Weird tale - DWM and Cutlery

Vlim · 01-14-2016, 12:16 PM

DWM wrote about this chapter in their history in their company history:

The first items that DWM produced after the restart in 1919 were balls and ball bearings in Berlin and several items from aluminum in Karlsruhe, mainly kitchen tableware. ... the tableware was very good and heavy, but too expensive for most of the buying public. This was also caused by the fact that it was very uneconomical to produce these items on existing extracting and pressing machines built for 200 to 300 tons of pressure, when only 20 to 30 tons were needed.

DWM mainly used this 'trick' to be able to keep their heavy production machinery from being taken away and scrapped by the Interallied Control Commission after WW1.

01-14-2016, 12:16 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	DWM wrote about this chapter in their history in their company history: The first items that DWM produced after the restart in 1919 were balls and ball bearings in Berlin and several items from aluminum in Karlsruhe, mainly kitchen tableware. ... the tableware was very good and heavy, but too expensive for most of the buying public. This was also caused by the fact that it was very uneconomical to produce these items on existing extracting and pressing machines built for 200 to 300 tons of pressure, when only 20 to 30 tons were needed. DWM mainly used this 'trick' to be able to keep their heavy production machinery from being taken away and scrapped by the Interallied Control Commission after WW1.