Ingo Eispert is washed with all woods at Böker. The married family man has been working at Böker since 2014 and is head of the scales department. The production of the sometimes difficult handle shells requires a lot of material knowledge and a high degree of craftsmanship. In addition, the master carpenter gives us some more interesting insights into his everyday work.

The knife has been an essential universal tool for more than 2.4 million years. Knives are available in a wide variety of shapes and designs for almost any purpose. As a tool, kitchen implement, decorative object or collector's item – people value the advantages of these sharp tools in every kitchen.

If you are part of the scene, you definitely know them. In magazine photos or as big heads at the barber shop, Leen and Bertus are everywhere. Moreover, their two posters of "Signature Haircuts" and "Barbershop Classics" serve as inspiration and orientation for barbers around the world. And then there is Reuzel, of course, "the finest Dutch pomade."

Over the years, knife manufacturers have constantly come up with new mechanisms to make pocket knives easier to use. In particular, the challenge of opening the blade with one hand aroused the inventive spirit of many engineers and tinkerers. In addition to simple solutions such as the thumb opening, very sophisticated systems were developed, especially in the area of spring mechanisms.

PATINA [ˈpaːtina] In Italian, patina means „thin layer“ or „veneer“. It describes a surface (texture and color) created by a natural or artificial aging process. Sustainability, handcrafted products and supporting local businesses have become trends in our society.

The French knifemaker Raphael Durand studied at the University of Lyon and now runs a smithy in Thiers. He transposes traditional designs into modern concepts, such as the classic Navajas from the Mediterranean region. The result is extraordinary classic knives with modern materials and mechanisms.

For more than 30 years Cemal Altunkaynak has been making high quality knives by hand in our manufactory and is now responsible for large parts of the production. The experienced knifemaker gives unique insights behind the scenes of Boker, explains his complex work and talks about his career and life.

In cooperation with the Forest Association Bergisches Land, which is committed to the sustainable management of the local forests here in Solingen, we plant a Boker tree with every order we receive until the end of 2020. After all, planting trees is one of the most important steps in limiting the rise in temperature on our planet and protecting the habitat of all animals and humans.

In the case of Savills Barbers, there is so much to write about the place and person that we hardly know where to start. Let‘s start with Sheffield, a city that is known to have been shaped by steel like Solingen. Inevitably, the backdrop of old brick walls and founding villas reminds us of the BBC‘s gangster epic „Peaky Blinders“.

Als einziger Lizenznehmer des Namens Kalashnikov für Messer weltweit produziert die Böker Manufaktur seit 2003 die Messer unter dem Namen des Generals Mikhail Timofejevitch Kalashnikov. Die Partnerschaft wurde 2001 durch Besuche des Geschäftsführers Carsten Felix-Dalichow bei der Familie in Moskau und direkt bei Mikhail T. Kalashnikov in Ischewsk aufgebaut und besiegelt.

The designs of the Israeli knife designer Boris Manasherov are always highly practical and adapted to the requirements of modern utility knives.

Emmanuel Renaud is the man behind the well-known „Mister Kut ter“ barber shops. The Frenchman from the Loire valley began his career as a professional men‘s hairstylist in 1991. Today, he owns four barber shops with 16 employees and is about to open the „Kutter School Academy“.