Boker Plus Bonfire - Review & Teardown (Knife Content)
Published: 3 years ago
Alright, I waited for quite a long time to get this dang thing, but it looked really interesting to me. A bit of a different take on a modern traditional.
From the thumbnail pic, it looks like it's only a 2-handed opener, but it's a top flipper and it's equipped with caged bearings (steel) and is very easy to deploy. Because the only deployment is the top flipper, the detent to hold the blade closed isn't very strong, so I highly suggest you keep that in mind. It's much more ready to jump open than a Buck 110.
The internal fit and finish could use some work, but none of that is apparent when you pull it out of the box and use it. The polished micarta is fantastic, the steel bolster is great and the blade is a nice drop point shape. It was sharpened rather obtusely at probably around 22-23 degree angle, but that's fine enough.
Skeletonized pockets would probably help the heft of this thing a little bit, but probably not by enough. As I mention in the video, if they skeletonized it as well as replacing the steel with titanium, it would reach that "ounce-an-inch" metric.
Specs:
3.6" D2 blade with 3.0 mm stock thickness
3.84 oz / 109 gram weight
0.48" handle thickness (Micarta)
Liner Lock
Steel bearings & detent ball
From the thumbnail pic, it looks like it's only a 2-handed opener, but it's a top flipper and it's equipped with caged bearings (steel) and is very easy to deploy. Because the only deployment is the top flipper, the detent to hold the blade closed isn't very strong, so I highly suggest you keep that in mind. It's much more ready to jump open than a Buck 110.
The internal fit and finish could use some work, but none of that is apparent when you pull it out of the box and use it. The polished micarta is fantastic, the steel bolster is great and the blade is a nice drop point shape. It was sharpened rather obtusely at probably around 22-23 degree angle, but that's fine enough.
Skeletonized pockets would probably help the heft of this thing a little bit, but probably not by enough. As I mention in the video, if they skeletonized it as well as replacing the steel with titanium, it would reach that "ounce-an-inch" metric.
Specs:
3.6" D2 blade with 3.0 mm stock thickness
3.84 oz / 109 gram weight
0.48" handle thickness (Micarta)
Liner Lock
Steel bearings & detent ball