Knirps Umbrellas
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knirps umbrellas 22.04.2017
Whilst we’ve been huge fans of Blunt Umbrellas (the world’s strongest) for many years now the one thing a Blunt can’t do is fit in your pocket (unless you have really big pockets!).
That’s where Knirps comes in – the world’s original folding umbrella.
A first world war injury made it difficult for Hans Haupt to carry both a walking stick and an umbrella, so he set about creating a solution. The result was the first umbrella with a telescopic frame. It fitted neatly in his pocket and was always available when it rained. Haupt referred to it as his tiny ‘tot’ – a young child. Knirps means ‘tot’ in German.
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