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	Direct Pull: Folding Corkscrews
	Folding corkscrews with a bow shaped handle first appeared in England in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, Germany produced some interesting variations. Because of their compact size, folding corkscrews can be easily carried on one's person and, therefore, are also classified as pocket corkscrews.

Here, the screw folds into the handle...

Nineteenth Century. England.

and, here, the handle folds onto the screw...

Three views of a Hollweg from Germany
Patented in USA in 1891
The imprint on the model shown here ("Made Abroad, Patent Applied For") suggests that it predates the patent.

Two folding corkscrews; one with a hoof pick, the other with a knife.

Folding shoes.
Circa 1890. Germany.

A folding harp with many tools. Contemporary.
Multum im parvum.

Folding corkscrew with can & bottle openers. Contemporary.
D.R.G.M. Germany

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Direct Pull: Folding Corkscrews