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    Posted 12 years ago

    DCASEONE
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    My boys found this old ice pick and wanted to know more about it I keep it on the wall in my bar some of the words are missing.
    on the handle it says
    complements of
    -----D BREWING CO
    ---w-- --- ------
    ------------------
    OLD GERMAN LAGER
    Phone 14--
    The spaces are what I cant make out

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    1. Lumpy Lumpy, 12 years ago
      That is a JFO#F-35, style opener/ice pick. It should be marked ?A. W. STEPHENS MFG. CO. WALTHAM, MASS. PAT. APR. 30, 1901
      The only two listed in the Just For Openers guide book are marked, (1)- DRINK AMERICAN BEER PHONE 6122.
      & (2) PICK [???] FOR YOUR WINES & LIQUORS IROQUOIS BEER & STANDARD ALE 532 N. MAIN STREET ELMIRA, N. Y.
      "Old German Lager" named beer, was used by about six breweries over the years, but I see none with the name ending in "D".
      Yours would be a unlisted or unknown opener. If you could read enough to establish it as an American brewery/beer item, you may have the only one known of.
      This style openers/ice pick list for between $50 and $75, so it is worth hanging on to.
      Hope this helps,
      Lumpy
    2. DCASEONE, 12 years ago
      Thanks Lumpy,I looked closer and I think what I thaught was a D is a O it looks like it might be FRESNO BREWING CO.
    3. Lumpy Lumpy, 12 years ago
      I found Fresno Brewing Co., which is old enough, but "Old German Lager" is not showing as one of their brews.
      Check this out; http://www.taverntrove.com/brewery.php?BreweryId=516
      If thats what it is, it is an unlisted opener.

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