Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American. Show all posts

Friday, April 1, 2016

#60: Griffon Pink All

Maker: Griffon
Model: Pinker
Materials: --
Year: Unknown, 1950s?
Length: 7.5"
Value: $10
Marked: Griffon Pink All USA / "Griffon" Made in USA, PAT. APLLIED FOR
 


Thursday, October 17, 2013

#59 Shop Shear

Maker: Clauss
Model: No. 48
Materials: Steel
Year: Unknown
Length: 8"
Value: $5
Marked -- SHOP SHEAR CLAUSS No 48 U.S.A.


Thursday, June 27, 2013

#57 H Boker 8

Maker: H Boker & Co
Model: 8
Materials: Steel
Year: 1924-1935/6
Length: 8"
Value: $10

H Boker & Co of Newark, New Jersey, operated from 1837 until 1959 when it was sold and renamed as Forgecraft.


#56 Duro-Chrome

Maker: Duro-Chrome
Model: --
 Materials: Metal
Year: Vintage to Modern
Length: 9"
Value:$1

Duro-chrome was founded in 1926.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

#42: Small Steel Scissors

Maker: Unknown USA
Model: --
Materials: Steel
Year: ?
Description: As shown. Marked "STEEL USA".
Value: $1

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

#41: Unidentified

Maker: --
Model: --
Materials: Metal
Year: ?
Description: As shown. Marked "U.S.A."
Value: 50c

Monday, December 20, 2010

#40: Small Wiss Pinkers

Maker Wiss
Model:CB-5
Materials: Metal
Year:Made between August 1952 to April 1962.
Description: As shown.
Value: 50c

Edited to add: I now have an example with box and inserts

Saturday, December 18, 2010

#38: USA scissors

Maker: Unknown
Model: --
Materials: Metal
Year: ?
Description: As shown.
Value: 50c


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

#34: KSC Multi-tool scissors


Maker: Wiss
Model: KSC stands for Kitchen Shears Chrome. Includes bottle opener and Mason jar openers.
Materials: Metal
Year: Vintage 1960s or 70s
Length: 8"
Description: As shown, no evidence of enamel on the handle.
Value: $1
Listing corrections courtesy of Don Wiss

Sunday, May 31, 2009

#25 Tiny Trim Safety Scissors

Maker: WW Beck Wire Products Co.
Model: safety scissors
Materials: unknown
Year: unknown
Length:
Description: Safety scissor still on the card
Estimated value: $1


Sunday, March 1, 2009

#14: Peerless Pinkers

Maker: Peerless
Model: Pinker
Materials: unknown
Year: Unknown
Length: 25.5cm/10"
Description: as shown
Estimated value: $5


Monday, September 29, 2008

#21: Wiss Equity No 39

Maker: Wiss Equity
Model: No 39
Materials: Steel
Year: Unknown
Length: 23cm/9"
Description: as shown
Estimated value: $1



Wednesday, September 17, 2008

#19: Compton U-Set

Maker: Reliance Compton, Newark NJ, USA
Model: Unknown
Materials: Unknown
Year: 1941+, vintage
Length: 28cm/11"
Description: As shown. Remnants of black paint. Stamped with a 1941 patent. These are tailor's shears.  They have a very pleasing design, in my opinion.
Estimated value: $5 up to $30



Tuesday, September 16, 2008

#16, #17, #18: Patterned-Handle Scissors

Maker: Eversharp
Model: Unknown
Materials: Steel
Year: Modern?
Length: Unknown
Description: As shown. Blade marked 'CHICAGO MAIL ORDER CO'. Handle very faintly stamped 'Eversharp, FORGED STEEL, USA'.
Estimated value: .50c

Maker: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Materials: Steel
Year: Modern?
Length:
Description: As shown. Stamped 'STEEL, U.S.A.'.
Estimated value: .50c


Maker: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Materials: Steel
Year: Modern?
Length:
Description: As shown. Stamped 'FORGED STEEL, U.S.A.'.
Estimated value: .50c



Monday, September 15, 2008

#15: Equity Shear Co Shears (Wiss)

Makers: Equity Shear Co, Newark (Wiss)
Model: Unknown
Materials: Unknown
Year: Unknown
Length: 30cm/12"
Description: As shown. Remanants of both green and black paint on the handles. The makers stamp is very faint but seems to read 'EQUITY SHEAR CO NEWARK'.
Estimated value: $1

Friday, September 5, 2008

#12: Red eversharps

Maker: Eversharp
Model: Unknown
Materials: Unknown
Year: Vintage?
Length: 18cm/7"
Description: As shown

Thursday, August 7, 2008

#3: Kleencut

Maker: Kleencut
Model: BD. of ED. NYC (Board of Education?)
Materials: Steel
Year: unknown modern
Length: 18 cm long
Description: Remnant of black paint on handles.



#2: I.P. Hyde 12"

Maker: I.P.Hyde, Southbridge, Mass. (still in business as Hyde Tools but no longer seem to make scissors)
Model: XX-12"
Materials: Brass handle?
Year: unknown
Length: 31.5 cm long
Description: Dress maker's / tailor's shears.
Value: A little difficult to estimate.  In good condition maybe $20.