Due to illness  I'm not making any more Boley knives for the time being. Sorry for the shut down but I will resume at a later time.

Boley knives are at a temporary standstill due to illness in the family

I'm now offering my own versions of "HANDMADE KNIVES" and I have branded them " BOLEY " knives. If you aren't completely satisified with one of my knives and decide after receiving it, that it falls short of your expectations, email me within 5 days of receipt and you may return it for full refund  (provided it is returned in original and unused condition, Less my shipping cost).  After spending many hours of tutelage with my good friend and PKA  member, Joe Wheeler of Shawnee, OK,  I built myself a small shop where I design and shape my blades on a conventional milling machine, hand file work,[ Here ] then hand finish with 120-220-320-400 grit sandpaper, before sending them out for heat treating. The bar stock is 440c stainless and after shaping the blades , they are heat treated to about 56-57 Rockwell. Hand rubbed again with 400grit before installing guards and butt caps-rough polish, then install handles and shape them. final polishing is done with a buffer and finer grits working up to white rouge for final polish. I haven't achieved that " pristine mirror finish " yet , but they do look nice. The sheaths are all hand made from "thick bull hide " for each knife. At present, I only have two styles (hunting and drop point. I use different types of material for handles and make different styles of guards, bolsters, and butt caps. All are silver soldered, pinned, epoxied to knife .

Four variations of "Boley"  

Cocobolo-Ebony-California Buckeye-Burl wood and Composite hand made general purpose hunting knife. blade designed to handle large or small game. 9 1/8 " ⁺  overall length and just under 1 1/4"wide, 1/8 " + thick blade.  440c stainless full length blade, blade edge milled with "hollow grind effect", rope pattern filing,[ HERE ] [ HERE ] [ HERE ] [ HERE ] [ HERE ] [ HERE ] 4-stage hand finish process, before heat treating to 56-57 R, 2-stages  hand finished and then polished on buffing wheel. Ebony with no guard has brass bolster and but cap. Others have N/S guard and pommel. Fiber spacers, mosaic pins and 2-ton epoxy . Nice hefty feel, but easy to control. Different colored sheaths are extra thick, one piece design. Oiled and hand sewn.  These particular knives have been sold @ $150- $160 each

The preceeding 7 pictures show some examples of the different knives I've been selling. First picture left to right show Stag, Buffalo horn, Cocobolo, California Buckeye, Bocote, Cocobolo, Honey bone, Monkey Pod, Buffalo horn, Ebony, Ebony, Blackash Burl. I'm in the process of doing a drop point in white Corian with Turquois spacers. None of these particular knives are for sale and are merely shown as examples of my work.

Four Variations of " Boley" drop point

These are " Boley" drop points done in Ebony-Cocobolo-Buffalo horn- and Honey bone. 440c stainless heat treated to 56-57 R . Overall length is 7" x 1" x .125-.150 .  Each comes with hand made sheath. Right now the pricing  for this style starts @  $90 each.

"Boley" drop point. [Here] All around utility knife with a spear point blade. 1/8 x1 x 7" 440C heat treated to 56-57. N/S finger guard, mosaic pins, cocobolo handles with lanyard hole. Hand sewn horizontal carry leather sheath. This one is sold

     "Boley" With Blackash Burl and malachite spacers.  Price --$100 Sold this one to a man in UTAH

  Here is a couple of little skinners I made for my grandsons . Handles are "bocote". One knife has n/s bolster-finger guard and the other has brass. 4 1/2" blade and overall length is 8 1/2"

U13-Utility spear point with "corian" handles and turquoise and black fiber spacers. Blade is approx. .140 thick X 1" X 7" oal.  440c heat treated 56-58. N/S guard, mosaic pins, 1/4" lanyard hole. Spine and guard are filed. Hand made horazontal carry sheath with basket weave tooling. Sheath is pretty thin leather and looks a little cheap but I intend to get some heavier leather and will make a different sheath if you prefer. The sheath at present comes free , but will make another one for an "additional $8.00. As is price for knife and sheath is $ 75 plus shipping. sold

Genuine mother of pearl. Picture doesn't show  the pearl highlights very well. 440C -56-58 ROC spear point utility. file work, N/S guard three mosaic pins and lanyard hole lined with brass. 7 1/2 " OAL Very nice knife with hand made sheath (not pictured).  sold

Boot knife  7 3/4" OAL, 440c , 56-58 Rockwell, honey bone scales-mosaic handle pins- N/S bolsters, full tang has been filed, boot clip sheath. price-------sold

White tail handle skinner. 8 1/2" over all length. 440C turquoise and buffalo horn spacers.  Sold

   Elk and nickel silver bolsters. Made this one for a stripper guide on the Illinois River. sold

Price $190 -----   sold

Price  $85-----  sold

sold 4-20-03

Hunter/skinner. 440c stainless, 56-58 R Stag with buffalo horn, black ash burl, N/S and white-red-black fiber spacers. N/S guard and 1/4" N/S filed butt cap. 10 3/8 OAL , blade is 1/8 x1 1/4x 6" long. Extra thick, hand made sheath.   (sold)  

Hunter/skinner. 440c (56-58R) Stag with amber, NS, malachite, and fiber spacers. NS guard and butt cap. OAL 10 1/2" blade is 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 6". Extra thick hand made sheath. (sold)

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