Last pair of shears

[Steelmillal]

Greetings all,


Thought to share possibly the last pair of large shears I will intentionally buy. Since I use big bolts only slightly during a project, I've switched to hunting for small ones as I use them constantly.

[hutch--]

Nice looking pair, by the shape they look like a large pair of Heinisch.

[hutch--]

I have done a fair amount more on the second pair, the faces that the hinge hold together had to be closed down to get the right blade spacing which is a fussy and time consuming task. Blades have been hollow ground and lapped to fit and then sharpened and they are now performing well, they still feel a but heavy along side other pair of the same size but are very strong and the precision is excellent.

The handles still need to be painted with a 2 pack polyurethane and I have not made up my mind on the outside of the blades but they are shaping up well to be a pair I use on my own table.

[Der Zuschneider]

Greetings all,


Thought to share possibly the last pair of large shears I will intentionally buy. Since I use big bolts only slightly during a project, I've switched to hunting for small ones as I use them constantly.

Can I buy them?

[Steelmillal]

Trade maybe? Ive too many now and these were lonely and needed rescued. Looking for the button scissors and little trimmers much cheaper, too, haha!

[Der Zuschneider]

Just give them to me for cheap. LOL

[Steelmillal]

G'day All! Been an age of rural living, what, with the lockdowns and all. I've been reading everything on a tiny little screen. Thx for the mention of Libeco a few months back. That group needs more exposure.

Sharing a new pair of trimmers I had to buy a 13" to get the pair. I hadn't seen the little ones before. The trimmers are real nice for size. The big ones cut paper wonderfully, haha, and will be treated per usual to restore for fabric. Maybe Gauloises blues handles this time... DZ? Still need a trade for DDR knowledge, etc.

Y'all be safe, stay calm, and tailor on!

Best rgds, AL

[Der Zuschneider]

What do you need from the East Germans?

[Steelmillal]

Aristo Darmstadt slide rules with P scale for sine and cosine curves for pattern math. Long story, but onto something...may be nothing but may be useful...

[hutch--]

Steelmillal,

The 13 inch are a nice looking pair that have not been massacred, rough guess is they are a pair of Wiss #4 but I could be wrong. Get the sharpened properly by someone who does not phuk them up and you will be very pleased with the result.

[Steelmillal]

Greetings Hutch, I do everything myself by hand with vintage boat stones that came from a now demolished steel mill and were used to 'stone' large gears, like really large. There's no one in the area that knows how to sharpen anymore, other than machine tool shops, and it's safer to keep shears in-house.



The larger pair is on the list with a few others for preservation. The little ones are already on the bench and being used. Like those a lot!!

[Steelmillal]

I have weakened..


I didn't have one and am planning on selling off my Compton collection, keeping only a few[dozen ..i am weak..]... Since I can only use one at a time, all extras must be passed on if I am to focus on the trade vs collecting and'wanna-being'..

It's, I'm guessing, 120 years old. 1905 they received the first patent. It has a 22 stamped on the inside, curiously the same number as a modern Wiss 22W. We need to find the Wiss family member and collector that lurks ebay to help preserve these beauties from lost history and document anything that may exist in collections, like Hutch's, what with Heinisch having been absorbed by Wiss in 1914.

Anybody know anybody on "the Row" who has knowledge to share? Known contacts with Whiteley? Know the name and contact of the Italian firm that did that short run batch written about on the old forum, who would have the drop forging die data cloud drawings?

Still, it was a pittance compared to say three weber carbs