80 years old-as good as new!
We love our old sock machines, they are vintage machinery as good today as they were in their heyday. These babies will be still going strong long after today's new fangled sock machines have given up the ghost. They were built in the 1920's and have been in service ever since. They are a tribute to their maker, The Bentley Company, who ironicly went from being the world's biggest sock machine manufacturer in the 1960's to receivership in the 1980's. We are so happy we've got them and will continue to make great socks today and in to the future, well, 'til we give up the ghost. We have no doubt it will be us who'll grow too old to work anymore not the Bentley Komet's, they'll still be thumping along.
Labels: bentley komet, sock machines, socks, vintage machines
posted by Mongrel Socks Alive @ 10:34 PM
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2 Comments:
Great to hear from you and about your komet's history.
It was a shame when the company folded.? I saw twe writing and left a year before it collapsed. In the 60's it was the biggest knitting machine builder worldwide, owning over 40 small to large companies. One of the reasons for its demise was that its older machines kept going, so spares were still needed, despite creating electronic patterning machines. Eventually there was a mountain of variant machines which was too much to handle.
some of my mementoes attached may interest you,
Regards
Kevin
I was a mechanic on bentley komets for 39 years. I am glad there are people who are still interested in this. If anyone would like to chat with me about this , email me at blueparkave@hotmail.com
P.S i like old buicks too !
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