Thread: J.A. Henckels Zwillingswerk, 70 1/2, a re-re-storation

Helo there...

last week I decided to try and re-do my first restoration (J.A. Henckels Zwillingswerk, 70 1/2) and make it a bit better, firstly since I managed to get the right screws and make them work (which took me a bunch of nerves and time), and secondly I reduced the thickness of the doussie scales and padouk wedge (finished with 5-6 tung oil treatments), well have a look below





and here is the "face-lifted" version..










what do ya think..'

Much, much nicer!

Yay for wedgie wedges! Looks good. You should be proud of your advancing skills.

thanks, it does look better to me too, hoped it will look better to others as well

the wedge angle looks really good, as well as the centering of the blade. Should be proud of that one. Next you'll have to try your hand at peening!

Beautiful restore and in my favorite size.

, peening... Got brass wire 1,5 and 2 mm and SS washers from day one... got the hammer and made the spherical holes in the (polished part) of an anvil. I had some troubles but when I purchased a lighter hammer (3 oz I think) and with some reading here at SRP etc it went pretty well (for a noob) but I kind of like the screws more since you can (re)adjust the tightness of the pivot without peening (I like a bit tighter peening).. but will go down this road as well ..

Really nice, the real wedge looks great and functional! Great work!

Good job Miha. Nice pictures

Maciek.

glad someone else likes it but me (the work I mean)...

@Maciek: thanks, pics were actually made at 10 or 11 pm on the kitchen table with a table light since the camera was out (the belt was wet from the sweat from the shoot a few hours earlier and had to be dried .. didn't really felt like setting a setup for anything...