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Offline superzstuff

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Trimmer Tweezers
« on: September 20, 2012, 08:46:31 PM »
I think these were for trimming something, but what? They are marked "Royal" and "Edw. Parkinson Mfg. Co. Prov. R.I." on side. They are 5 1/2" long with a 1 3/4" long  pointed cutting edge.
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 09:00:25 PM »
Maybe tobacco shears.
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2012, 03:49:46 AM »
They look like weavers shears - used to cut off and pick out loose threads in cloth - not to be confused with the large shears used to trim the knap of cloth - they were common with small scale hand weavers, but also used in quality control in large weaving shops (especially wool weaving)..
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2012, 08:38:23 PM »
Billman is likely close to the truth, Edward Parkinson Mfg Co made textile equipment, specializing in webbing machinery, and thread handling machines...
(There isn't much else on them that i could find..)

PS: One of the nearby textile mills was named Royal mills...
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2012, 08:45:42 PM »
They look like sheep shears to me
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2012, 11:57:18 AM »
For very tiny sheep ;P
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2012, 01:53:09 PM »
They still sell thread snips that function exactly like this. Everyone in the sewing business makes their own pattern.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Clauss-TC-4-1-2-Thread-Snips-/110954405640?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d565df08


The Japanese make them just like this, even now. 
These are Chinese. Japanese are just the same, except 222 times the price.
 You know the Japanese.  heh

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Thread-Nippers-Sewing-Beading-Snips-Scissors-/220564608284?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item335aacd51c
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Re: Trimmer Tweezers
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2012, 09:22:34 AM »
Quote from: gibsontool on September 21, 2012, 08:45:42 PM
They look like sheep shears to me

These show the earliest form for scissors, as found in Egypt circa 1500 BC.  Turkey has produced early examples, as in the first photo.

The second photo shows examples from the La Tene Culture (Swiss Celts) from around 500 BC.
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