Thread: J.A Henckels .. my first restore.. well it will be.

Originally Posted by mlangstr

This is what I got in the mail today....





This is what I'm planning to do:
-Take it apart
-clean the blade and sand it and polish it(dont know if I'll get it to a miror finish but I'll give it a go)
-not sure if I'm going to straighten out the smile.. its not realy an even smile and there is a chip on the point.
-find or make some new scales.. I like the G10 materials and the like but dont think that it will be easy to make scales out of them the first time..

It will probably take me a lot of time as I will only be working on it every once in a while..

Maarten

Maarten,

I have a Henckels #50 that is amongst my best shavers. I have not known a Henckels be a bad shaver.
I would concentrate one thing at a time. Sanding and getting that blade back to life. It should take a nice and shiny finish.

Personally I would not recommend using G10 as your first scaling job. It will take some experience to get it cut and sanded to perfection. G10 is even an PITA for me and many of the pros.

A smiling edge or not is a personal choice. If you plan on removing the smile be prepared for some butterknifing and getting the edge straight and honed again. You might be taking on more than you can handle so take it as it comes and don't rush.

Good luck!