Talk:Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss/@comment-30764484-20130702040149/@comment-24067085-20131020181511

So far so good.

But its only half of the thruth...... ;)

If one gets to dig somewhat deeper into history, the findings are far more logical as why a japanese stapler is a "hotchkiss".

Yes - there was a company with the name "hotchkiss", they produced staplers AND exported them to japan, where such nice office tools weren´t seen before.

This company was founded by Eli H. Hotchkiss, who was a relative to Mr. B. Hotchkiss, the machinegun producer........

You may read about this here:

http://mystaplers.weebly.com/

and here:

http://www.tofugu.com/2012/07/13/japan-stapler-hotchkiss/

and here:

http://antiqueoutings.com/hotchkiss-stapler/