Thread: Weekend discoveries

Originally Posted by jmabuse

What's that shoulderless one with the barber's notch at the bottom? Can't see on my phone...

I'm guessing that would be the white whale RezDog was speaking of - Henckels 66

Nice 66! Great old Henckels grind. Might be the wrong box....Graef and Schmidt was in New York.
They were the sole US distributor for Henckels for a while, so they may have sold to other dealers, I think.
I have several Henckels Boxes with their name made on them.

Oh WAIT! It seems your's does as well?

I have not figured out which was what, but there are two models, a 5/8 and a 7/8

This one is right at 6/8 with very minimal hone wear, almost no hone wear.

Congrats G. Nice scores.
Should clean up a treat and then some.

The 66 is an enigma. Blows away most stuff, IMO.

I have a later 66 which looks nothing like it. Still a fine shaver.



Or is it a 99?

Lessee.....66 Henckels....
They all look different!



They all ARE different!

So much for that numbering system?

In amongst my horribly organized and poorly labeled computer files I have ads from Henckels showing two different 66 razors. Both are notch point, shoulderless, hollow ground razors, one is specified as a 5/8 and the other a 7/8. Apparently they also made a 6/8 the same style, and obviously from Toms pictures we see two more styles of 66 razors. Thing just keep getting curiouser and curiouser

Only thing I can think of is a 6 inch stone was used at 2 different places as grinding the razor.
Or whatever measurements they used.

Depending on how the stone was applied and where.
Made me think of the myriad of Henckels numbers.
Is a #50 a single-ground on a 5 inch stone?
A 415 on a 4 inch and a 15 inch?
472 would have to be a 4 a 7 and a 2.
Triple-ground........

I am verclempt....Talk amongst yourselves....

I can't help but think they were not just random numbers, someone must have put some thought into labelling production models. How they were ground could very well be part of the logic. Likely there was more than one overhaul of the system too. They did make razors for over 250 years.