Early Minty HJ Knife by J.A Henckels

Hello everyone,

Picked it up at last SOS so I'd like to show it off. m very happy to have it in my TR collection . I let the pics speak for themselves.

Best,

Will

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Scabbard

That is a great early Henckels HJ, Will!

Congratulations with this addition and thank you for posting it here!

Best regards,

Herman

PS: Just one suggestion: no need to clean it anymore in the coming 20 years!

"minty" isn't the word for it!! that's beautiful!! Great find.

Great display!

Wow they don't come any better than that

Great hj display with a real beauty early Henckles hj knife.

Regards Mac 66

Amazing hj, minty as can be.

Gents,
Thank you for the compliments and kinds off. It 's a privilege to be a sentinel of this beautiful WW2 artifact.
Will

Will , amazing condition for this hj , congrats to you .

S+

Gents!
Thank you for nice comments and kind words,

Will

Great knife and lovely display!
Thx for showing.

Does the diamond wiggle on this one?
I have seen a couple of early mint henckels thin blades that had their diamond attatched so tight that there was no movement possible at all.

Regards
Ger

Hi Ger,

Thank you for your kind comments. No, it does not wiggle at all. I could see some white glue residues along the diadmond edges.so it 's very tight as you said. Good obsevations!. It is the best knife I have ever had. Picked it up at SOS last year.
Happy New Year to all,
Best,
Will

Originally Posted By: WmN

Hi Ger,

No, it does not wiggle at all. I could see some white glue residues along the diadmond edges.so it 's very tight as you said. Good obsevations!. It is the best knife I have ever had. Picked it up at SOS last year.
Happy New Year to all,
Best,
Will

Hi Will,

White residue at the diamond edges does not sound good, glued in diamond maybe ?

lets see a close up clear pic of the diamond please ?

Regards Mac 66

Hi Mac 66
Here are the close-ups . Looking at it closely , could be the cut edges of the diamond itself and the black grip.

Will

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Hi Will,

Thanks for the pix, the white stuff looks like dried polish to me , not all diamonds have movement but people expect them to wiggle because it puts there mind at rest, i would not worry to much about yours.

Regards Mac 66

Knife original! But the badge has to swing. The badge is based on the "mustache" inside. There's glue.This is bad. The scabbard may have been repainted.

Henkels made quality items and is still in business today.