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Extremely Rare J.A. Henckels Display Safety Razor

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Barber Shop Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Extremely Rare J.A. Henckels Display Safety Razor
Extremely Rare J.A. Henckels Display Safety Razor comes with matching regular size razor. Both in complete working condition with removable blade. You see the Gillette version once in a while but never the Henckels. 27 inches long. 1731 Peter Henckels registers the ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS logo with the Cutler's Guild in Solingen. 1818 Johann Abr. Henckels opens the Company's first office in Berlin. 1851 World Exhibition in London. The Company exhibits its products, is awarded a medal and thus achieves international recognition. 1883 A sales office is set up in New York, followed a few years later by Cologne, Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich and Paris. 1893 World Exhibition in Chicago. The only medal awarded goes to ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS. 1905 Recognition of another kind: The African explorer Leo Frobenius christens a range of mountains in the then Congo "Zwilling" and another one "Henckels-Berge". 1915 ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS is awarded four first prizes at the World Exhibition in San Francisco. 1938 The company opens a new chapter with the launch of its legendary multi-purpose Original Kitchen Shears, setting new standards in design and quality.