Knife-spine grinding machine
The knife-spine grinding machine is used to shape the back of the blade. To do so, the knife maker guides the back…
Konrad Gutkowski
“Schurbock” polishing
In knife-making the “Schurbock” (Schuren: technical term in Solingen for polishing) made by Rema in the 1980s is used to polish the…
Whetting trestle
The electric whetting trestle from the 1980s is used to further refine the cutting edge of the blade from the point of…
Riveting machine
The electric riveting machine manufactured by Adam Baumüller GmbH in the 1980s is used to mount the knife blade onto the knife…
“Kessel” sharpening machine
The “Kessel” sharpening machine was developed in 1910 by Heinrich Kessel (died in 1959). It is in use in the knife factory…
Sharpening machine (“Blaupließtbock”)
The “Blaupließtbock” from the 1910s is in use in the knife factory Windmühlenmesser Robert Herder in Solingen (Germany North Rhine-Westphalia). It is…
Sharpening machine (“Feinpließtbock”)
The “Feinpließtbock” from the 1910s is an electric sharpening machine which is used, generally by trained operators, to create a special finish…
Hacksaw
The hacksaw from the 1920s is a machine tool which saws rods (either wood or metal) into short pieces. A transmission sets…
Planing machine
The planing machine from the 1920s is a machine tool used for planing work on long iron work pieces. The machine brings…
Saw blade sharpening machine
In the 1920s the saw blade sharpening machine sharpened the circular saws in the Jacob Döring Tool Factory in Hagen (Germany, North…
Tumbling barrel
Since the 1920s the electric tumbling barrel was used in the chain factory to smoothen the surfaces of the finished welded or…
Hand welding machine
The electric hand welding machine from the 1920s welds single chain links together. The welder must place a “U” shaped chain link…
Chain bending machine
The electrically driven chain bending machine from the 1950s produces chains by straightening wire (removal of deformation of the wire due to…
Link bending machine
The electric link bending machine made in 1939 by the manufacturer Malmedie & Co., produces single chain links. First, a wire is…
Bending machine
This electrically driven machine from the 1920s bends cut-to-size steel rods, the so called “pins”, into the shape of a “U”. A…
Rod cutter
The rod cutter from the 1920s cuts approximately 3m long steel rods into accurately dimensioned pieces, called “pins” which can then be…