Thread: Help Me Evaluate this Henckels

wouldn't get it... you can find these in good shape for very little if you look long enough.

as far as your specific questions for evaluation:
you will probably pay a bit more to get this one honed b/c of the chip.. but this depends on the honemeister.
The honewear looks ok, but the blade has some nasty scratches near the toe... I say red light

Not worth it imo. Too much cleaning up and honing required. Knock off $20 and I'd think about it. But the blade is rather small looking.

That nick is a deal killer. Without the nick I would pay max $10 shipped.

If you're partial to henckels and love the way they shave, might be worth it to you. Not to me though.

Talk then down to $20, when they know that you're actually going to use it are not just a collector, their mind changes a little bit.

This would be a good piece to learn to hone on if you're interested in learning.

How about we assume I bargain it down to say.... $25? Still not worth it? I guess not cus of the 20$ hone I'd be paying for.

Originally Posted by khaos

How about we assume I bargain it down to say.... $25? Still not worth it? I guess not cus of the 20$ hone I'd be paying for.

Definitely do not buy it if you can't hone out the chip yourself. Its not a $20 fix. All honemeisters will charge you extra for that chip. And for good reason. Chips take a lot of time, add another $10-20 to that $20 honing charge and thats about what it'll cost to get it shave ready. That does not even take into account the polishing and cleaning the blade will require. $45 may get it restored by a semi professional. So your looking at minimum $65 razor just to get it shave ready.

I concur. If you can get it for $10 or $15 it might be worth buying and putting away until you have the skills to fix it yourself, but at $45 I wouldn't touch it with a flamethrower.

Goshawk