Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
I guess the bigger question Joe is where/who provided the entire re-grind story?????? I only know of one source of this story, and I will just say that source was easily convinced of other stories too.. Whether this re-grind story is true and how we know that, is really my question? ...
As with most of the straight razor information we work with what we have available and what we can deduce from there. It's been so long since I read about the Henckels regrinds I really can't remember where I read it but I do know it didn't come from Henckels. The other part, which we can deduce is that I have not seen any vintage Henckels with Spanish points or spines worked as the '2nd generation' razors display. Take that, the flawless finish on gen 2 razors as well as the shank issues, it is not hard to believe that these razors have been finished off after they were discontinued. Now that I am thinking about it some more I believe one of the last German craftsman that ground razors in the day was rumored to have these blanks on hand and finished them off himself. They may have been done by Mr. Wacker himself, but that is just a guess of what I may remember from the original story. Anyone that remembers a few yrs back when the gen 2 Henckels were a big topic on SRP please chime in. I guess I can do a search to see what I can come up with but I know for sure I don't have the time available to do that this week. I look forward to refreshing my memory on this topic if someone can assist.