Thread: Trying to zero in on a mfg. date

Got a reply from Robert at Hinckels:

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JUL 11, 2016 | 09:58AM EDT
Robert replied:


Dear David Naess,

I have forwarded your e-mail and photos on to Henckels in Germany, where they will search to see if they can find any information on your knife. They will contact you when they have found the info. Please allow for at least several weeks for a reply.

Thank you,

Robert
Consumer Relations

ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS, LLC
270 Marble Avenue • Pleasantville, NY, 10570 • USA
Tel. 1-800-777-4308 • ZWILLINGUS.COM

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January 4, 2017 and I still have not heard back from Henckels...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post881406

Howdy manah!

Many thanks for the reference to the thread you listed.

Since the Illing on the scales of my razor is aligned like the picture posted and since the series number is 10072 1/2, I am leaning toward the opinion that I got an authentic Henckels for a great price. I feel perfectly content to go on thinking so until I get work from Henckels informing me otherwise.

I have updated my speculation as to the manufacturing date -- based on the information in the thread, a date of 1966 seems much more likely.