> Tony asked for info on Henry Boker. Per the DAT, the Boker companies
> were in business 1837-1969. The names H. Boker, H.&R. Boker, and H.
> Boker & Co. were all used, but it's not clear which was used when. The
> H. is said, in various sources to stand for Henry, Herman, and Heinrich.
> My personal guess is that different Bokers ran the company at diferent
> times and all are right. As Tony said, they were primarily a German
> company, but the tools were imported and sold by a U.S. affiliate. In
> 1899, they acquired a U.S. company and started making some tools here.
> 
I don't have my ref materials here, but Boker is still in business today in
Germany. The only products I know for sure that they still make are knives -
got one in my pocket right now that SWMBO gave me a few years ago. The US
branch of the firm was sold off in -- I thought -- the 1980's, but I guess
it was sooner than that. They also had -- dates unknown -- a branch of the
company operating in Mexico. If desperate for details, find a copy of
Bernard Levine's book on collectable knives for a history of the company.

Bill