In 1951 January 26 Flat toothpick 6,724kg 48 yen 322,752yen 〃 〃 in box 520box 10 yen 5,200 yen February 6 stripped board 98mmwidth (raw) 619kg 35.6yen 21,450 yen March 11 Flat toothpick 5 pounds 30box 3375kg 48 yen 162,000 yen 〃 wooden box 30box 580 yen 17,400 yen 〃 ball box 1,500 box 14 yen 21,000 yen " Paper string 500 yen
1.Flat toothpick was packed in 5 pounds (2.27kg) in box and 10 boxes in the export wooden box.
2. Square pick is like the axis of the match and the tip is sharpened with a carving machine. 3. Hagoromo is a toothpick that looks like a spicebush toothpick, burning one side with fire to black.
In1954 packaging scene at Koeisha
In the war we lost a lot of adults, when there are no people who cut down spice bush Y. Inaba devised it using white birch as substitution.
4. Pick is an abbreviation for flower pick, and in the United States, artificial flowers are attached to this and they decorate the garland when opening. At the beginning, We only exported picks but later attached a thin wire and exported mainly to the USA. The length is 6, 4, 3 inches (15, 10, 7.5 cm) and the tip is sharp. At the upper part of the pick, little notches are put like wrapping a wire.
5. We made round sticks from the plate that were peeled birch wood from.. This is original technology of Japan; it can be used efficiently, so it is narrower than the Western countries. It was a manufacturing method suitable for circumstances where many thin logs were forced to be used. Further in terms of productivity since it was an excellent method, it was able to have export competitiveness for a long time. Meanwhile, in the United States and Italy, manufacturers of matches began making round toothpicks from square sticks by the means of polishing it. So the cost was high.
6. We made ice cream spoon and tongue depressor by using and applying punching
machines that make flat tooth picks with each type of cutlery.
