Thread: Information on a Henckels?

Hi Guys,

Just won an auction for a vintage Henckels Friodur and have a question. The information listed the stamping on the tang as 17 1/2. I interpreted this to mean 17 1/2 mm or somewhere close to 11/16 blade width which would be perfect for what I was looking for. Is that what the 17 1/2 signifies?

Fingers crossed, its a nice looking razor in the pics.

Thanks,

Dave.

Interesting.
There seems to be a veritable lack of definative data on this. I recieved the razor today, beautiful vintage 7/8 Friodur. For a factory offering these things are finished exceptionally well. The 17 1/2 stamped on the tail seems to designate something other than blade width. Another auction is listing something closer to a 5/8 Friodur having a 50 stamped on the tail.
what the hay?

Frisearch continues.

Those are just model marks, DOVO's have them too. Dovo 6/8 Special full hollow is No. 300, i think...

Nenad

Thank you for the information Nenad. I hadnt even considered that.
I honed it up today, unbelievably accurate blade geometry. The hone line is the same width along the entire edge of the blade on both sides. Nice.

Dave

Friodurs are good stuff for sure. One of mine is marked the same way, never quite understood the 72 1/2 marking. I have other Henckels which have model numbers (like the one listed above) but this is the only one including a fraction.
Interesting.
John P.

I too, have Henckels with a similar mark. Mine has 50 1/2 stamped perpendicular to the manufacturer name stamp. Never have understood what it menat.