I went to just pick up a pair of Wiss Professional Buttonhole cutters....
#32
According to my 1975 Wiss catalog, the 1226 shears are “Knife Edge” “Bent Trimmers” that are called “Carpet, Upholstery and Fabric Shears”. They’re “Hot Drop-Forged. Polished Blades. Patented Set-Easy Pivot. Royal Blue Handles. One blade is ground to a knife-edge for faster, cleaner, easier cutting of today’s synthetic fabrics.” They are 12 inches long, with a 6 1/8 inch length of cut, and weigh about 1 1/4 pounds.
See any Royal Blue Paint left on them?
CD in Oklahoma
See any Royal Blue Paint left on them?
CD in Oklahoma
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I’m not being argumentative, but actually, I think that most of us call any big ol’ honkin’ shears, “Tailor Shears”, but there were only a few styles that were actually labeled as such by Wiss. All types of industries used large shears, and according to a 1975 Wiss catalog that I have, Steve’s scissors were probably called something else, and appear to be of the 20 or 22 series of “Bent Trimmers”, either regular or knife edge.
I had a pair given to me (that I also thought were Tailor Shears), that are actually #4-I.S. “Upholstery, Carpet, Canvas and Sailmaker’s Shears”, 12 inches in length, with a 6 1/8 inch cut, and weigh 1 3/8 pounds. If Steve can read the number on his (on the back side that I can’t see), I’ll see if I can find their official name in my catalog and give him the specs. Here’s a photo of Tailor’s Shears, and a photo of my shears.
CD in Oklahoma
I had a pair given to me (that I also thought were Tailor Shears), that are actually #4-I.S. “Upholstery, Carpet, Canvas and Sailmaker’s Shears”, 12 inches in length, with a 6 1/8 inch cut, and weigh 1 3/8 pounds. If Steve can read the number on his (on the back side that I can’t see), I’ll see if I can find their official name in my catalog and give him the specs. Here’s a photo of Tailor’s Shears, and a photo of my shears.
CD in Oklahoma
"Hon, have you seen my carpet shears?" Nope, not in our vocabulary...hee, hee. Thanks for the info though.
~ Cindy
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According to my 1975 Wiss catalog, the 1226 shears are “Knife Edge” “Bent Trimmers” that are called “Carpet, Upholstery and Fabric Shears”. They’re “Hot Drop-Forged. Polished Blades. Patented Set-Easy Pivot. Royal Blue Handles. One blade is ground to a knife-edge for faster, cleaner, easier cutting of today’s synthetic fabrics.” They are 12 inches long, with a 6 1/8 inch length of cut, and weigh about 1 1/4 pounds.
See any Royal Blue Paint left on them?
CD in Oklahoma
See any Royal Blue Paint left on them?
CD in Oklahoma
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