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January 7th 2010
Snowed In

The snow fall on Tuesday night was quite amazing. I
travelled out of London at 10.30 p.m. & just about
managed to get back home through the
treacherous conditions, travelling at no more than
30 mph on the M3 & I don't think I got out of 2nd
gear for the six miles once I got off the motorway.
By the morning the snow was 10" deep.

Here are some more Ruthie snaps of the Silchester
snow.
January 7th 2010
Snowed In Quiz

Test your corkscrew knowledge with these twelve corkscrew questions.
Corkscrew prizes for the top three entries received by 31st January 2010. Good luck!
Q1. What's this?
 Q2. Who's this smoking author?
 Q3. How many corkscrews did Sir
Edward Thomason say he
manufactured during the 14 years
of the patent?
Q4. What does OBSTANDO
PROMOVES mean?
 Q5. What US patent is this?
 Q6. Who made this Seal
corkscrew?
Q7. What's this?
 Q8. What does SYROCO stand
for?
 Q9. Who is this band with a
corkscrewy name?
Q10. Who manufactured this
corkscrew?
 Q11. Why did this recently sell for
£961 on ebay?
 Q12. Who made this Diamant
corkscrew?
SNOWED
IN QUIZ

2010

Your
Answers
January 12th 2010
Antique Fair Corkscrew Catastrophe!

A new year of antique fairs started today with the exciting prospect of a double header. Firstly, London's
premier fair at Kempton & then on to the largest fair in the South of England, Ardingly. I was all set &
looking forward to some cracking corkscrew finds to get 2010 off & running. Plus it was the first chance
to check out one of my Christmas presents the all new Deputy Dog fur lined hat.

As it turned out Kempton was about a 1/2 of the normal size & I found absolutely nothing. Maybe the
missing stall holders were at Ardingly instead I thought, so chin up & on to Ardingly. There was a bad
omen on the way as my normal stop off caravan just off the motorway that serves up a tasty bacon roll
was closed - that upset me more than finding nothing at Kempton. When I got to Ardingly it turned out to
be like a ghost town, probably about 1/4 of the normal size. The tented Isle & marquees were missing,
the normal bustling hard standing isles full of casual stalls were empty & even the permanent buildings
were sparse. To top it all, the upmarket heated building, a good place to go to warm up was closed. I
found sweet Fanny Adams! What a waste of a tenner - I want a refund! I did however hook-up with Chris
Bristow - we tucked into bacon rolls & shared woe stories.
12/1/10 SNOWED IN QUIZ UPDATE
Thanks chaps for taking part in the quiz. Currently ten prize hungry collectors have had
a go with an English collector heading the pack with 12/12. At the wrong end Barack
Obama is currently in line for the wooden spoon with none right - thanks for taking part
though Mr President. Tim Missunderstood managed one right but looks like he might be
up for a prize for creative answers. Still plenty of time to enter.
January 13th 2010
Royal Club For Sale

Want a Royal Club? I know where there's one for sale. Unfortunately it has some
issues - see below. Does operate, badly pitted, broken top handle, badge good,
worm complete. Pictures are thumbs for your scrutiny. Offers are welcome.

Peter@corkscrewsonline.com
January 18th 2010
French corkscrew sets eBay record
Well an eBay record for a corkscrew at that moment in time. It sold
for a whopping 2235 Euros. Attributed to Batard & apparently one of
only a couple known examples. My modest snipe didn't quite hit the
mark but I was primarily just interested to see what it sold for.

In other news, just received my CCCC dues reminder from Milt
Becker. It's $49.00 to go again. Should I - shouldn't I? I don't know.
I'm thinking maybe I should start acting responsibly & ditch my role
as a corkscrew jester, after all Richard Stevenson keeps saying that
he knows that one day when "I grow up" I'll be a good elder
corkscrew statesman, lol. Yeah, I can see myself with a pipe &
slippers. Um,er, what to do, what to do???

In other, other news. It's been a bleak start to 2010 for corkscrew
hunting, I've bought 4 corkscrews so far, all for resale & not a sniff
of a collection piece yet. Without a frequent fix the withdrawals hit
hard. I've been dribbling uncontrollably & I twitch every few minutes,
I've taken on a very strange disposition. If you have a corkscrew to
help cure these symptoms drop me a line.

