Thread: Henckels 244

It's an oldie and a goodie. I would go turn of century or thereabouts.........Such a lovely blade. Nice find.

Originally Posted by cwomg

I'm not sure in quite ready to re-pin natural material scales just yet thanks all!!

-Mickey

I get it. I have this infamous lack of fear of things I should be terrified of and I would be a little nervous about taking apart an ivory scaled razor. It's important to know your limits. You might do just fine but boy that would really suck wet dog fur to mess up those nice scales. I think I might consider hiring somebody to do that one if I didn't feel comfortable doing it.

I would be looking for a back scale!

Originally Posted by jfk742

I’m glad someone here got that, it’s in really awesome shape, my guess is bone, given how thick it is and the washers on the pins.

The OP did the hot pin test in post #15 and found the result to indicate ivory. Just goes to show how hard it can be to determine if scales are ivory or not from a photo. Normally scale thickness and washers on the pins would point to some other scale material but not always as there were makers who used pins with washers and slightly thicker scales on their ivory scales. It may have been that was the practice for Solingen makers. It is always fun to try visually guess the type of material though.

Bob

Wow another great catch cwomg! You have a good eye and a knack for finding them. Keep doing what you are doing! Any new stones?

Thanks Toroblanco! As a matter of fact I just received a stone from Peter at Thuringianhones.de today! opened it up about 15 minutes ago. Also a few months ago I picked up an Ozuku JNAT from Alex up in Napa - it was super cool to get to visit him in person, he has a shop chocked full of drool-worthy stuff that I'm not even educated enough to properly appreciate!

Nice cwomg! Alex G's hone shed is full of wonder and delight! Lol! I was in awe the whole time I was in there. He was pulling stones from every nook and cranny. Very good host and a pleasure to deal with.

Peter too! You are on a roll buddy! Those two are tops in there field in my book.