? about Henckels.

[wudnme]

there are several knives from a local seller on e??y. I was interested in buying a few since there is no shipping. They are listed as antique J.A.Henckels. There are a few whittlers I like, but I don't know squat about the older Henckels. I own one of their recent knives and it seems well made. Could anyone lend some insight on this brand?

Thanks,
Sean

 

[Mike Robuck]

Henckels quit making its own pocketknives in the early 1960s. The older ones, pre-WWI are very well made. They went down a little after WWII in terms of quality.

United Cutlery was having Boker and Olbertz (sp?) make knives with Henckels stamps on them up until a few years ago. It's pretty easy to tell which ones Henckels made and which ones were made by the above two companies.

Here's a recent eBay purchase:

 

[wudnme]

any obvious ways to date the older ones from pictures, without being able to hold them?

 

[neeman]

I have new Henckels.
The Stockman is exactly the same as the Boker 7474 that I have.

Someone here on this site, confirmed that these Henckels is made by Boker, with a Black shield for stainless and a red for carbon.

I use a whittler 3 1/2" which is shaped like a stockman with two back blades and a main clip.
Nicely made.
In stainless, would have prefered carbon, but there was a mix up.
Was only 25 and well worth the price.

 

[Will Power]

Who makes (made) the lockbacks ? As I've got my eye on a fossil bone one...bit big perhaps..

 

[Mike Robuck]

You could post the eBay links over in Levine's forum. Or use his service to look at the knives in question, but he charges for that.