseas were very interested and in demand of razors, scissors and pocket-knives from Heinrich´s new enterprise. They had to label their products in a simple manner for overseas markets, as many customers had problems spelling the German name Boker - apart from the widespread analphabetism. Heinrich considered the chestnut tree as an ideal, memorable logo which belonged to the Remscheid company with an arrow as well. One of the rare and precious documents which survived the total destruction of WW II is an ad of Boker Remscheid from 1874, showing both logos. The relationship between the two Boker companies has always been very friendly. Heinrich was allowed to take the treebrand with him across the river without any troubles or payments. Since then not a single product has left the Solingen factory without this sign. After over 100 years of existence the venerable tree was cut down by a stroke of lightning in 1925. A gifted artist carved an image of the majestic tree into a piece of original trunk which adorns the CEO´s office in Solingen. The US market quickly became Boker's most important sales territory. In 1900 most of the production was shipped to the US and H. Boker & Co. in New York was more and more concentrating on products from the Solingen production. The demand for pocket-knives soon beat that for other products like scissors or razors. The demand on the products increased faster than the production capacities in Solingen, so the Bokers from New York decided to start their own pocket-knife production to which pliers were added later on. World War II Because of the tree-brand being well established by then and the good understanding within the international Boker family, there wasn´t any problem to get permission from Solingen to use the tree-brand for American made products as well. Since then there have been two different product lines of Boker knives on the US market with identical logos and sometimes even identical item numbers; one product line Made in USA, the other product line Made in Solingen, only to be differentiated by the markings "Boker USA" or "H. Boker Improved Cutlery Solingen". During WW II the contact to the US stopped. The Solingen factory was completely destroyed with no remaining machines, tooling, catalogues or samples. The few old originals we have at our disposal today survived the war, because they were in private ownership and have been provided to us after the war. The company also lost one of its most precious commodities: the tree-brand registration was seized according to US law. John Boker jr. bought it in New York to save it for the further sale of American and German products. Soon after the war new life awakened in the destroyed factory. The former craftsmen came back and helped to reconstruct buildings and production to regain the high standard of production quality. Restoring their business relationship with Solingen, the American cousins placed first orders. Within a few years Boker New York was the main customer again. The models 7588, 7474 and the old flagship model 182 couldn´t cross the Atlantic ocean fast enough to reach Boker friends all over the country. The Subsidiaries In the early 1960's Boker USA was sold to the well-known scissor manufacturer Wiss & Sons who kept up the production of Boker knives to sell them with other Solingen products. Boker scissors disappeared from the market, being a competitor to Wiss. In the early 1970's Wiss was sold to the multinational Cooper Industries. This change proved benificial for Boker, generating a close business and personal relationship with Cooper, who restored the name of Boker to its former grandeur. During the eight years this active relationship lasted, Solingen was able to rationalise production and to develop new and innovative products. Today Boker offers the broadest range of sports and collector´s knives with an unmatched variety of blade and handle materials. Cooper stopped their own knife production in 1983. Original models are still in production in Solingen. Three years later Boker Solingen reacquired the rights for the American brand as a result of friendly negotiations with Cooper and was therefore in the position to enter the huge American market on it’s own. Boker USA, Inc. was established in Denver In July 1986 , Colorado. Since then Boker USA is operating very successfully in the North-American markets. In 1983, the subsidiary Boker Arbolito S. A. was also founded in Buenos Aires. The main products manufactured there are household and professional knives, as well as high quality hunting and outdoor knives in traditional design. Thanks to the pioneer work of the Boker family in South America in the 19th and 20th century, the name Boker South is very well established and connected to high quality cutting tools the South American markets of Argentina, Chile and Mexico. The current Boker trademark logo includes the marks Treebrand and Arbolito. _____________________________ SI ACCETTA LA PROPOSTA D'ACQUISTO!!! 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