Folding Scissors

Object/Artifact

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The Cabinet of Scissor Curiosities

Folding Scissors: An image of the handle, knife blade, and scissors with the blades open.
Folding Scissors

An image of the handle, knife blade, and scissors with the blades open.

Name/Title

Folding Scissors

Entry/Object ID

2025.2.227

Tags

folding, sheffield, screw, leaf, st1, cs8, unsprung

Description

A folding blade with unsprung scissors. Marked "ENGLAND" on one side of the knife blade and "[...]EFFIELD [...]NGLAND" on the other. The pivot type on the scissors is a screw; scissor blade is leaf point, shoulder is st1 and cross section is cs8.

Category

Folding Scissors, Scissors

Made/Created

Place

City

Sheffield

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Base of knife blade

Transcription

[...]EFFIELD [...]NGLAND / ENGLAND

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Width refers to width of scissor pivot.

Width

7 mm

Length

51 mm

Dimension Description

Blade length

Length

20 mm

Dimension Notes

Crotch to pivot = 32 mm; total length of handle = 75 mm

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Own Collection

Date

June 30, 2025

Created By

studygroup@scissornet.org

Create Date

June 30, 2025

Updated By

studygroup@scissornet.org

Update Date

July 10, 2025