Peter@corkscrewsonline.com
January 25th 2010
10 Tool Folding Bows by Brian May

My name is Brian May and I live in Adelaide South Australia. I have been collecting corkscrews for the
last two years. It is a bit lonely. I know only one other collector- Ian Hunter in Sydney 1000 miles away!

I would very much like to know other collectors thoughts on my research on the 10 tool bow corkscrews.
I recently bought a beautiful 10 tool folding bow marked HILL HAYMARKET. I was interested to know
more about HILL and the possible age of the corkscrew.

Here is a brief summary of what I have found out about this corkscrew. I have also looked at the other 10
tool folding bows.

HILL HAYMARKET

Don Bull in his Weekly Screw in July showed a photo of the HILL HAYMARKET 10 tool folding bow the
same as mine. He indicated that in an 1874 directory, Thomas Hill was listed as a cutlery and skate
manufacturer at 4 Haymarket Street opposite the Opera House. (Indeed I have located on line a photo of
ice skates made by Hill and Son, 4 Haymarket Street about 1870).

Thomas Hill was born in Exeter Devon about 1823 and had a wife Elizabeth. In the 1861 census there
was a son Edwin A B Hill aged 10 (Edwin did not appear in any census until 1901).

Thomas was still at  Haymarket Street in 1871 census and listed as a cutler (son Edwin was now
absent).  In the 1881 census, Thomas had moved to 127 Finborough Road, Kensington where he was
listed as a cutler employing 10 men. Presumably son Edwin, who married about this time, had taken over
the business at 4 Haymarket.

The Guildhall Library London passed on some information from The London Knife Book by Ron Fook
2008. Thomas Hill of 4 Haymarket was listed in the cutlers section of the 1855 Post Office London
Directory. In 1880, the business was now called Hill and Son and was described as a working cutler.

By 1890, it was called Thomas Hill and Son and in 1895, was additionally listed as razor makers
(Recently on ebay there was a pair of hand made razors in a velvet case marked Hill and Son,
Haymarket). Between 1895 and 1900 the name changed to Edwin Hill and Son still at 4 Haymarket.  
Edwin Hill and Son remained listed at Haymarket until 1945.

As mentioned, son Edwin A B  Hill was not present in any census except the 1861 and 1901. In the 1901,
he was shown as aged 50 years and a “skate maker’s assistant” living in Croydon. Clearly he was not
longer running the business at 4 Haymarket.

I have seen mention on line of old pocket knives marked Hill and Son, 4 Haymarket.  A steel pipe reamer
has turned up (Steven Webb) marked like the bow - as HILL HAYMARKET.

None of this really indicates whether my 10 tool  folding bow was made by Hill and Son or when. Is it
possible that it was made by unknown manufacturer who added the retailers details ie HILL
HAYMARKET? Was this practice common?
I was struck by the similarity of this HILL
folding bow to three other 10 tool  bows
as shown in the photos.

Top left, My Bow marked HILL,
HAYMARKET

top right, ARNOLD 90A REGENT
STREET (this one I found on the website
of Peter Borrett)

bottom left, HOLTZAPFFEL 64  
CHARING (in the leather case and on
Don Bulls July Weekly Screw)

bottom right, HOLZAPFFEL BOND
STREET (on this Blog by Peter Borrett)

On page 33 of Don Bull’s Ultimate
corkscrew book there is a fourth 10 tool
bow but unmarked.
Remarkably all bows have the same sequence of tools (except for the HOLZAPFFEL BOND STREET).
At first I thought the HILL, ARNOLD and HOLTZAPFFELL 64 CHARING were identical. But on close
examination there are differences although subtle eg the number of notches on the saw.

ARNOLD 90A REGENT STREET Information from Guildhall Library London provided the following. This
is Arthur ARNOLD who was located at 90A Regent Street from 1890-1895 and at 61A Piccadilly in 1905.
So this accurately dates the 10 tool folding bow as being between 1890-1895 assuming he was the
manufacturer. ARNOLD was a “brush maker and cutler”. There is no evidence that he made corkscrews.

