Hagenauer Fakes & More
  • About
    • Tests for fakes
    • Marks
  • Animal figures
    • Apes
    • Bear, deer and fox
    • birds
    • bull and donkey
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Elephants
    • fish
    • Horses
    • ibex
    • mouse and rabbits
    • Republican elephants
  • Human Figures
    • Leaners
    • Standers
  • Miscellaneous objects
    • Auböck "inspired"
    • odds & ends
  • About
    • Tests for fakes
    • Marks
  • Animal figures
    • Apes
    • Bear, deer and fox
    • birds
    • bull and donkey
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Elephants
    • fish
    • Horses
    • ibex
    • mouse and rabbits
    • Republican elephants
  • Human Figures
    • Leaners
    • Standers
  • Miscellaneous objects
    • Auböck "inspired"
    • odds & ends
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Here are four examples of the hitchhiking ape corkscrew designed by Rohac as a pretzel holder (model #327); all are smaller copies of it, with worms added.

Ape #1, with its right arm down, is exactly as the pretzel holder.  It is marked with a very crude [RR, MADE IN AUSTRIA], It fails the usability and marks test. This is a very uncomfortable corkscrew to hold as the arm punches into your palm; however bending the arm up made the other versions slightly more acceptable.

Ape #2 has a fake [RR, MADE IN AUSTRIA]. The [MADE IN AUSTRIA] is straight rather than curved. It fails the usability and worm test. 

Ape #3 is a smaller copy (123 gm) of #2 in some sort of silver-coloured metal never used by Hagenauer marked [RENA, wHw, MADE IN AUSTRIA]. Interestingly this is the identical [MADE IN AUSTRIA] mark found on #2. It fails the usability, mark and material test.

Ape #4 is also a smaller copy (131 gm) of #2, marked [HANDMADE, wHw, HAGENAUER WIEN]. It fails the usability, mark and finish test.

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Ape #5 is a copy of the Rohac model #36 marked [
RENA]. 
It fails the mark and finish test.

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Ape #6 is a copy of the Rohac model #341 marked [wHw, HAGENAUER WIEN].
 It fails the mark and finish test.


 
Almost all Rohac corkscrews, and many of his figurines,
 have been copied and marked to suit the target market.

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