Thread: grandfathers henckels

Ive been living with my grandmother for over a month now while i waiting for my house to be done. Should be done next week. There are boxes of stuff in the closets that belonged to my grandfather. My Winchester and Clauss razor were both his and my Shaving mug was his fathers. I found another one today. This one had quit a bit of hone wear but is sharpe. Ill be stropping it and using it tonight. The odd thing is ive noticed what look like machining marks half way up the blade on all three of these razors. Hopefully i can butt hem out.

Side One -Gloria
Side Two -Henckels twin works. Solingen Germany

Can you post a clearer pic of the machining? I am curious.

I've known men who filed a number of marks, 3 notches for example, in their tools to ID them when working on a job where more than one of the workers had the same brand tools. Could it be your grandfather marked those deliberately ? If that was the case I would leave them as is.

A lot of older razors were not buffed and polished to a mirror finish like the newer ones and a lot of times there will be grinding scratches left in the metal.

Best pics i could get. I think i may need to make a light box.


My thumb is showing the edge of the marks im talking about. The winchester shows them the best as its messed up the blueing. I shaved with the razor tonight and it did a decent job. A few more laps on the ol strop and it will be good to go. I love these small razors. I need to figure away to buff these scratches out. The winchester will be hard because the marks are so close to the gold on the blade. Not to mention the blueing is gone.

I would leave them and enjoy it as a family heirloom rather than ruin it trying to improve it. Send it out and have a professional edge on it and enjoy it.

I cannot see anything clearly from the photos. I have the impression there is some flattening of the spine from a lot of honing or excessive pressure on the pic you noted with your thumb. If that is what you are referring to there is no fix for that.