HOLTZAPFFEL Information can be found on Peter Borrett’s blog, December 2008. The company was
mainly a manufacturer of lathes but they also made many different wares including corkscrews as seen
on a 19th century trade advertisement. In the 19th century they were located at 64 Charing Cross Road
and then in Bond Street from 1902-1907. Hence this dates the Peter Borrett bow marked 64 Charing
cross road.

Ian Hunter in Sydney has pointed out to me that there is another 10 tool bow (identical to HILL etc) in
Peters and Guilian Fig 618. It is marked KINGSBURY (I dont know anything about KINGSBURY). It is 6.8
cm and identical to HILL

Fletcher Wallis emailed me saying that retailers did not like the name of the manufacturers on their
corkscrews.

So it is possible that my 10 tool bow was made in say Sheffield for a number of retail outlets (but we cant
eliminate the proposal that some outlets made their own eg HILL was a cutler so they could have made
their own; but why make it identical to others?)

I'd be delighted if you could add your thoughts/views or knowledge to this discussion.

Regards, Brian

Peter Borrett: Thanks so much Brian for a very interesting article. It makes a certain amount of sense to
me that these bows were bought by retailers & stamped by the manufacturers with their respective retail
name.

If anyone can help Brian further in any way or form please drop me a line & I'll add your information to
this article & make sure Brian is informed.

Peter@corkscrewsonline.com

January 26th 2010 - A reply by Richard Stevenson

A very interesting letter from Brian May in Australia in your Blog.   

I have three bows with 10 tools with exactly the same configuration as the first three shown and one of
the smaller type. Of the three larger ones, one is plain, one is marked A.BARRETT  KNIGHTSBRIDGE
and the third one is marked HOLTZAPFFEL  NEW BOND STREET. The smaller on is marked BB
WELLS. It would seem that these bows are made by a single manufacturer and supplied to the retailer
with their name on or left plain.  Many retailers would have been manufacturers of various products but
may not have manufactured multi tools bows so would have bought these in.
January 25th 2010
I just can't help myself

So, I'm looking through eBay listings & spot one of those pig
butt corkscrews with a fleece finish. I read the listing which has
a reference to one being sold on a corkscrew website for a
whopping 55 GBP with the appropriate link. Oh sweet, some
more free advertising. The ad asking buyers to grab
themselves a bargain with the listing starting at a miserly
$14.99.

I did the decent thing, changed my website selling price to
£12.00 & informed the seller that they were false advertising.
When they amended the listing up went my pig to £250.00 & I
told them there one was ridiculously cheap & I'd definitely
have a bid. Anyway, this seller is way to smart for me. I got an
email to my loxwoodfc eBay account from them saying that I'd
been rumbled, lol. Looks like Columbo is alive & well & selling
on eBay. Good luck with your pig - oink!
My Pig current price -  a cool £1 million
January 25th 2010
STILL NO JOY

My bad run continues, I've still not found a
piece for the collection so far in January.
Finished up the underbidder on a couple of
nice looking eBay lots. A French lever & a
nine tool bow marked BB Wells. Been a few
pieces at auction but in poor condition so I
didn't even bother bidding. Meanwhile, a
corkscrew friend bought this incredible four
pillar Thomason. Maybe the next one will be
mine.
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January 26th 2010
He shoots he scores!

My bad run finally came to a end today with a couple of
nice buys for the collection. One of which will have to
remain a mysterious £300.00 purchase, as the seller would
only let me buy it on the understanding that it is not shown
on the Internet. Bit weird but no probs Mr seller. Another,
shown across is on route, an early direct pull with grips
stamped Robert Jones.

There was an incredible corkscrew sold at Kempton today
but not to me. Unfortunately, my name wasn't on it & it was
one of those occasions where if your name wasn't on it you
just didn't get it. Circa 1790, English & very special.
January 29th 2010
The Queen on eBay

Finally got some decent higher
resolution pictures of the Lund
with grips that is currently on ebay.
Looks to me that the grips will be
very pitted after a clean up & with
a missing badge, short worm & a
dinged barrel I've decided not to
pursue it. The chap said he
couldn't add these extra pictures
to ebay so here they are as
thumbs for anyone that might be
considering a bid. Really funny
some of the questions on the
listing.

