»Dietrich Apel in our many years of friendship, always told me that the stamp of a »K« in a jagged circled was the mark of esteemed German barrel maker Kelber, and there were 3 of them & I think they were heavily pressed into service in the mid to late 1890s? In recent years, along comes Axel E. and he gives, with a little Black Magic & Stroke of the Magic Wand, that much like our Cockle-Burr Plant, Germany too has a similar plant, and maybe the same, that has fruit/offspring/seed with »little hooked thorns«, just like our Cockle-Burr and Beggar Lice, that very quickly & easily attaches to the coat of passerby animals and clothing of humans; all of which transport the seed to a new growing area. Axel E gives that since the K is in a „Ratchet“, or jagged circle, it is a symbol for the Klette seed & if you truncate the »e« off the end, then it reads „Klett“ and represents the talented Klett family of tubemakers, specifically Heinrich Klett. Now too the Klett family was somehow associated w/ the »Acorn« and a similar tale evolves; i.e. Acorn Folk are the Kletts. Anyway, if ifs and butts were candy & nuts, well all have a Merry Christmas w/ 2 choices of Kelber & Kletts.«
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