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Boker Magnum - Pakkawood - 3.63" Blade - 420 - Brown Pakka Wood Handle - 01SC002

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Product Description

Magnum Pakkawood

The Boker Pakkawood is a classic pocket knife with elegantly decorated bolsters. The handles are made of Pakka wood, the blade is made of 420. The blade is opened by nail nick.

  •  Pocket Knife
  •  Asia
  •  8,63 in
  •  3,63 in
  •  6,00 oz
  •  420
  •  Pakka Wood
  •  Nail Nick
  •  Manual
  •  Backlock
  •  Brown
  •  Uncoated
  •  01SC002

420

The American 420 is a simple entry-level quality below 440A. The quality depends on the proper heat treatment. With a few exceptions, this type of steel is rarely used these days.

Pakka Wood

Pakkawood is the name of impregnated wood veneers used in knife production to make handle scales.

Veneer is a wood product consisting of an inexpensive wooden core covered with thin layers off a high quality wood that make it more precious. The layers used as a finish are between 0.3 and 6 mm thick. They are cut from the lumber by peeling (peeled veneer), sawing (sawed veneer) or slicing (sliced veneer). The term veneer comes from the French verb "fournier" meaning "to furnish" and was first used in English as "fineer". The method itself originated in the 14th century BCE. It was developed in Egypt, a country with a dry climate, where trees were scarce and fine hardwood and lumber were not available in sufficient quantities. Unlike conventional veneer, Pakkawood is an umbrella term for wood veneers consisting of several layers of high-quality hardwood. The layers are pressed, impregnated, sanded and polished. In a very high-pressure environment and with the application of heat, a new wood product is created that has a striking pattern and coloring, which may vary depending on the composition of the veneer layers.

Pakkawood is impregnated with an epoxy resin which makes it highly water- and weatherproof. At the end of the production process, Pakkawood is ground and polished to achieve a silky sheen. Pakkawood is a very strong and durable material that keeps its shape and remains colorfast. Since the finished product consists of natural wood but is considered a synthetic product in its composition, there is no generalized information about its color and pattern, since these aspects always depend on the components used to create Pakkawood and the elements of the production process.

Thanks to its special properties, Pakkawood is a popular material for handle scales, highly adaptable to any design requirements. Handles made from this material are available in many colors and shapes.

Backlock

Backlock (or: Lockback or Back-Lock) is the mechanism in certain lockable pocketknives.

The handle of a Lockback knife contains a mechanism that allows the blade to be locked in place and then unlocked again. The blade of a Lockback knife also has a small notch on the end of the tang. The mechanism hidden in the handle of a Lockback knife consists of a rocker and a spring. The rocker is a long and slim piece of metal running from the front end of the handle almost all the way to the back end. The front end of the rocker close to the blade ends in a hook.

When the blade is open, the hook is lodged in the notch on the tang and locks it. The back end of the rocker is not fully covered by the handle. A small part of it on the back of the handle is left open to allow operation. A small spring, usually not visible from the outside, is located underneath the rocker. When it is triggered, it pushes the rocker back into its original position. The Lockback mechanism works as follows: When the blade is open, the hook slides into the notch on the blade tang and locks it.

When the exposed part of the rocker at the end of the handle is pressed, the hook is lifted out of the notch, releasing the lock so that the blade can be closed. When the knife is opened again, the rocker hook locks it automatically until it is released.