Thread: Knock-off's

Originally Posted by tavli

So then lets clear the air and have a competition. What would you have against this? If you are so sure there are no fakes I would be proved wrong and we would all have a bit of fun. It would be interesting to see the entries for fake razors posted. The normal razor threads can get quite boring?? Lets do this properly with independent judges and see what happens?

I have nothing against a competition, other than that I don't think that can happen on the forum unless it's forum sponsored. I just don't see why a competition is necessary. Is some incentive to share information really needed? Who cares about entries? If anyone has even one fake razor and some method of showing it's a fake, let's see it.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I have nothing against a competition, other than that I don't think that can happen on the forum unless it's forum sponsored. I just don't see why a competition is necessary. Is some incentive to share information really needed? Who cares about entries? If anyone has even one fake razor and some method of showing it's a fake, let's see it.

Ebay item 180615524358. You may want to take a look at this again on Ebay. Look carefully at the tang stamp and the stamp on the scales.

Originally Posted by tavli

Ebay item 180615524358. You may want to take a look at this again on Ebay. Look carefully at the tang stamp and the stamp on the scales.

My bet would be that is a genuine Henckels. I just did a google images search for "Henckels logo" and they did sometimes use a single "twin" rather than the usual two. To me that razor looks like the real McCoy. YMMV.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

My bet would be that is a genuine Henckels. I just did a google images search for "Henckels logo" and they did sometimes use a single "twin" rather than the usual two. To me that razor looks like the real McCoy. YMMV.

Thanks for the info. Can you let us have the Google link?

Originally Posted by tavli

Thanks for the info. Can you let us have the Google link?

Sure, here it is.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

My bet would be that is a genuine Henckels. I just did a google images search for "Henckels logo" and they did sometimes use a single "twin" rather than the usual two. To me that razor looks like the real McCoy. YMMV.

My kitchen knives are Henckels, and they are all single dancing men. As I understand it, the doubles were stamped from the "Zwillingswerk" (TwinWorks) kind of like a Wostenholm from the Liberty Works or the Washington Works, etc.

QUick googling..
= ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS - The premium brand
= J.A. HENCKELS INTERNATIONAL - The value-for-money brand



ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS AG

Thanks. This has already been commented on on the 4 Oct thread. Do you really think this single man looks the same as that on the scales of the razor sold on Ebay? Also see the same 4 Oct thread. The single man has only been used for lower quality Henckels RECENT (not WW2) production in Spain and China for knives.

Man, This is gettin crazy! Gotta unsubscribe from this! !

Tavli I think that you should stop resting on the WW2 backstory, it very well could be BS the fact is not what the backstory of the razor is rather if it is authentic or not. I could post a razor on ebay that is a Genco Pyramid and say that it was from Teddy Rosevelts personal collection, that would be a lie but the razor is authentic. The only way to prove that it is real or fake is for it to be examined and if no one has one and no one will by one then there is no way to tell what it is. Like JimmyHAD said the other razors that he sells look like one offs and a counterfiter will not likely make a number of one offs but rather a larger number of one razor to sell. So if you want to make sure it is a fake buy one and send it to Glen and let him get it on a hone. Otherwise leave it alone and let those who are looking at that razor make their own decisions the information for both sides is here so let them make their own. Sorry if I step on toes but that's just my 2 cents.