tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post4170785987595508645..comments2024-03-28T10:34:56.034-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Guest Post - Lefax – The Early Years By gmaxLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-62120335807184875332015-06-13T03:42:33.133-04:002015-06-13T03:42:33.133-04:00Funny how much there is to see in theses old pages...Funny how much there is to see in theses old pages.<br />I've just noticed that the 1924 page has it as "Leaves of Facts".<br />Grace Scurr is meant to have invented the name "Filofax" in 1925, but it seems that name may have been a fairly natural evolution.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-65914749188002088622015-06-11T01:15:58.990-04:002015-06-11T01:15:58.990-04:00Thanks to all for your comments - glad you enjoy t...Thanks to all for your comments - glad you enjoy the historical side of Lefax and Filofax.<br />I have some other old leaves that are also interesting, so will share them too later.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-73659901639020706302015-06-10T15:19:21.113-04:002015-06-10T15:19:21.113-04:00Hi gmax. Thank you for the reply. I see now the wo...Hi gmax. Thank you for the reply. I see now the words in the first photo. It is great to read more on the history of the company. Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482495677635690573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-280988841770344322015-06-10T13:32:34.218-04:002015-06-10T13:32:34.218-04:00My great-grandfather was an engineer for Carborund...My great-grandfather was an engineer for Carborundum in the 1930s-1960s. My grandmother used one of his old LeFax binders as a commonplace book - she typed up quotes, phrases and pasted clippings from newspapers in it. It was a reinforced paper brown cover, not leather, and it just disintegrated about 15 years ago.<br /><br />My current employer used to have a few old radio LeFaxes around in the Breehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439533442915361300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-30389063195231185282015-06-10T12:50:17.575-04:002015-06-10T12:50:17.575-04:00The "leaf + facts" expansion can be seen...The "leaf + facts" expansion can be seen at the top of the first image here, and it's a fairly small step from there to "file of facts", which inspired Grace Scurr's Filofax name. So yes I think so @Be.<br /><br />Both names can be seen co-existing within the 1937 catalogue (available on Philofaxy's catalogues page). Lefax was still used there for the original gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-34988222182390366662015-06-10T11:10:27.471-04:002015-06-10T11:10:27.471-04:00Was Lefax considered in the name Filofax?Was Lefax considered in the name Filofax?Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482495677635690573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-85210022963884128002015-06-10T10:39:55.962-04:002015-06-10T10:39:55.962-04:00A great post! I have one from the 30's on cons...A great post! I have one from the 30's on construction methods and materials, also I bought one as a present for a friend who is an amateur radio enthusiast and had a huge amount of information on vacuum tubes. Both illustrates how much each industry has changed. <br /><br />Thanks for the info gmax!<br />crofterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977273055291702683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-15698232480057893102015-06-10T09:38:04.748-04:002015-06-10T09:38:04.748-04:00I have a couple of Lefax from the early 1990s, and...I have a couple of Lefax from the early 1990s, and I also have a Lefax Mathematical tables binder on its way:<br /><br />www.ebay.com/itm/261915017311<br />Alan Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163255067102493914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1892106430565664762015-06-10T08:35:07.919-04:002015-06-10T08:35:07.919-04:00Thanks for the fascinating post, Max. I am very in...Thanks for the fascinating post, Max. I am very interested in this period of planner development and its links to Filofax. Clare Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023202926551339975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-91428999124662167582015-06-10T03:51:24.849-04:002015-06-10T03:51:24.849-04:00I reckon it was among the last of the breed John -...I reckon it was among the last of the breed John - a model called Boston was in the range for 1993/1994. At the takeover, Filofax had positioned Lefax to be their "luxury" brand, but then quietly killed it off afterwards.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-77278900544162371192015-06-10T02:30:11.916-04:002015-06-10T02:30:11.916-04:00I have a Lefax Boston, which is quite old, but I h...I have a Lefax Boston, which is quite old, but I have no idea how old it isJohnofJenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954122499424969061noreply@blogger.com