Thread: Are Boker King Cutters back in production?

Originally Posted by cotdt

now that Boker is making straight razors again, are we going to see new production Henckel Friodurs?

Henckels restarted Friodur production several years ago. Actually I'm not sure they ever stopped, though they don't make the big 7/8 and 8/8 razors anymore. Obviously they dumped their old blanks in those sizes, but I'm not sure that they actually stopped production altogether. I've got one of their new Friodurs in 6/8, with the classic white Twins scales, and it shaves comparably to my vintage Friodurs. Nordstroms carried them as recently as 2005, though I got mine from KnifeCenter for quite a bit less.

One of several Henckels Friodurs

If you're curious the parent page for this is: Zwilling "Classic" line and shows several other straights.

Originally Posted by hults

mine is from knifecenter. i've always had a good experience with them.

the blade is a pretty hollow grind, but it's not quite that thin. It this makes sense, it seems more like a vintage hollow grind than the current production grinds on the TI's and Dovo's I have.

After you posted those pictures, I compared them to my approx. turn of the century King Cutter. Just eyeballing it, I'd say that the grinds match quite closely.

How is the fit and finish Hults? How does it shave? I just happened on the site and this thread.


Thanks,
Richard

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Spanish point is difficult to grind? What a bunch of baloney.

Buy an entry level Dovo, the quality is just as good then take your Dremel on a slow speed and grind in the Spanish point, just use plenty of water to keep the steel cool.

What do you use on the dremel? I would love to try this on a 1-2 of my antique store cheapies.