Thread: The Henckels Logo change

Hmmm...

There is no stamp on the back side of the tang.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Here's mine I had to have it cause I like the uniqueness of it. The only child if you will Har!!!

Is there any kind of stamp on the back of the tang on yours, Tarkus?

Whatever they say... I will still view it as a collectable.

No, but then the back side of all of my Henckels are blank. Friodur's are back side stamped with the JA Henckel's Solingen Zwillingswerk

Originally Posted by howdydave

Out of curiosity...
Doesn't Henckels manufacture straight razors anymore?

I asked Henckels a while ago and they informed me that they no longer produce straight razors.


Regarding the lonesome twin, the few razors I saw were not top of the range, which led me to believe that it was the Henckels second tier product line.


B.



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Originally Posted by howdydave

I found the razor that I was talking about and bought it.

It is a: Henckels 10072 1/2 Solingen Straight Razor; Shave Ready.

Based on what was said on this thread, I got it for it's apparently unique logo.

I wonder if the "1/2" means "half of the twins"?

see: Henckels 10072 1 2 Solingen Straight Razor Shave Ready | eBay

I don't know how long this page will stay on e-bay, so photos to follow...

BTW: I have contacted J.A. Henckels in an attempt to find out when this product was manufactured.

Well from the official correspondence that Razor Talkin received in that thread that Martin linked to it is apparent that the logo is genuine, and relatively rare for straight razors. Here is a photo from the ebay auction you won Dave ;

I bet it'll be good shaver.

The ½ after the model number is commonly associated with round points.

I avoid Henckels five digit model numbers; similarly to what I wrote earlier in this thread about my explanation of the lonesome twin, I found that these razors are not on the same level as other Henckels.

As far as Henckels goes, I used to look more for the stainless steel Friodurs.

Towards the end of their straight razor era, Henckels quality appears to have started slipping - possibly due to shrinking demand that made Henckels loose interest - and I once bought a late NOS Henckels in Europe that took mulitple attempts to get it up to a similar standard as my other 20-odd Friodurs.


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I have seen them but not very often. I saw this one but I passed on it. I'm glad one of our guys got it.

I'd like to see a Henckles catalog showing the prices of their razors with the twins logo, and the illing logo. Just to see if there is a price difference. Obviously the Friodur was the top of their line with the stainless special cryogenic processed blade, and the fancier inlaid scales. Comparing Friodur with the high carbon is like comparing a VW to a Porsche. I can't imagine that the single figure logo denotes a 'second' or inferior blade. It doesn't make sense to me that they would produce something inferior with the Henckles name on it. YMMV.