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Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 02:49:13 pm
Ray, let me know if you find any info on it.
    Thanks, Bob
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: SolingerStahl on May 06, 2021, 01:52:58 pm
This on the base of the Falk.

This seem to be the catalog item No. 259/14 and it did cost 4.00 Reichsmark...!

Thanks!
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 01:11:29 pm
This on the base of the Falk.
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 12:33:47 pm
Hi Ray, 
It's 18cm high. And no I don't have a catalog number but there is a pencil number on the bottom. I'll take a pic and post it, maybe it's a model number ?
My guess is it's 1920 or earlier, mostly because of the wood base.The color would be a good clue also to compare to engines or ? 
I think it was one of the first German pieces I bought and it came from the UK. I like it a lot because of the wood base and the J.F. badge and it's quality. I've never seen another one, but I don't look much. 
Bob.
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: SolingerStahl on May 06, 2021, 11:17:29 am
Joseph Falk fret saw, date ?

I posted using my iPhone as I'm having trouble posting pic's using my Mac Pc.

WOW !!! Never seen before !!!  :o
I ever knew there was a reason to live longer... I will probably need the rest of my life to find one...  ;D

This one should have been manufactured abt. the late 1920s to 1935, short time before FALK was taken over by PLANK...

Now I have a half billion of questions...
How tall is it...?
Do you know the catalog No. or do you have a catalog page or pic that shows it...?
Will you ever think about to sell it...?

Thanks - Ray
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 10:55:01 am
Joseph Falk fret saw, date ?

I posted using my iPhone as I'm having trouble posting pic's using my Mac Pc.
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: SolingerStahl on May 06, 2021, 09:51:47 am
  I have a Josef Falk fret saw that's interesting. I'll post a pic if you want ?

I've never seen a Fret Saw from JOSEF FALK...  :o

Please post some pics...!!!
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 09:46:04 am
  I have a Josef Falk fret saw that's interesting. I'll post a pic if you want ?
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Earlytimes on May 06, 2021, 09:06:31 am
Thanks for the great photos.
Finding pieces and then receiving them in good order can be challenging but all part of collecting.
Title: Re: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: Dampfopa on May 06, 2021, 09:01:43 am
Great stuff. I can only congratulate on the find. Fortunately, the saw has yet found its way to you. What is happening lately sometimes during the delivery, is not to understand.
Title: Oldest large MÄRKLIN Fret Saw 4256/2 of 1904
Post by: SolingerStahl on May 06, 2021, 08:15:19 am
Probably my oldest and rarest MÄRKLIN workshop model, a 28cm tall scroll saw No.4256 / 2 made of cast iron in 1904, came to me yesterday on a tortous DHL path...
Instead of being delivered, it was disposed without any notice into a parcel station 3mls away under one wrong recipient's name ...
Thanksgod he called me up ... there are actually still a few honest people alive!

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The quite weathered and tinkered attic find is now standing free of rust, completed and revised between his colleagues.

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I don't even know if I'll paint over the shiny iron cast patina one time ...
First of all, I'm happy about this mega-rare find ...!