Some more scissors...

[FRJ]

Thanks Dimitri.

[junebug]

HOW LONG ARE THEY???.......I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS STYLE SCISSORS WERE CALLED "ELECTRICIANS" AND THE FILE WAS FOR WIRE CONNECTIONS???
NOT SAYIN' "D" IS WRONG .............JUST THINKIN OUT LOUD
THE ONES IM THINKIN OF ARE USUALLY 6" OR SO AND LARGER....SOME HAVE A SHEATH.

[junebug]

THESE ARE AROUND 5"
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... &_from=R40

[Miller Bro's]

Could be that too Josh

I have had old pairs of scissors in the original box with factory pamphlet and these serrations were identified as a fingernail file

[FRJ]

Josh, they are 3 3/4". Probably manicure scissors.

[vikingdog]

Here's one for the scissor people:

"Ernest Wright and Son Limited is the last remaining manufacturer of handmade scissors and shears. Operating since 1902 in Sheffield, England, the company documents how one of their "putters", Cliff Denton, assembles a pair of scissors from scratch."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qir3QM1M7Nc#t=233


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[knife7knut]

Here are some of my scissors

1)Seven pairs of poultry shears including a stag handled Eloi Pernet and a LF&C with pearl inserts.
2)An Eloi Pernet desk set with file worked scissors.
3)A D.Peres medical kit with 2 pair of scissors and a nickel silver handled razor.
4)A D.Peres manicure kit with 2 pairs of scissors.
5)A J.A.Henckels manicure set with mother of pearl implements and 2 pair of scissors.
6)A pair of Joseph Rodgers ivory handled scissors with a knife blade in each handle.The blades are about 1 inch long.

I have several more pairs but I can't find pics of them.I'll have to dig them out.

[Beechtree]

Great scissor collection K7K, the Joseph Rogers are really something special. What a fine piece of craftsmanship.

[carrmillus]

.......my wife has a pair of old 8" scissors that are stamped on one side with a 4 leaf clover and underneath it's marked Adolph kastor & sons., on the opposite side they are marked w. h. morley & sons. the handles are elaborately engraved and appear to be silver, for their size, they are extremely heavy. does anyone have any idea as to the age and value on this???......................... ................

[muskrat man]

I don't collect them, just keep a few pair of heavy duty ones around for cutting leather and such. Here is a pair I got at a flea market a sometime back for $2. They were covered in rust, I cleaned them up, fixed the boogered screw, repainted the handles, and sharpened them. They have 6" blades and are great for cutting thick leather. The stamp is AUFDEMKAMPE HDW CO. I cannot find much info on this company only that it was an Ohio company in or around Cincinnati that started around 1900-1901. If anyone can dig up anything more definitive I would sure appreciate any info I can get.

[carrmillus]

Just got these today , don't know anything about them but they are cool!

.......gino, the shape and the engraving on yours is identical to a pair I got for my wife off of ebay about 8 years ago. I still don't know anything about them??.mine are stamped with a cloverleaf, underneath that, kastor and co., germany(Camillus founder) and on the other side they are stamped w. h. morley and sons....there's also a cloverleaf on the head of the pivot screw....mine are 7 1/4" long..... ......

[muskrat man]

Been giving these 4" bladed Clauss Chromes a workout. They needed the edges touched up but man they sho' do cut fine. I need to fix that boogered screw

[SteelMyHeart85420]

I just spent half hour staring at scissors, some people might find that odd. I'm a bit worried that I don't....don't have any old pair, but there's some cool pieces being shown here, thanks for sharing.

[muskrat man]

a couple pairs of nice hefty ones WISS and Clauss

[TripleF]

The past few days I've been wondering if there was a scissors thread on here....

Especially since I scored these in a lot of junk tools purchase a couple weeks ago.

One is a Griffon and the other a Clauss

[terryl308]

got a pair of Eye Brand Solingen, Germany that I got in a box of "stuff" at an auction a while back. Kind of a nice etch on the blade, also have a Wiss bent trimmer that I bought new in 1967 and still use them. terry

[Beechtree]

TripleF and terryl, those look like great old scissors. It is nice to come across such usable, high quality items at tag sales/auctions. I always look at the old scissors and shears as I can never seem to have to many : )

[muskrat man]

A nice pair of eye scissors there, I have been looking for a decent pair of those for the collection. I have slowed down my scissor buying but couldn't leave these nice old WISS Inlaid #22 shears laying rusty in a bucket at the flea market for $2. Wiss and Clauss are 2 of the best using scissors I have found.

[carrmillus]

Just got these today , don't know anything about them but they are cool!

...........gino, I have a pair that looks identical .one side is stamped -w. h. morley and sons, opposite side is stamped kastor & co., Germany, with a clover leaf emblem-mine measure 7 1/4" overall. I'm pretty sure kastor is the guy who started Camillus??.........................

[knife7knut]

Don't know if you could actually call these scissors although they operate like a pair.In reality a fishing tool.No maker's name.

[truck]

Maybe the posters on this thread will appreciate this pair of scissors my dad made. They are nearly three feet long and weigh about five pounds. And they sliced right through a mail order catalog.

In addition to just passing time, I believe he made them to prove he could.

[FRJ]

You've got to love that old hand made stuff. Especially from family.
Very nice, truck.

[truck]

You've got to love that old hand made stuff. Especially from family.
Very nice, truck.

Thank you Joe. I've got lots and lots of handmade keepsakes from him throughout the years.

[FRJ]

You're a fortunate man, indeed.

[FRJ]

Here's a nice pair of sewing scissors from Griffon.
As nicely made as they appear the fastener is not a screw. It is a rivet made to look like a screw. I tried to tighten it before I realized it was a rivet. It was peened on the back. I peened it again and it is just right now. It has a little gold wash.
I don't know if these were made in Bridgeport or Wooster or Germany.
Scissors, can I leave them alone now? Yeah, probably not really.