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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: coolford on July 22, 2019, 07:13:28 PM

Title: Todd's Pat. Nippers
Post by: coolford on July 22, 2019, 07:13:28 PM

At auction two weeks ago I bought a clean up table for $4.00 (Actually I bought three clean up tables, this was one).  I threw everything on this table in a box and just got around to it yesterday.  On both nippers it says Todd's Pat. and Made in USA but no mention of the maker. The 10" is a #3 and the 12" a #1. As you can see, both are in fairly decent condition. Who made them?  They didn't look like this before I cleaned them.

Title: Re: Todd's Pat. Nippers
Post by: mvwcnews on July 22, 2019, 11:19:52 PM

Todd's patent = (http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=285446&typeCode=0 ).  It appears he was making them at his own company in the 1890s -- don't know how long production was carried on.

Title: Re: Todd's Pat. Nippers
Post by: d42jeep on July 23, 2019, 01:05:15 AM

I had a pair once but I thought that it would be appropriate to send them to Todd Werts. (Twertsy)
-Don

Title: Re: Todd's Pat. Nippers
Post by: coolford on July 23, 2019, 03:40:08 PM

Thanks Stan, I had a different 10 inch for years but it is not as good as this one and had never seen a 12 inch.