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You probably recognize both of these famous name sewing machines - Pfaff and Singer. But would you expect either of these names to appear with an object having a corkscrew? Do you know that bottles of sewing machine oil were once corked and required a corkscrew for opening?
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The knife on the left advertises "G. M. Pfaff, A. G., Nähmachineen-Fabrik, Kaiserslautern."
One of the knives on the right advertises "Singer Sewing Machines" and the other "Singer Varrógépek."
The postcards are French.
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This six blade knife advertises "Adler Sewing Machines" on the master blade. The reverse of the blade is engraved "Adler Industries Inc." Here's an Adler advertising postcard mailed in 1941:
©2001 Donald A. Bull