One of Boker’s longest-running collaboration folders, the Exskelibur, has been graced with a new variation. It’s called the Modern Exskelibur, and it brings a new locking mechanism and a proprietary steel to this time-tested design.
Don’t let the word “Modern” lead you astray; even the original Boker Plus Exskelibur was a modern knife by any reasonable definition. It’s an elder statesman in Boker’s catalog, designed by Mike Skellern and Fred Burger, two veteran knife makers from South Africa – a country somewhat known for its cutlery craftsmen, as it were; you may have heard of a few others like Arno Bernard, Gareth Bull, and, of course, Chris Reeve.
The broad, handsome drop point, always a key element of the Exskelibur design, has been carried forward here, and it measures 3.43 inches. However, there is no front flipper on this variation, but a set of thumbstuds instead. The new deployment mechanism is paired with a new lock – well, new to this platform anyway, because Boker, like many other companies these days, has an Axis Lock-inspired crossbar lock, which they’ve implemented here on the Modern.
Also pretty “modern” is the steel, a recipe called BKR-10, which is formulated specifically for Boker. We’ve seen a handful of company-specific steels in recent times, and the Solingen-based company itself says that BKR-10 is comparable to VG-10 – a Japanese steel with a long history in pocket cutlery. Its most notable characteristic is its high corrosion resistance, but performance is solid across the board and it gets there without breaking the bank; similarly, even with BKR-10 the Modern Exskelibur is able to come in under $100.
When it will come in, however, remains TBD; Boker says “soon.”
Knife in Featured Image: Boker Plus Modern Exskelibur
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