Anybody like Henckels?

Mike,

It's nice to see you visiting us over here on the forum. Welcome (again). :cool:
 
Here's an older Henckels with a corkscrew for Smiling Knife. There are an amazing number of knives with corkscrews in Henckels catalogs.

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Mike Robuck said:
There are an amazing number of knives with corkscrews in Henckels catalogs.
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That just means there was an amazing amount of drinking going on by the fine folks who made Henckel knives...:D

Mike that is one amazingly sweet knife....:)

Sunburst
 
I've just one modern Stockman which is a really fine knife, but interestingly I've a Solingan made, Russell Green River Works stockman, which is identical in shape, dimensions, pattern, everything apart from the scales, cartouche and blade markings. Obviously out of the same factory. Just as good, strong and well-finshed. Even the snap sounds the same.:)

David
 
Thanks for the nice comments.

S-K, I'm not sure how old it is. I've looked in two of the three catalogs that I have but haven't seen that exact knife yet.

Ralph, I think you're right about them needing all of those corkscrews!

I'm pretty sure this fixed blade is circa 1950s:

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dkonopinski said:
I've just one modern Stockman which is a really fine knife, but interestingly I've a Solingan made, Russell Green River Works stockman, which is identical in shape, dimensions, pattern, everything apart from the scales, cartouche and blade markings. Obviously out of the same factory. Just as good, strong and well-finshed. Even the snap sounds the same.:)

David
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I am pretty sure Boker makes the Russell and Henckels of recent vintage. Tooling and design are identical to the Bokers.
 
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STDK said:
I am pretty sure Boker makes the Russell and Henckels of recent vintage. Tooling and design are identical to the Bokers.
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It seems like anyone can go to a manufacturer and commission a production run of knives with whatever branding they want. When there's no guarantee of who makes your favourite brand, what value does our brand loyalty actually reflect? I guess all that's left is the standard of quality in materials & workmanship which the commissioning party is prepared to pay for from the manufacturer.

David
 
dkonopinski said:
It seems like anyone can go to a manufacturer and commission a production run of knives with whatever branding they want. When there's no guarantee of who makes your favourite brand, what value does our brand loyalty actually reflect? I guess all that's left is the standard of quality in materials & workmanship which the commissioning party is prepared to pay for from the manufacturer.

David
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David,
Nothing new with whats going on here, just take a look at some of the older brands that have very large numbers of collectors that were all contract brands. Primble, Simmons, Shapleigh, Sears Craftsman, any Remington or Winchester made in the last 40 years. And the list goes on and on. I myself prefer the Camillus and Schrade made Bucks over the inhouse Bucks.
 
STDK said:
David,
Nothing new with whats going on here, just take a look at some of the older brands that have very large numbers of collectors that were all contract brands. Primble, Simmons, Shapleigh, Sears Craftsman, any Remington or Winchester made in the last 40 years. And the list goes on and on. I myself prefer the Camillus and Schrade made Bucks over the inhouse Bucks.
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Good point STDK. Thanks for that. I guess you could say the same about Bertram's Hen & Rooster, Frank Buster's Fight'n Rooster, Bulldog & so on, which I believe are all made in the Olbertz factory in Solingen. Food for thought.:confused:

David
 
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