Unlike many barber stores in big cities and in the metropolises of Europe, the barbershop and hairdresser for men from the Rhine-Main area is located in the idyllic Mainz district of Hechtsheim. Sufficient parking spaces in front of and behind the house are here even during opening hours in the tightly scheduled barber everyday life no exception, but a matter of course.

150 years of knives from Boker! This is definitely a very good reason to celebrate. And of course we want all our customers and fans to share in this memorable anniversary. Therefore, we present here a very extraordinary series with unique models.

Brad Zinker is a knifemaker from Florida and a member of the traditional American Knifemakers Guild. Most of his designs are filigree, his preference for narrow blades and reduced handles is easy to recognize. The weight of his designs therefore always plays an important role, the extraordinary knives should never burden or hinder their wearers.

Despite all industrial progress since the foundation of the Boker Manufactory in 1869, some historic production methods are still used for making a Boker straight razor. We definitely preserved the passion, experience and perfection in choosing our materials and executing each of the production steps we would like to explain to you here.

Along with the established Boker Barberettes with a plastic blade receptacle that we already offer, many barbers have been asking for a straight razor knife with a stainless steel receptacle.

The Boker Barberette stylishly unifies the benefits of a forged straight razor with those of a safety razor. The handling is comparable to that of a straight razor, but there is no need to clean and strop it, since the replaceable razors can simply be changed.

The six-piece Boker Camp Knife has been handmade in our Solingen manufactory since 1869. The concept, which has been copied many times throughout history, combines numerous useful tools in a high-quality pocket knife. It has been in production longer than any other multifunctional knife from Boker.

At first glance, the wide variety of lengths, widths and shapes of kitchen knife blades might seem a little confusing. Since all knives are ultimately made for cutting, they are distinguished by their specific intended purpose. The advantages of the different shapes for different applications are fairly clear and easy to understand.

Lucas Burnley from Massachusetts is a full-time knifemaker and designer. His unmistakable knives combine clear, modern lines with tactical ones. His designs are playful and refined at the same time and often contain subtle neo-Japanese elements. It is particularly important to him that his knives are both useful and aesthetic.

Shaving with a forged blade is the supreme discipline in beard care, but newcomers in particular shy away from shaving. Shaving with a forged blade, however, is easy to learn and this article explains the 5 most important steps to follow.

In almost every product text there are knife specific technical terms which are not necessarily known
to the non-specialist. For this reason we have compiled a small guide here.

The battleship of the German Navy, which sank off the Norwegian coast in 1944, served not only as eponym but also as parts supplier for the legendary Boker model Tirpitz-Damascus.