Righteous Henckels wall set!

[Ericfg]

This beauty came in just yesterday:

20 bucks! from ebay. It'd been sitting there for months and I finally made an offer that was immediately accepted.
More images to come, shortly.

 

[Ericfg]

It was the wall holder that first caught my eye; that classic Zwilling logo but with a sunburst around it. Really nice.

This set is fairly rare as it has a metallic Twins logo actually inset into the handles. I've seen a few of these individually but never a set.

Sorry for so many similar images; just trying to make them clear as they're kinda hard to make out.

 

[Ericfg]

On to the knives themselves:

10" slicer, 8" bullnose butcher, 8"&6" carvers, and an extremely funky "4-1/8" breakfast knife. Note the 'Superfection' logo on this, the left side of the blade face.

These used to have been filled with red paint. I've seen a few examples in better shape where the red really pops. (Thinking about restoring that red paint.)

Above is the right side of the blade face. Again a full Henckels logo (of an older style) and with the model numbers.

I'm extremely pleased with this acquisition. It IS missing a small paring knife; the 476-3 I believe. I'm on the lookout for that knife. If anyone has a lead please let me know.

 

[Ericfg]

Dunno if you can tell how highly polished these blades are/were. This image is of the most scratched but I think you can still see the mirror polishing effect.
What sandpaper (or other) grits should I start and end with to get this back to the original state?

 

[coxhaus]

How old are they? Do they have where they were made on the other side? Are they German made? I have never seen any like that.

Looks like they are back when from the carbon stainless wars.

 

[Ericfg]

How old are they? Do they have where they were made on the other side? Are they German made? I have never seen any like that.

60s/70s is my guess. Yes, Solingen. Yes. They're out there, just not a lot of them. Superfection line, and I call them 'Batman handles' as the lower half of the handle looks like part of a Batman logo.