Boker Plus Urban Trapper Petite Flipper Knife Cocobolo (2.75" Satin) 01BO784

Good knife but same Boker issues

This is actually a fine little knife for dress up time when you want to carry something a bit on the finer side and more "gentlemanly"

My issues are the same as I always have with Boker. They don't seem to pay any attention to the details. The de-tent is non existent so it doesn't "Flip" open with authority. It will open but you need to flip it hard or point it down.

The… read more finger flipper is a bit sharp and unrefined.

But honestly my biggest gripe is with the wood they used for the scales. With such a small piece, and it being a higher end knife (VG-10, titanium etc) I feel they should have taken just a few extra seconds to look at the wood and make sure it is a nice piece. There is what appears to be a crack emanating from the screw. On closer examination it is a deep line in the wood, but come on. Pick a piece with a nice grain. It doesn't take that much more effort. Have a bit of pride in what you put out.

But with all that said, overall it's a good knife for gentleman's carry. I would not choose it for any real work. Get a Benchmade or a Spiderco for that.

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Great little flipper for a suit

Great action, a little rough as one review said, but came sharp out of the box and is light as a feather. barely feel it in the pocket. I use the pen pocket inside my suit jacket and it sits perfectly.

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It's like Rocky Balboa with no Apollo Creed... Mediocre!

10-1-18 Update

Custom improvements raises the rating from 3.5 to 4 stars = B+

After rounding off the sharp corners on the frame and trimming/rounding down the flipper tab to open up more space on the handle to fit my hand a little bit better the ergonomics have improved significantly. I still can't give it 5 stars because I had to do fit and finish work and while… read more drastically improved the flipper tab still is in the wrong place.

10-12-18 Original review.

This is Boker dropping the ball on what should be a PERFECT play... 3.5 Stars = c+

I have so many nice things to say about this folder. First of all the design is near perfection. With the ball bearings the flipper action deploys with excellent speed. I enjoy the aesthetics its simple with a traditional and modern materials. The blade shape is perfect and it's very sharp. Its amazinglt light for the blade length. The pocket clip is perfection.

First I took half a star off for the poorly positioned flipper tab that abbreviates handle space and doesn't allow me (my hands fit a large size glove) a complete grip on the handle, either forcing my pinky off the back of the handle but not enough so to still be comfortable or positioning the flipper tab dead center under and digging into my pointer finger if I try to choke up my grip. Did anyone at Boker with regular to large sized hands actually handled this petite model after downsizing it from the full size Urban Trapper? All they had to do was move the tab 5/16 of an inch further up the blade! On the regular Urban Trapper there's plenty of handle space on this one maybe 10% of the handle is lost because of the flipper position.

I took a full star off for fit and finish to include sharp corners and edges on the frame and especially the flipper tab, it has a rather shallow edge grind all be it is very sharp, out of the box it was a bit dirty with a few splotches of some kind of yellowish gunk (yet it was still sealed), there is just little bit of lock stick from the frame lock and lastly the cocobolo scales not only have an inconsistent finish between the two but both are poorly/under/lacking finish.

The last half star off is for squandered potential but I guess that just means because I'm pissed. THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO BE A PERFECT, ALL TIME, HALL OF FAME EDC IS ON PAR WITH THE SPYDERCO DRAGONFLY! The Dragonfly in my and pretty much the entire knife community's opinion is the best standard bearer of any EDC knife in this weight class. With a few tweaks this knife could be in production for the next 20 years!

As it is I do have the skills to clean up most of the fit and finish issues which I will eventualy do, I expect that will make it more like a 4.5 star EDC leaving just the flipper tab position as the only real anoyance. It makes me sad to think how much Boker left on the table with this one. : -/ But it makes me happy to think about how close I'm going to get it.

Btw I have dealt with Bokers warranty department twice now once on a broken pocket clip and once for a defective and out of production knife (Manero Stingray) that they still were able to replace, sending me the very last one they had. In both cases they really took care of me and I was very impressed with their service! It's not that I don't think they're bad company in the slightest it's just that I think they could do better and I think was companies like We and Reiuke on their way up ladder, Boker better start scrambling quick or they'll be eclipsed in no time... :-)

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