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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10334131, member: 79705"]I had read that though it was invented earlier, it wasn't really used commercially until after WW1 so I tend to err on the side of its-not-as-old so I don't get disappointed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> It also has an earlier locking clasp that started I think in 1890s(?) through early 1900s so I go with 1900-ish when people ask lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10334131, member: 79705"]I had read that though it was invented earlier, it wasn't really used commercially until after WW1 so I tend to err on the side of its-not-as-old so I don't get disappointed. :D It also has an earlier locking clasp that started I think in 1890s(?) through early 1900s so I go with 1900-ish when people ask lol.[/QUOTE]
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