Scissor Stuff

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

It seems like most designers are content to redesign the same objects over and over, chairs, wrist-watches and shoes etc. But Efrat Gommeh devotes some time to the humble pair of scissors coming up with a plastic fold out design and a pair that can be operated with just your fingers.

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

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, March 7, 2009

Scissor Sketch Mosaic

Monday, March 2, 2009

Novel Scissor Designs

Sunday, March 1, 2009

#14: Peerless Pinkers

Scissors by Type

Scissors by Maker

Country of Origin

Search This Blog

Blog Archive

Other Scissor Pages