Monday, May 12, 2008

Hotchkiss

[Repost] You've never heard of mr. Eliphalet Hubbell Hotchkiss? He was an American business owner whose company started production of a paper stapler at the end of the nineteenth century, and exported a lot of them to the Japanese government. Which is why a word for "stapler" in Japanese is "ホチキス" (hochikisu). Which I found strange, started to look around and found this site on antique staplers. Which, if nothing else, it's a good place to get your fill of esoteric knowledge you can bore people to tears with.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous08 August, 2009 11:11

    I also found out today the link between ホチキス and Eliphalet Hubbell Hotchkiss, then found your post. Nice story.

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  2. Mystaplers22 August, 2011 09:15

    Sorry My old site bored you to tears. For the many collectors that followed the site, they found it had some value.

    Curt Scaglione
    The Stapler Exchange

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  3. Jan Moren22 August, 2011 10:36

    "Sorry My old site bored you to tears. "

    Not at all! It was really fascinating, which is why I posted the link in the first place. All I said was that stapler history facts isn't a very riveting (sic) field of conversation for most people.

    Do you have a new site somewhere? I'd be happy to update the link.

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