How It's Made - Straights and Barber poles

[wurls]

While watching How It Is Made last night, I saw that they were showing how barber poles were made. They're still made today by the William Marvy, who was featured in the 5 minute segment. Just nice to see that the modern world hasn't forgotten about the yesteryears when these were common place. There is only one barber pole where I live, so I'm not sure how common they are or not in the US.
Looked everywhere on Youtube for a clip of the segment, and couldn't find anything, so here's the link to their website:
http://www.wmmarvyco.com/fr_barberpoles.htm

I might look for a used one to place in my man cave (A.K.A. garage)!

Also, recently saw on the same program how straights are made. They're shown making Solingen straights.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b_nRYltQ-Y


Enjoy!

 

[Redstickjohn]

How it's made also did a segment on Merkur a few months ago, showing their blade manufacturing and the Vision. Neat.

 

[D.Jackson]

That's neat. Someday, I am going to have one of those Marvy Barber poles.

 

[bigben91682]

I love that show, hadn't seen the straight production before, very cool.