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Saturday, December 25, 2010

#44 Thread Nippers

Thread nippers are small scissors for use in embroidery and other sewing and craft activities. They are open at rest, and can be close by placing your thumb in the thumb hole and wrapping your fingers around the scissors.

Maker: --
Model: --
Materials: Metal
Year: Modern
Length: 4.5", 12cm
Description: As shown.
Value: 0

About Collecting Scissors:

It is still relatively uncommon for people to collect scissors and this gives the hobby many advantages. The key advantage being that interesting antique (100 year old +) and vintage (50-100 years old) scissors can be acquired for very little money. Almost all of the scissors shown on this blog were purchased cheaply, about $5 for a vintage pair, about $10 for an antique pair--for a mixed lot the per scissor price is often only about a dollar. As I am not interested in museum specimen quality, but actually prefer tools that have seen use, wear and even repair, I have acquired a large and interesting collection primarily of larger vintage linear design scissor--the kind I find most attractive. [read more]

Saturday, December 25, 2010

#44 Thread Nippers

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