J.A. Henckels Rapide Arrives

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by Jayaruh, Jan 17, 2018.

  1. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Thanks a lot, @twhite . See what you started? I am excited to be receiving this Henckels Rapide, hopefully by Saturday. Thanks to Jayaruh Brushes, I was able to acquire this fine razor. I am hoping the blade is in good shape. It appears to be so. I may have to get Tom to hone it for me. We shall see. Anyhow, here it it:

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  2. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Wow! Congrats, Jim!
     
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  3. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Just beautiful! The simplicity of the design just makes that razor. Congratulations.
     
  4. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Nice looking razor...........
     
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  5. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Congrats Jim! Looks like you actually got two blades. Looks like there's one in the blade holder on the near side of the handle in the first pic.
     
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  6. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    That would be very cool. Thanks for the observation.
     
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  7. GarnerPW

    GarnerPW Well-Known Member

    My heart just skipped a beat. :love055:
     
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  8. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    The Henckels arrived a day early. I was pleasantly surprised to see it in my PO program. I went down to the box and retrieved it. The first picture is my first glimpse of it. Then, I removed the contents for a picture.

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    I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were actually three blades in the set, two J.A. Henckels and one other. The razor had some soap scum build up. The first thing I did was to spray it with bathroom cleaner and put it in a bath of hot water and Dawn liquid.

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    After some work with a toothbrush and a rinse with hot water, I dried it off and took the following pictures.

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  9. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Very nice Jim!
     
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  10. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Thanks, Andrew.
     
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  11. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

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    Nice Catch..Those are Lovely Shavers with a Properly Honed Blade..Those are Both Swedish Steel Blades You have there..I think they Ground them in Germany..They are Full Hollow Grinds & Take a Wicked But Smooth Shaving Edge..The Rapide is a Fairly Mid to Aggressive Shaver..:happy088:

    Couple of Mine..Freshly Honed..:kar:

    Billy..:chores016:
     
  12. oscar11

    oscar11 Well-Known Member

    Nice!
     
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  13. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    Awesome Jim!
     
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  14. Safe As

    Safe As Active Member

    That's a great looking razor!
     
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  15. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Those are beautiful.
     
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  16. Ijustmissedthe50s

    Ijustmissedthe50s The Warnee

    What an interesting and nice looking razor! Thanks for sharing.
     
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  17. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    I actually shaved one cheek with one of the Henckels blades this morning. It did a fine job, too. I plan to use all three blades in tomorrow's shave just to see how they shave. Then I will send off the two neediest to @twhite for a little honemeister magic.

    My new Henckels came with three blades: two J.A. Henckels blades of Germany, and one C.V. Heljestrand of Sweden. Here are some pictures I took.

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    The C.V. Heljestrand is marked Hoffritz, N.Y. on one side.
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    The Henckels blades in the razors.
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    Blade in the Henckels.



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    Blade in the Gem Jr.
     
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  18. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    Really Nice Set!
     
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  19. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Thanks, Mike.
     
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