School Me On Zwilling J.A. Henckels Traditional Folders!!!!

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Hey guys,

I'm not new to traditional folders, but it's been a while since I've owned or bought one. Recently, I've been lurking on your forum, and have been bitten with the urge to re-enter the Traditional world. I've been looking on a few websites that sell everything from GEC, Case, Henckels, Case/Bose.....the list goes on. I've settled on making a Henckels my first purchase in the realm of traditionals.

I'm considering buying a 4-Blade Henckels in the Congress pattern. I'm wondering if the quality is something I will be pleased with. Any other info on Henckels traditional folders is greatly appreciated as well.

Thanks in advance,
-Michael
 
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Hi Michael.
I am not too sure as to who makes the Henckels now, but I think it was around 1962 ( please ...I do stand to be corrected if Im out on things here guys ) that Henckels themselves stopped making Pocket knives, but continued to make fixed bladed knives, hunting, Kitchen etc.
The earlier Henckels are amongst the few TOP slippies you will get your hands on ( imho), the later ones are not so well made- this is not to say they are rubbish, I personally do not own a later model one but from what I have read, they are not up to the original standards.
 
Campbellclanman said:
Hi Michael.
I am not too sure as to who makes the Henckels now, but I think it was around 1962 ( please ...I do stand to be corrected if Im out on things here guys ) that Henckels themselves stopped making Pocket knives, but continued to make fixed bladed knives, hunting, Kitchen etc.
The earlier Henckels are amongst the few TOP slippies you will get your hands on ( imho), the later ones are not so well made- this is not to say they are rubbish, I personally do not own a later model one but from what I have read, they are not up to the original standards.
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Thanks much, Duncan....I appreciate the info. I have located a couple of the pre-1962 Henckels which you speak of. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one of the older knives. I've also located a few that are a bit later production.....late 60's perhaps. The build quality can't be ascertained by viewing photos.....so I may have to take a risk and buy one.

Either way, I'm looking forward to handling these.




Thanks much
 
I have a later production copperhead that I bought in the mid-90s, and the quality is on par with Böker, who has been rumored to be the manufacturer actually making the Henckels-branded slipjoints (at least at that time, I don't know if that is still true).
 
lambertiana said:
I have a later production copperhead that I bought in the mid-90s, and the quality is on par with Böker, who has been rumored to be the manufacturer actually making the Henckels-branded slipjoints (at least at that time, I don't know if that is still true).
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How is the fit/finish on the Böker knives? I don't have any experience with their traditional folders. One of the Henckels that I'm looking at is early 90's production. From the photos the seller sent me, the knife looks great.
 
type00rev said:
How is the fit/finish on the Böker knives? I don't have any experience with their traditional folders. One of the Henckels that I'm looking at is early 90's production. From the photos the seller sent me, the knife looks great.
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I have a few of these. The quality is above Case and Below GEC. But only if you get into nitpicky things. I love my Henckels (boker).

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It says on the card the steel type for the stainless. I believe the carbon versions are equivalent to 1075.
 
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Here is a backspring shot of the Henckels next to a Boker.

All of my Henckels have flush everything...no gaps..no worries. My second MOP whittler has been used and carried for about ten years. No issues ever.
 
Here is my four blade henckels congress

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Black shield means stainless and red shield means carbon steel.

The shields are NOT pinned.
 
richstag said:
All of my Henckels have flush everything...no gaps..no worries. My second MOP whittler has been used and carried for about ten years. No issues ever.
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Rich,

This is exactly the info/pic I am looking for!! Thanks much.....If there is one thing on a traditional that bothers me, it's gaps!!!
 
if anyone comes back to a 4 year old thread, I inherited a J.A Henckels two blade and a corkscrew knife "J.A. Heckels Solingen and the Gemini logo on each blade, and the previous owner called it an "office Knife". There is a name engraved on the bigger blade, looks like "Emil Czarnetzki" It doesn't look like the average engraving done by the purchaser, it is a very good engraving. Is this name familiar to anyone. I'd like to get as much information about these knives before I pass them down to the next genration.
 
boyscoutinheritor said:
if anyone comes back to a 4 year old thread, I inherited a J.A Henckels two blade and a corkscrew knife "J.A. Heckels Solingen and the Gemini logo on each blade, and the previous owner called it an "office Knife". There is a name engraved on the bigger blade, looks like "Emil Czarnetzki" It doesn't look like the average engraving done by the purchaser, it is a very good engraving. Is this name familiar to anyone. I'd like to get as much information about these knives before I pass them down to the next genration.
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Posting photos of the knives would be helpful. In your description, what do you mean by "Gemini logo"? Do you mean Henckel's twin mark? Henckels was started by twin brothers.

From your descriptions, the patterns could be an "office knife" and an "opener". "Emil Czarnetzki" is likely the prior owners name.

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