The Robert Jones corkscrew
arrived today, great piece, really
unusual & detailed handle. It
appears that the early Jones direct
pulls were manufactured to a very
high standard.
1st February 2010 Congratulations to the following winners of the Snowed in quiz:
Take a bow - 1st Stephen Paul, 2nd Peter Davidson & 3rd Tommy Campnell. Your prizes are waiting for
collection.

Here are the correct answers:
1. Royal Club
2.  Fletcher Wallis
3. 130,000
4. By standing firm one makes advancement
5. William Bennit's
6. Wade
7. Twigg & Bateman patent 1868
8. The Syracuse Ornamental Company
9. Broken Helix
10. James Heeley & Sons
11. It's the only known example with 12 tools (based on Ellis & Ellis 2nd book)
12. Jacques Perille
February 3rd 2010
I'm going on an eBay Detox

I've decided to take an eBay sabbatical for the remainder of
February. For as long as I can remember I've spent 20 +
minutes a day searching the auction site for corkscrews with
barely a day without looking in. Recently It has become more
of a chore & when all is said & done it's been a long time
since I bought a top piece or nailed a BIN. So my 20+ minutes
will be spent doing other things. Maybe I'll get my eBay Mojo
back for a new searching campaign from March.
Royal Club variant, a very nice recent buy but
not from eBay.
February 3rd 2010
My eBay Detox Diary Can I survive 26 days without a fix? NO!
Day 1, Pick my new guitar up later, no doubt that will take my mind off searching ebay.
Day 2, Feels a bit strange not knowing whats been listed but so far so good.
Day 3, So, I get an email saying there's a Jones II listed, ha, very funny!
Day 4, A refereeing weekend starts today, 3 games in two  games, too busy to worry about ebay.
Day 5, Got an email from a seller that wanted advise about an Empire they listed on ebay. I don't need to search,
lol. Offers from £40 upwards they said - the vultures are circling.
Day 6, I'm quite enjoying this sabatical, the shakes have stopped, thanks to a few mates I'm still kinda in the loop.
Day 7, Gavin Maddock  just mailed with an ebay number for a superb Georgian pocket already over a grand - wow!
Day 8, Still managing ebay avoidance OK. Have been quite sporty over the last few days, nearly died on the
squash court last night - tis an evil game! A war of attrition with the score at 2-2 7-7 when the lights went out.
Day 9, Been busy sorting through my corkscrews, so, so many. I'm organised at long last with specific categories in
specific containers. I'll be mass selling on ebay soon, probably just as the market goes pear shaped!
Day 10, Still hanging on in there!
Day 11, Great! Start of a busy weekend.
Day 12, I'm being stalked by a guy who's listed a Thomason with a Jones badge on ebay. Maybe I should set up
an ebay corkscrew listing advisory service or start charging for advise.
Day 13, The guy selling the Thomason with Jones badge on ebay wanted to know if he should accept £350.00 to
end the listing early. I said my opinion would cost him £25.00 - he didn't get back, lol. Joking!
Day 14, Still hanging on in there but I don't think I'm going to last much longer.
Day 15, More stuff coming through from fellow collectors, I'm still in the loop which is great, thanks guys!
Day 16, Ebay depression has hit, new solo demo called Frozen River, check out my about me page, I'm sounding
pretty depressed. Nick Cave & ebay withdrawals were my influence.
Day 17, It's all over, I managed 16 1/2 days. I've hit the searches & found nothing of note :(  
The last February 2010 eBay
purchase - a Fender 12 string
acoustic guitar from the 70's.
10th February 2010
Patrick Pagnier sent me some corkscrew related videos, thanks. Go grab the popcorn & watch the following.

By the way....The Cheap As Chips Corkscrew Club promotional video coming soon ;)
February 11th 2010
The big corkscrew
sort out
For a while my collection has been
stored with reasonable care, as has
the stuff for sale on my website. Well,
to the point where I could find what I
was after pretty quickly. The rest of
the stuff however has been stored in
all types of boxes & crates with a
right old mix in any given box. To be
honest - disorganised chaos comes
to mind! Tonight I went for the big
sort out. It took some time but I finally
have my corkscrews categorised &
accessible. About 600 pieces ended
up in a massive box or a giant bag -
these will be my first ebay focus.
Eight years of the unwanted pieces
from job lots. Question is - will
anybody actually buy them?

