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that contain the Pal-Bell mark. From my experience collecting Pal-Bell, the corkscrews

are a pretty rare item. We have no records of how many were produced, but I rarely if

ever see them on eBay (whereas some other Pal-Bell designs make almost daily

appearances).

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Dr. Giori Ram of Ramat Hasharon , Israel, notes that some of the employees of Pal-Bell,

having learned the business, opened their own workshops. A prominent metalware

worker even prior to the 1950s was a artist named Oppenheim who produced a number

of items marked HAND MADE IN PALESTINE. After the 1950s, Oppenheim and some

of the other workshops bought Pal-Bell from Moshe Klein and produced their own lines

as well as products from Pal-Bell moulds. Many of the objects can be found stamped

MADE IN ISRAEL in English and in Hebrew.

Hakuli

Dr. Ram says Hakuli was a manufacturer of metalware operating in the 1950s and

1960s.

We asked Eric Ascalon if there was any connection between Pal-Bell and Hakuli. He

replied

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I wish I could be of more assistance with respect to the connection between

Hakuli and Pal-Bell, but I'm not aware of any (which isn't to say that there was not a

connection). Hakuli could be a product of a former employee (who

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borrowed

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machining from the Pal-Bell factory), which might explain the similar worm. But this is

just speculation.

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Markings on Israeli Corkscrews

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Made in Israel

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