I’ve seen it in several knife magazines and it always attracts
my attention: the green-handled Boker Nano.
It took a little work, but I got one.
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| The Nano comes in a nice foamed line box. |
Specs?
It’s a sub 2-inch curved blade made from 440C steel. The blade locks open utilizing a frame
lock. The green handle is one of those almost
indestructible engineering plastics, Zytel.
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| The elongated opening slot lets your thumb find the right place for leverage. |
The clip is removable and reversible for tip up or down. The knife is set up for right hand
carry.
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| The back side of the Boker Nano. The clip can be changed with two screws. |
The overall open length is 4.75
inches which gives you a relatively large handle for griping. It’s a compromise between size and usefulness,
but I think even with my larger hands I can get a good grip on it.
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| Normal grip felt comfortable. |
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| Choking up on the Boker gave a solid feel! |
It takes a little practice to open one-handed, but not so
much you give up. Spend a half hour in
front of TV driving your spouse crazy opening and closing the knife and you’ll
have it. Spend two hours and you could
be in divorce court. But you knew that
already.
It weighs in at 2.9 ounces, mostly from the heavy steel
blade. You could take the clip off and
save a little weight, but I like knowing my knife stays where I put it.
I think these knives are under-appreciated and give you good quality and value for your dollar or Deutsche Mark.
