Thread: J A Henckels twin works

Hey all,

I found a J A Henckels twin works 401 razor on kijiji pretty cheap, Im going to look at it tomorrow, just wondering if these are good razors providing its in decent shape? also wondering how old one of these would be?

thanks

The short answer is yes, Henckels are, when in good condition, superb shavers.
I have a 401 myself, and find it to be great!
As to the age of it, I'm sure someone will chime in with some info on that as well

Yep, i have one in the rotation.

sweet, it will probably be the one i practice honing on where its only 20 bucks. if its in mint condition ill leave it alone though probably lol

They are a light razor with a lot of feed back. They take a edge and keep it. The only bad in them is they are very light. Good for a regular to light beard. If you are a wookie i wouldn't recommend it. They do look pretty cleaned up also.

Hey there,
J. A. Henckels made razors in around 1898 You can check out razor makers here http://www.archivingindustry.com/cut...lermarks-1.pdf
HF

Carl.

i'm sure it will be fine then. i dont plan on shaving any wookies with it, but ya never know lol. hopefully the razor is about that old, would be kind of cool shaving with something that was made before my grandparents were even born lol

Oh your razor is a little earlier than that ... not too earlier though but I know what you mean. Shaving with something your grandparents may have called antique is kind of cool.

yea i think i will definitely buy it. for 20 bucks, why not... unless it looks like complete garbage. i guess even if it is garbage, then at least i can use it to practice honing. 20 bucks for a learning experience doesn't sound too bad