Thread: Got lucky

@kck5150
I think you should go at it with some 0000 steel wool and WD-40 and then the steel wool with polish and then just polish. You will be amazed as to how fast it cleans up a blade.
Henckels is a really old company and I think the were the leader and not the follower ;-)

The back and spine need a bit more oomph. It is a good one though. I love solingens with a hint of smile.

Originally Posted by RezDog

@kck5150
I think you should go at it with some 0000 steel wool and WD-40 and then the steel wool with polish and then just polish. You will be amazed as to how fast it cleans up a blade.
Henckels is a really old company and I think the were the leader and not the follower ;-)

They're are up there. My personal solingen #1 is tuckmar with dorko a close 2 probably ERN and then henckels after that. Boker or bohler round out the top 5.

Henckels steel has a really favorable smoothness to it.

This one arrived today and it's 11/16 which is good because i will hone out about 1/32 or less for a very small crack. It was not viable in the photos and i doubt if the seller noticed. I have honed all but a speck of it out with 400 naniwa and will switch to the 800 to set the bevel and then 1K to finish setting the bevel. after that i will go with the rest of the naniwas i have and finish on the 20K suehiro . i plan on shaving with it tonight. wish me luck.

Henckels usually don't throw nasty surprises so it should be easy going

Originally Posted by rhensley

This one arrived today and it's 11/16 which is good because i will hone out about 1/32 or less for a very small crack. It was not viable in the photos and i doubt if the seller noticed. I have honed all but a speck of it out with 400 naniwa and will switch to the 800 to set the bevel and then 1K to finish setting the bevel. after that i will go with the rest of the naniwas i have and finish on the 20K suehiro . i plan on shaving with it tonight. wish me luck.

Roger I don't think you need luck, you have skill which is so much more predictable. I think you've got this one!

I did get it honed and i used it and the wadsworth i got yesterday. The wadsworth shaved pretty good. The Henckel well it is a Henckel and that says it all. I have noticed lately that the smaller razors do better when i shave every day. Normally i go 2-3 days between shaves and the 6/8 and up shave great but when i shave every day the 4/8 and 5/8 do good. just the difference in weight.