Thread: Unusual(?) Henckels eBay snag

Picked up my very first Henckels razor off eBay, I'm pretty stoked. I love Henckels knives. At first I thought I overpaid for the condition it was in, but I was very happy with how it cleaned up with a Dremel, downright flashy even. I'm trying to hone it now. It had a fair amount of tarnish and rust and pitting I removed, but appears to have seen little original use in it's day, to me anyway.

It's 6/8ths and is about a half-hollow grind. I love old thick British razors but wanted to try a Henckels, and I jumped on this one because of the pseudo-frameback style with the French point and "humped" tang - kind of a British/German hybrid. I haven't seen a Henckels like it before. The scales are black celluloid, and it's marked on the tang with a model number of 80, which I wasn't able to find in the Henckels catalog in the SRP Library. I'm new, so this style may really be a pretty common Henckels offering.

Anybody know the approximate year of manufacture, or other info? Thanks, here's a pic:





Here's the original pre-restore eBay listing pic with a mis-matched box:

I can't give you an answer but I had to comment; very very nice score! I bet that will make a great shaver.

Chris L

I am not sure of age but I have never seen a Henckels like that. Definitely a very good score, even probably for what you paid (although I don't know how much that is). Anyway, it is very unusual to see any German blade like that, congrats!

No idea how old it is but I bet is from the 1930s. I don't know why that is just my intuition. I've never seen a Henckles with a shoulderless grind. That is a very cool razor and a nice job of cleaning it up. Congrats.

Thanks for the replies guys. I actually paid $34 off eBay. I'm not sure if it's considered bad form here to mention price paid. It wasn't a steal, but after cleaning it up, I definitely feel it was worth what I paid.

I spent the better part of a day trying to hone it, and the end result shave was pretty sub-par. I'm sure this is directly traceable to my inexperienced honing skills rather than the razor itself. This razor just looks like it wants to shave extremely well, if I can get it there. Very streamlined and rigid construction.

Jimmy, I could definitely believe it's from the '20s or '30s. Even though the features are mostly pre-1900 type, there's something very streamlined modern-looking about the razor, sort of deco. Almost like the old features are an old-timey tribute or reissue for sentimental types (like me ).

If it wasn't a steal when you bought it, it's certainly a steal now!

I love those shoulderless grinds and French points. Some of my best shavers...yadda, yadda, yadda.

British/German hybrid...hmm. Sounds like the Royal family.

GREAT looking score. I'm jealous.

Jordan

Man that is beautiful. Please make sure and post that in the Clan of the Dancing Twins.

Are those rubber scales?

BTW, if you have not seen it yet, there is an old Henckel's catalog on pdf in the help files.

I've got a couple that look like that but one is a 4/8 and the other is a 5/8, so I guess you just found their big brother. Shame on you for breaking up the family. You should mail it to me immediately!

Mine are both extraordinary shavers--among my sharpest.

Originally Posted by jnich67

If it wasn't a steal when you bought it, it's certainly a steal now!

I love those shoulderless grinds and French points. Some of my best shavers...yadda, yadda, yadda.

British/German hybrid...hmm. Sounds like the Royal family.

GREAT looking score. I'm jealous.

Jordan

Yeah I love shoulderless grinds and French points too!
Very cool score.

Sean