The bottom pictures show the stuff in
the said massive box & giant bag.
Any piece in there can be £1.00 +
P+P costs. If you spot something you
fancy let me know. Time for a tipple!
peter@corkscrewsonline.com
February 17th 2010
Mixed lot at auction

A massive mixed lot of corkscrews, whistles & keys went under the hammer today at a
auctioneers in Essex. I asked for additional pictures & the auctioneers obliged with a few snaps
which showed each corkscrew clearly. Only three reasonable pieces to report: a good bone
handled King, a poor Thomason & a Holborn Signit but there were plenty of low end pieces. I left
a commission bid of a couple of hundred but I was way off the mark. The lot sold for
approximately £850 including the commission. Maybe there was a rare whistle in there or maybe
some people have lost the plot, or maybe I've lost the plot.

Talking of multi lots, the first sixty of my bulk corkscrews have been listed on ebay, in lots of ten,
each with a 99p start.
A fake Fora, an
empire, early
bow & a tasty
looking pocket.
All recently sold
or  listed on
ebay. Thanks to
the sellers &
buyers for telling
me about them.
February 28th 2010
Happy Days Are Here Again!
My lean period of good finds is nearly at an end. I
struck a deal today to buy a Burgess & Fenton
single lever corkscrew. The chap lives a couple of
miles from Ardingly, West Sussex & as luck would
have it, the Ardingly fair is this coming tuesday, so
I'm going to pick it up on the way to the fair. I've
been really lucky over the last year or so buying
Burgess & Fenton corkscrews.

I'll more than likely list this on the ICCA auction site
in May. Or does anyone fancy a trade? Always on
the hunt for top notch English corkscrews. Please
let me know.
peter@corkscrewsonline.com
28th February 2010. SALESMAN OF THE YEAR GOES TO......

I had to laugh. I went to Portobello yesterday & went to see Fletcher Wallis as he'd been trying
to sell a few pieces for me. "Any sales Wally?", "No" he said. "I'll take the pieces back then".
He then went through a variety of brown boxes looking for three corkscrews. After about 5
minutes of looking he managed to find two, the third, one of those American red Devil
corkscrews had gone missing. I wonder why he couldn't sell anything for me, lol.

The moral of this story is.....If you go to see Fletcher Wallis at Portobello ask to see what is in
every brown box & you might find a corkscrew to buy.
February 23rd 2010
Back on Ebay & the corkscrews are
disappearing (as normal)

Missed Kempton today, missed kempton two
weeks ago, bought nothing at auction this year,
not hit Portobello this year & I'm only just back
looking at ebay. It's not surprising that I have little
corkscrew news of note. I believe I have been truly
detoxed!!

I did however notice this very nice looking London
rack on ebay yesterday listed with a low start. I
set a snipe & kept looking. Later in the day, as if
by magic it had disappeared. The seller had added
a cheap buy it now option & it had been snapped
up with military speed & precision by that cheeky
leader of men. Yes, the Colonel grabbed it
presumably with a well planned operation of
cunning! Nice one Stephen!

I did have a scroll through completed listings on
ebay UK & I can't see anything mega that has
been snapped up. Looks like the sellers are
getting pretty streetwise to the buy it now offers
but obviously not on this occasion.

Gavin Maddock emailed to say he bought these
two guns on ebay which the seller listed at a BIN
price of £6.99 + £3.00 P+P. A nice profit will be
heading his way soon.

Any more BIN's to report guys? I'm sure Josef &
Tommy have some news, after all they are the BIN
refreshing specialists.

28th February 2010
BIN Update

Josef did indeed manage a nice BIN over the last
few weeks. Hours of refreshing & asking that all
important question "How bout a buy it now?" paid
off with a Barnes, one of those double helix
American patent corkscrews.

Not to be out-done, Graeme Nott hit the button
within a couple of minutes of some flesh legs
being listed with a legitimate BIN at £25.00 on
ebay UK. He also bought a very nice early
sheathed pocket for a paltry £40.00 BIN a few
weeks back.

