A nice little Henckels

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I just got back from a short vacation, and there was no way I was comming back empty handed:D:thumbup:.

I got this knife for a very justifiable price at a local pawnshop. I was totally stoked that out of all the older jackknives there, this one was in the best condition. :)

Now, it can live in a coconut next to the sea. :)

Enjoy the pictures.

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A little size comparison here. (Case Peanut)
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A great example of "efficient use of space."
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No serious gaps except for the one above the center-pin between the spring and liner. It corrects itself before reaching the pivot pin. I can only guess how this happened.:confused:
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Overall I am very impressed. It is my first Henckels pocketknife.

I do have a couple questions:

1) what is the best name to describe this small pattern?

2) I am interested in its manufacturing history. My guess is that it probably isn't an authentic Henckels, but rather made by Boker or something?

Comments and/or pictures are welcome!

Thanks for viewing everyone!


-Max

P.S. Did I mention that these blades cut like lasers? They have a very thin edge geometry and full flat grinds. Good job Henckels!
 
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Cool little knife Max. Looks good. I've thought about getting one of those. :)
-Bruce
 
Thanks, bruce.

It is so slim that Im afraid it might spontaneously slip away into thin air, without notice! It must be a magicians knife:D. It is almost anorexic when compared to the Peanut. -Yet, it is still thick enough that it can be armed with two of the most ferocious cutters a knife of its size could wield. -Two wickedly ground pen and clip blades. With these aggressively thin edges, it is hard to be disappointed with cutting performance. I have been told that the blades glow with a light blue color when trouts are near as well.:eek::D (JK)

It is going to be hard to keep it out of a pocket.

If you can get one, it is definitely a contender.
 
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It is a pen knife and I would beleive you hit the nail on the head with Boker as the manufacturer. Nice little gentlemans knife you have there.
 
This looks like your knife:

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The scan is from a 1951 catalog. I briefly looked in a 1930s catalog but did not find this same exact pattern. Generally speaking, Henckels seemed to stick with the same pattern numbers, so it might be older than 1950s.

Henckels had to rebuild its factory after WWII and was only able to offer a limited number of patterns compared to what it used to do.

The fact that it's stamped on both blades is also a good indication that Henckels made it prior to shutting down the pocket knife operation around 1960.
 
Thanks for the comments guys.:D

Mike, thanks for finding this information too. :thumbup::)

Old knife catalogs are awesome.

The knife in your catalogue page definitely looks similar to mine.

My knife has a little more belly in it than the one in your picture. The catalog knife has a more acute tip. It is possible that mine has more belly because of the previous owner(s) actions. It has been sharpened and scuffed, maybe even abused. Part of the tip looks like it was broken and then sharpened down to this configuration. -I cant be sure though. Either way, I am not sure if such a small difference would help ID the knife.

It would be cool to know if this knife was 50+ years old.:eek:
 
You're welcome. :thumbup:

With the way those blades fit when closed, you should be able to tell if the tip of the main blade is a little short. I can't tell by looking at your photo.

Here are the other knives on that page:

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