what type of scissors and new brand to me

[skipskip]

ROBT KLAAS Prussia

Symbol "kissing cranes"

so the are a great old company with a neat logo.

but what are this type of scissors called?

I'm thinking medical?  from a medics kit?

[Nolatoolguy]

I am not 100% sure but to me they look like pruning shears or something along those lines. I think there to big to be from a medics kit cause usually there smaller and more compact. Those seam to be larger then what would be easy to have in a kit.

[wvtools]

Is there a lip on the large blade?  If so, then those are oil lamp wick trimming scissors.  The lip on the large blade makes a shelf to catch the burnt part of the wick that you cut off, so that it does not fall in the oil.

[scottg]

Wick trimmers
 yours Scott

[Branson]

Wick trimmers
 yours Scott

Yep.  I little different from most I've seen, but wick trimmers.

[BruceS]

Look like applique scissors to me.

[rusty]

I'm leaning toward Wick trimmer also, but, Klass is most known for making Swords , Daggers (WWII era) and Razors. So something for trimming the beard isn't out of the question ....

[scottg]

Rob-t Klass, Kissing Crane brand, has been in business since 1834 and still goes on.
Cutlery of every kind has been produced over the generations.

Pearl inset stiletto shears anyone?    (click to enlarge)
 yours Scott

[Branson]

Look like applique scissors to me.

Not with the broad blade with the lip on it -- that acts like a kind of spatula to hold the bits of the wick you've trimmed off.

[Branson]

Rob-t Klass, Kissing Crane brand, has been in business since 1834 and still goes on.
Cutlery of every kind has been produced over the generations.

Pearl inset stiletto shears anyone?   
 yours Scott

Clearly made for use by members of the Womens Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society.

[Billman49]

Definitely wick triming scissors - in rural parts of eastern Europe they still have to use oil lamps as electricity hasn't reached them yet..

[scottg]

In seriously rural parts of the Unites States they still use kerosene lamps too.
  I used nothing but for 7 years.

 Aladdin lamps put out about 4 times more light but they are a pain in the butt, and the light itself is harsh and "greasy" somehow.
  Propane lamps are bright too, but they hiss like a snake and I don't much care for the light they produce either.
 So if you live without a steady source of electricity, kerosene light is not too bright, but its soft, warm and cozy and something you can live with year in and year out.
 
 Oil wicks of any kind develop a blackened crust on top over time that need to be trimmed off. The charcoal crust impedes the flow of oil and it won't burn well.  So about every 2 weeks you have to trim it off.
Its not a lot of trimming and the crust is not large but shears like this are just tiny bit of extra elegance I would have appreciated if I had known about them.
      Here are a few antique lamps from the golden era. I like all antique glass lamps, but have a special fondness for the little ones. Night lights.
   Nighty night
 yours Scott 

[Billman49]

A Google images search for wick scissors will bring up many hits - even some really 'posh' ones with ornamental handles and a little box to hold the trimmings - I believe that they were also used to trim candle wicks when they started smoking...

[Ietech]

they look like the scissors the Dr used to cut a cast from my broken arm 58 years ago. That was when I was ten y.o. so my memory might be tricking me.  LOL  They do look exactly as I remember tho. The DR explaned to me that the flat surface on the lower blade would keep the scissors from hurting my arm. Golly what a strange thing for me to remember.

See link --- of course these are much newer but very similar.   

http://orthotape.com/cast_removal_cutting_shears.asp

[Branson]

There are still medical scissors much like this, but the lip on the bottom blade of those in question really looks like what you find on wick trimmers.  The medical scissors now have a rounded lump on the tip of the bottom blades, which is exactly for protecting the skin when removing bandages and such like.