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Ericfg

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All your sharpening needs in one handydandy gadget:
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And what in the actual fudge happened here?!?!?!?
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Oh the huge manatee!
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Take it to some forensic scientist. I would be very curios to know what bits were left in that chip. Be prepared to some very thorough questioning afterwards.
 
stringer said:
You can fill that gap with a wee bit of super glue and you're good to go. Almost NOS. 😆
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Isn't that what TF's look like coming off the production line? Fixed with a judicious/copious amounts of scale coloured resin filler.

Or how CM's balsa wood handles will look after a few washes.
 
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Okay, it's not a horror, but it is ebay.
Please adore this "Japanese Kitchen Knife"

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Yes, exactly.

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I mean, maybe that is why Henckels calls it "International"?

Then again, it is on sale for 23€, which is a better investment than a lot of kitchen knives out there.
 
miggus said:
Okay, it's not a horror, but it is ebay.
Please adore this "Japanese Kitchen Knife"

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Yes, exactly.

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I mean, maybe that is why Henckels calls it "International"?

Then again, it is on sale for 23€, which is a better investment than a lot of kitchen knives out there.
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maybe they're referring to the wabi sabi of the handle
 
miggus said:
Okay, it's not a horror, but it is ebay.
Please adore this "Japanese Kitchen Knife"

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Yes, exactly.

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I mean, maybe that is why Henckels calls it "International"?

Then again, it is on sale for 23€, which is a better investment than a lot of kitchen knives out there.
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My guess is the listing is legit.

Henckels/Zwilling has had a factory in Japan for a really long time, like many decades. Today most of that stuff is branded Zwilling or Miyabi. I can't say for sure that they manufactured that knife in Japan, but I have seen "Henckels International" stuff that was definitely manufactured in Japan. Like these steak knives.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3951731191...uwApSeIS82&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

They also could have bought OEM knives from a Japanese manufacturer and slapped their branding on it. That certainly looks like OEM Japanese stuff from the 1980s/1990s.
 
Henckels has used some weird logos in their history:
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The double twins (lower left in the above image) is now standard for their German-made blades and the man-with-halberd (directly above the doubletwins) is now standard for their 'International' line made in China, Spain and India). But I've seen triple twins (top left) once and recently I've noticed a single twin logo(1st column, 2nd row) more and more often, like the item posted above. This single twin logo seems to be on 1980s-ish era knives being sold mostly from Japan, and my speculation is that they were made there for that market specifically.
 
Only a bit cringey this one, not quite horrific:
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Mostly because of the seller's item's description which reads: Nice patina, needs some restoration or love.
The "patina" description is just a bit of a stretch, as is the BIN price of $69 (+S&H), but I'm hard-pressed to call the condition of this steel as actual patina. Not to mention the state of the handle.
Now, this is a righteous K.C.Seelbach Solingen cleaver which looks to be in pretty good shape under all the dust and rust, and it most certainly could be rehabilitated.
Hopefully someone with a little more cash and time for repair can look after this one.
 
Ericfg said:
Only a bit cringey this one, not quite horrific:
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Mostly because of the seller's item's description which reads: Nice patina, needs some restoration or love.
The "patina" description is just a bit of a stretch, as is the BIN price of $69 (+S&H), but I'm hard-pressed to call the condition of this steel as actual patina. Not to mention the state of the handle.
Now, this is a righteous K.C.Seelbach Solingen cleaver which looks to be in pretty good shape under all the dust and rust, and it most certainly could be rehabilitated.
Hopefully someone with a little more cash and time for repair can look after this one.
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Almost BNIB if you had a box.
 
Just a warning: it's an European butcher's cleaver. Those are used to go through the bone when cutting a porc chop, after the meat has been cut with any ordinary knife. No real edge: the bevels meet at some 120 degrees. A sharp edge would cause splintering. So its use is very limited.
 
Benuser said:
Just a warning: it's an European butcher's cleaver. Those are used to go through the bone when cutting a porc chop, after the meat has been cut with any ordinary knife. No real edge: the bevels meet at some 120 degrees. A sharp edge would cause splintering. So its use is very limited.
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Yeah I have a whole drawer full of similar cleavers. Some restored, some not. And they never get used for anything. Not only do I not cut bones often but I don't have any cutting boards that could take the abuse. But they are fun to have around and interesting historical novelties.
 
stringer said:
Yeah I have a whole drawer full of similar cleavers. Some restored, some not. And they never get used for anything. Not only do I not cut bones often but I don't have any cutting boards that could take the abuse. But they are fun to have around and interesting historical novelties.
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Perfectly fine, as long as no one is dreaming about turning it into a vegetables cleaver.
 
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