Henckel knives

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Since there is a wealth of knowledge here I'll push my luck and ask another question. Henckel knives with inox blades. I believe these are from many years ago before they started calling them stainless. I've found a folding hunter drop point Henckel with inox blades and wonder if the steel in the knives are as good as there razors with this steel. I've owned several razors and they honed up well and shaved rather well and held there edges good. I wonder if anyone has had any experience with these knives. I do know the carbon steel Henckels were great knives. I've had one or two in the days gone by and they performed very good.
 
dirc said:
they use 4116 steel, which is something like 5cr14mov...

it's not going to win any awards, but it's been used for a long time & when it's heat treated well, it can be decent
you'll need to maintain the edge more often than with the newer, harder & more wear resistant steels

post pics if you can : )
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Thanks. I have tried to post photos and can't seem to get it done. On the razor forum I'm in I have no trouble it's just click drag and drop. very simple. Here it's just confusing for me. I'm not a computer whiz's so I'll have to get one of the kids to show me.
 
R Hensley said:
Since there is a wealth of knowledge here I'll push my luck and ask another question. Henckel knives with inox blades. I believe these are from many years ago before they started calling them stainless. I've found a folding hunter drop point Henckel with inox blades and wonder if the steel in the knives are as good as there razors with this steel. I've owned several razors and they honed up well and shaved rather well and held there edges good. I wonder if anyone has had any experience with these knives. I do know the carbon steel Henckels were great knives. I've had one or two in the days gone by and they performed very good.
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"Inox" is not a type of steel. It is short for "Inoxidable" or "Rostfrei" or "Stainless".
As already mentioned, Henckels, as well as other German makers predominantly use 4116 or variation thereof.
The main characteristic is that it is a highly rust resistant stainless and usually hardened only to 55/56 HRC.
Meaning you won;t habe much edge chipping but you will have edge rolling.
But it;s a very tough proven workhorse of a kitchen knife steel.
 
The Henckels branded pocket knives were made by Boker and are no longer being made.
Their stainless steel is fine for a traditional pocket knife.
Definitely worthy of your consideration.

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KenHash said:
"Inox" is not a type of steel. It is short for "Inoxidable" or "Rostfrei" or "Stainless".
As already mentioned, Henckels, as well as other German makers predominantly use 4116 or variation thereof.
The main characteristic is that it is a highly rust resistant stainless and usually hardened only to 55/56 HRC.
Meaning you won;t habe much edge chipping but you will have edge rolling.
But it;s a very tough proven workhorse of a kitchen knife steel.
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It’s always been good with razors
 
dogstar said:
I love knives in 4116. They sharpen to a keen edge with simple tools.
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They do hone well. I once had a Thuragan (my spelling is bad) hone that did a fine job on my knife but these days with my hands acting up I’m forced to use a kit such as the lansky to keep an edge on my knife
 
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