Henckels Solingen Henso help id please

romsitsa · Apr 3, 2016

Hello,

saved this Henso today. The seller told me the razor and box belong together, but I never saw anything similar.
Do you saw such a box and could you please give a possible timeframe for production (my guess would be 30ies)?

The razors neck and head are nickel plated the shaft and knob are pure brass. Although he inner rod has a very thin line of nickel, I think only the neck and head were plated.

The box is red bakelite and came with two bakelite blade banks, of which only one is left. The end of the box is missing, it is not in great shape, to be honest.

Thanks

Adam

efsk · Apr 3, 2016

Henso was a Henckels brand. Don't know if they came in a box like this.

nemo · Apr 3, 2016

Likely dual metals used. Probably the handle was originally plated with a thin silver over brass that wore much quicker than the head from handling and cleaning. Great find, it should shave nicely!

Many 1930's German razors used this, here's my Golf ASAN in a similar condition before Razorplate spiffed it up a couple years ago (silver + nickel).

matwho · Apr 3, 2016

Very nice, I have their knives, quality stuff.

nuclearblast · Apr 3, 2016

Here's a different set

http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26251

Congrats, Adam.

romsitsa · Apr 3, 2016

Thank you all. Silver plating sounds plausible, I just can't figure out what one has to do to erase even the last bit of plating from every nook and cranny.
About the date, the closest I found was pre 1945, I'll try to get in touch with Henckels, I hope they have some kind of factory archive.

Adam

alex2363 · Apr 3, 2016

romsitsa said:
Thank you all. Silver plating sounds plausible, I just can't figure out what one has to do to erase even the last bit of plating from every nook and cranny.
About the date, the closest I found was pre 1945, I'll try to get in touch with Henckels, I hope they have some kind of factory archive.

Adam