Knobesholms tunnbinderi

About the museum

A cooperage was started at the end of the 19th century at Knobesholms säteri (manor), near Asige village. Here butter firkins (smördrittlar) were made, wooden casks of beech that the local dairies used to pack butter, and the activity shows how a small local industry once looked. Butter was packed in firkins at the dairies until the 1940s.

The cooperage, which in the district is usually called Drittelfabriken (the Firkin Factory), has been restored and retains its machinery, including a mechanical hoop-tightening device (surr) that made it easier to tension the barrel hoops. During viewings visitors see how a firkin was made. A small group of volunteers takes part in showing the factory and its machines.

Highlights

• Restored cooperage from the late 19th century
• Production of butter firkins
• Machines and tools shown during guided tours

Permanent exhibition

• Tunnbinderiet och drittelfabriken – The restored cooperage with machines where butter firkins were made for the district's dairies; the production is demonstrated during viewings.

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Getting there & parking

The cooperage lies on the outskirts of Asige village near Slöinge. From the E6, take exit 48 (Slöinge), past SIA Glass and Hallands Djursjukhus, to road 767 (the old E6); then follow the signs towards Asige and Tunnbinderiet.

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