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Scissors and Shears13 of 154Antique Left Handed Textile Shears/Scissorsa pair of CLAUSS shears, plus a probably more historic (than I realized) wooden ruler
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    Posted 4 years ago

    hotairfan
    (385 items)

    Seeing this scissors an a table at a yard sale, I couldn't help noticing the strange spring clamps on the blade. I had to purchase them because I had to find out why they had such a strange addition to the blades. After I got them home and looking them over good, I noticed a flower (rose) on the handle. Putting 2 plus 2 together, it became apparent that these are rose cutting scissors. The spring attachments on the blade are to hold the stem while the actual blade makes the cut, thus preventing the rose from falling after the slice.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      Pretty cool never seen anything like it. Most of the flower scissors I've seen are little tiny pairs. I was curious so I did a quick search and I only found one pair of that was even similar. Good find.
    2. salome000 salome000, 4 years ago
      This is amazing! I would’ve had no idea what they were for and I doubt I would have been smart enough to put two and two together! Great find and thanks for sharing… I am definitely tucking this into my mental collection of CW facts… I just hope it stays LOL

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