Henckels hunting knife

Mike Robuck

Mike Robuck

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The preamble: About 15 or so years ago, I started collecting Henckels knives because A) I didn’t think I’d ever learn enough about Case knives to collect them (still largely true) and B) I didn’t think very many people collected Henckels (wrong on that one.)

I bought some catalog reproductions from Bernard Levine and early on I lusted for this pattern:

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Over the years, I’ve seen a few, but the gold leaf was pretty much worn off and they went quickly or were more than I could afford. (I do have the plain version of this pattern and even had Bailey Bradshaw make me a modern copy of it at one point.)

I recently acquired this “Jagdmesser,” which basically means “hunting knife” in German, and it has most of the gold leaf intact. The coarse Damascus blade is still very sharp and appears to be unused or sharpened. There are some scratches on the bolsters, but otherwise pretty good.

I realize this knife has little to no appeal to some here, but hey, it’s what I like!

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Mike Robuck said:
but hey, it’s what I like!
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Good enough reason for me.

Lovely covers/scales. Overall a very handsome knife. And it's one that you have long wanted. Congrats!
 
Great knife. That it's been on your wish list for so long makes the find so much sweeter.

I really like the shape of that blade.

- Christian
 
Mike, I like everything about it...a bit off the beaten path? I love it just for that reason:thumbup
 
Wow, what a pretty knife. Glad to see this.
Is it a lockback?

Very sweet looking knife indeed. Cheers to you!
 
Congrats on the find Mike.
Interesting version of the lever lock.
Is the little nub on the top of the lock lever for starting the blade closed?
 
That really is a lovely knife Mike, and very interesting too I think. Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with us :thumbup:
 
Mike...
When I saw the Thread title...I just knew this was going to be a great knife -I was not wrong - that knife-is just smack dead gorgeous - anyone who doesnt like this knife would probably have slightly more brain damage than me. :o

Thats incredibly beautiful, when I very first started looking at knives I switched onto the fact that earlier Henckels = amazing knives.

If one day you were brave enough - I would like to join the Queue to peek at your collection of these lovely knives!!!

Congratulations on hanging in there and scoring a Grail - just great to see, and thank you for sharing with us kind Sir.

Awesome stuff
 
Nice find Mike Congrat's!
 
I can see why you love it Mike, it's an amazing looking knife. Congrats.

Best regards

Robin
 
That is a great utilitarian knife with great looks, Does yours have the corkscrew?
You never know when you might have to open a bottle of wine?:D
 
Thanks everyone. I really appreciate all of the good comments.

I think it's called a "fulcrum lock." The blade locks into position and then the protruding part of the ring on top breaks the lock for opening it when you press down. It seems like it would be flimsy, but it's actually a very stiff locking mechanism that was used by other German/Austrian companies.

Henckels made a lot of patterns with corkscrews. I've been told that they were actually used to open beer bottles out in the field while hunting.

Here's a shop display from the 200th anniversary book that was published in 1931.

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Before US made capping etc, Most beer and wine was in a corked bottle. It's starting to come back on a few Micro-Beers.

Those locking mechanisms work fine for what those knives were intended for. Its long before the advent of the TactiCool folding knife.
 
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