Just in...another cheeky Brit Banker (boo hiss!)/
corkscrew collector has just bought a signed silver
pocket on a BIN for £40.00!
All set for corkscrew hunting.
Here I am sporting the all
new 2010 Deputy Dog hat.
March 6th 2010
Robert Scores at DC Big Flea

News just in from Robert Leopardi who struck it
lucky today at a big flea market in Washington DC.
He looks pretty pleased with himself & why not.
Robert is renowned for bargain finds, so you can
assume he paid at the low, low end for what looks
like a nice Syroco Monk, fancy golden roundlet,
Old Snifter & Leg shaped penknife.

To think I spent 4 hours checking out 1500 stalls at
Ardingly on tuesday & didn't buy one lousy
corkscrew. I suppose I had all my luck buying the
Burgess & Fenton. Cheers to you too Robert!
March 8th 2010
I've only gone and got myself a buy it now!

I just hit the various corkscrew searches on ebay US & there it
was, buy it now $50.00. I looked, then looked again & thought
that seems like a decent deal. I signed in & hit the button only to
find that the seller wouldn't accept bidders from outside the US.
Damn! I then remembered my ace in the pack, a user name that
Chris Bristow helped me set up with a US address for just this
scenario. I dug out the details & tried again. It worked! This Clam
Shell pocket folder will be heading my way soon via a diversion at
chez L'Africain in Vinalhaven.

Once bought & paid for I went back to see if it was listed as a buy
it now or if the seller added a BIN by request. It was the latter,
here are the questions asked on the listing.

Q:  Hi, How about a 50.00 Buy It Now? Thx! Mar-08-10
A:   its on buy it now,rite now
Q:  Hi, I sent you a request for a 50.00 Buy It Now a little while ago. I am about to board
a plan and won't be back to my computer till 5 hours from now. Please consider my offer
and do the appropriate thing if you want to accept it. I would love these corkscrews.
Thx! Mar-08-10
A:   im getting all kinds of buy it now offers
March 10th 2010

My bad run at Antique fairs
continues

I hit Kempton yesterday with the usual optimism but
alas by the time I was through not one corkscrew
was purchased :( The only piece I contemplated
buying was a bulky brass frame with two cherubs
(Same as one I have for sale on my site in the
mechanical section) Trouble is, the one I picked up
was poorly cast & didn't have a base, plus it wasn't
particularly cheap, so I decided to pass. The best
piece I saw was a set of legs for £250.00.

That's three fairs I've visited in 2010 without a single
buy. Quite amazing! I'll be heading to Shepton
Mallet on Friday 19th March, so I hope my luck
changes then. I'll let you know.

I did manage a corkscrew fix elsewhere, buying a
small early two pillar with a horseshoe type handle.
I've never seen such a small variant, a nice addition
to the collection.
March 10th 2010
The highs & lows of corkscrew
collecting

On March 6th I blogged about Robert Leopardi scoring
some great buys at the DC big flea. Robert continued
his good run the next day at the Baltimore bottle show
buying a cheap Pabst Hollweg & an early Goliath. As
you can imagine he was pretty pleased with himself. His
good run continued later that evening when he snapped
up an eight tool bow with a cheap buy it now on ebay.
By this point he'd changed his name to Roberto with a
big O, was smoking Havana cigars while sipping Dom
Perignon.

Alas, Robert's invincibility has ended. He set up the
Clam shell buy it now with confidence that after 5 hours
on a plan or plane (see blog, 8th March) it would still be
there. Bit too optimistic, yours truly was in the right place
at the right time to grab that one. This morning he
reported with a frustrated tone that a Straight sold for
$10.00 on ebay US & he just missed it. Someone is
jumping around a room somewhere - one hell a buy!

That's the way it goes Robert, maybe you've used up all
your luck.
Great catch Josef
The ebay Buy It Nows seem to be shared around at the moment. Please
sign my petition to keep Josef L'Africain on permanent holiday to keep it
that way.
We believe Josef L'Africain should have a permanent holiday to give the
rest of us a chance of an ebay Buy It Now.

Please add your name to the petition.
Peter Borrett, Robert Leopardi, Tommy Campnell, Corkscrew Hunter (real name
omitted),
your name here