J.A Henckels Twin Works 401 ~ revived

This one was a project I worked on for several months as it really needed lots of work.

The blade itself looked pretty sick. It also came with some cheap plastic yellow scales. So I spend truly lots of time in between my daily work and other projects completely cleaning up the blade. Had to remove lots of crap and went through the whole restoration process of sanding, grinding all the way to the polishing and buffing part.

Since I was looking for scales that would match the blade I spend weeks looking for the right scales which I finally found. I was looking for something that would closely match the cracked ice/marble look as some of the original Twin Works have.

I had some leftover bolsters (or whatever you call them) to put on the scales, a few of those old washers that I recuperate when removing older or destroyed scales.

Anyway, here's the final result. I'm pretty satisfied knowing this blade was close to R.I.P. The only few blemishes I decided to not completely remove are a few remaining residual stains around the colored symbols and lettering on the tang as I didn't want to loose the original red paint. The blade itself is pretty much immaculate with a mirror shine finish.

Specs

J.A. Henckels Twin Works 401
Grind: Full Hollow 5/8
Total weight: 1.3 oz
Total cutting edge: 2.6"
Scales: Acrylic
Wedge: Transparent Acrylic
Pins/Washers: Nickel silver

Impressiv work, you old workaholic :D

Very, very nice Max. Seems like you burned a lot of candles working on that one. It was well worth it from the looks of the finished razor.

Awesome !!!

I can't believe how you got the blade to clean up !?!?

Bolsters add a nice touch ;)

These posts are not helping me get my RAD under control!! :gaah:

Great work, as usual! :tu

I can appreciate the work that went into that Max. It's impeccable. Always love those Twins!

Very nice job bringing that one back from the dead!

Excellent job removing that rotten pitted section. Ever consider a career in dentistry?

Very impressive! The blade looks amazing.

Great job on the restoration, excellent.

And very nice picture, excellent quality and the dice gives depth.

Wow, amazing job Max! Your work is some of the best I've ever seen.

Oldblades has a challenge that you might just like to take up:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/320930-post1.html

Nice work by the way!

Always inspirational Max.
Even more so with the before pic.:bow

I know this is late, but I just started my first piece today (see WWII Henckels - opinions . . . ) and have been looking through the gallery. I must confess that you frigin nailed this with simplistic beauty. Man, I envision the owner of this piece to be driving a 1963 chevy corvette stingray convertable . . .

May I PM you for possible scales? I just cannot do them.

Thanks,

Alpsman

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Originally Posted by Alpsman

Man, I envision the owner of this piece to be driving a 1963 chevy corvette stingray convertable . . .

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Apsman,

how does a mazda miata sound? since I'm the owner (decided to keep this lovely in my rotation shaver) :roflmao

Great work! Great choice and Great keeper!!

These are killer shavers!!!!!!

:bow

Lynn

Wonderful work and I love the pic with the dice reflected
Tom

Man… the difference between what it was and what it is now is amazing.
As usual, nice restore Max...

If its a convertible, great! TOB is dead on, your photo shot setup with the dice is dynamite. I have a Henckles 4/8's coming from Italy (not a 401) and I cannot wait to shave with it.

Also, the smiley blade restoration is coming alone nicely but slowly. I have decided not to rush this. I want all tensy tiny pits and blemishes gone prior to stepping up to 220 and onward.

Thanks!

Alspman

Wow.
Looking at the quality of the finished razor ,makes me wish I hung onto my own example. i have never seen one as neet as this one.Paul