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...and sew on

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?

The knife on the left advertises

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G. M. Pfaff, A. G., Nähmachineen-Fabrik,

Kaiserslautern.

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One of the knives on the right advertises

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Singer Sewing

Machines

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and the other

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Singer Varrógépek.

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The postcards are French.