The Clauss Shear Company - 1934
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The Clauss Shear Company - 1934Entry/Object ID
2026.7.66Tags
1900s, america, scissors, shears, snips, catalogue, metal snipsDescription
The Clauss Shear Company were Ohio based manufacturers of shears and scissors. Their 1934 Catalogue illustrates a range of scissors, snips, and shears, including: Embroidery Scissors, Ring Bow, Flat Pattern, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated (optional Japanned Handles) - sizes 3 1/2" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/4" to 2 3/4" Embroidery Scissors, Ring Bow, Flat Pattern, Extra Fine Finish, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 3 1/2" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/4" to 2 3/4" Embroidery Scissors, Fitted Bow, Flat Pattern, Highest Grade Extra Fine Finish, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 3 1/2" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/4" to 2 3/4" Stork Pattern Embroidery Scissors, Fancy Embossed Pattern, Gold Plated - size 3 1/2"; length of cut 1" Ladies' Scissors, Ring Bow, Flat Pattern, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated (optional Japanned Handles) - sizes 4" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/2" to 2 3/4" Ladies' Scissors, Ring Bow, Flat Pattern, Extra Fine Finish, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 4" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/2" to 2 3/4" Ladies' Scissors, Fitted Bow, Flat Pattern, Highest Grade, Extra Fine Finish, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 4" to 7"; length of cut 1 1/2" to 3 3/8" Ladies' Scissors, Finger Rest Pattern, Round Shank, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 3 1/2", 4 1/2", and 5 1/2"; length of cut 1 1/4", 1 3/4", 2 3/8" Ladies' Scissors, Horn of Plenty Pattern, Solid Steel, Nickel Plated Blades, Gold Plated Embossed Handles - sizes 3 1/2" and 5 1/2"; length of cut 1" to 2 1/4" Ladies' Scissors, Solid Steel Drop Forged Blades, Fitted Bow Handles, Fully Nickel Plated (optional Extra Special Finish and Double Sharp Points on some sizes) - sizes 4", 5", and 6"; length of cut 1 1/2", 2 1/8", and 2 5/8" Pocket Scissors, Flat Pattern, Solid Steel, Full Nickel Finish, optional Japanned Handles, optional Extra Finish - sizes 3 1/2" to 6"; length of cut 1 3/8" to 2 3/4" Pocket Scissors, Swedged Pattern, Best Grade, Highly Finished, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 4" to 6"; length of cut 1 1/2" to 2 3/4" Cuticle Scissors, Curved Blades, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated (three grades of finish) - sizes 3 1/2" and 4" Cuticle Scissors, Curved Blades, Professional Pattern - Best Quality Needle Points, Thin Blades - sizes 3 1/2" and 4" Cuticle Scissors, Finger Rest Pattern, Fine Points, Highly Finished - size 3 1/2" Nail Scissors, Round Shank Patten, Curved Blade, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated, Standard or Extra Quality - size 3 1/2" Nail Scissors, Finger Rest Pattern Curved Blades, Solid Steel - size 3 1/2" Buttonhole Scissors, Set Screw, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - size 4 1/2" Library Scissors, Gold Plated Handles, Nickel Blades, Solid Steel (optional Handles Embossed or Full Nickel) - size 8" Electrician Scissors, solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated (optional Japanned Handles), Special Hand-Tempered Points for cutting Wire, Insulation, and Light Metal, Scraper Edge and File on back of Blades - size 5"; length of cut 1 3/4" General Utility or Kitchen Shears, with Red, Green, or Blue Japanned Handles, Nickel Plated Blades, One Blade Corrugated to assure a Good Grip, Solid Steel - size 8"; length of cut 3" Poultry Shears, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Highly Polished and Fully Nickel Plated Knurled Handles - size 9 1/2"; length of cut 3 1/2" Barbers' Shears*, French Pattern, Solid Steel (choice of Full Nickel Finish, Full Gun Metal Finish, or White Duco Handles) - sizes 7" and 7 1/2"; length of cut 2 7/8" and 3 1/4" Barbers' Shears*, French Pattern, Solid Steel, Specially Tempered, Polished and Finished, Made of Fine Cutlery Steel (choice of Full Nickel Finish, Full Gun Metal Finish, or Polished Blades, Nickel Handles) - size 7" and 7 1/2"; length of cut 2 7/8" and 3 1/4" "Professional" Barbers' Shears*, Best Solid Steel, Specially Fine Polish, Both Blades Flat and Thin - size 7 1/4", length of cut 2 7/8" "Feather Edge Special" Barbers' Shears*, Professional Pattern, Highest Quality Steel, Properly Hardened and Tempered, Polished Blades and Handles - size 7 1/8", length of cut 2 3/4" American Pattern Barbers' Shears*, Fitted Bows, Solid Steel (choice of Full Nickel Finish or Japanned Handles Finish) - sizes 7", 7 1/2", 8"; length of cut 3", 3 1/2", and 3 3/8" *All Barber Shears Can Be Furnished With Serrated Edge Surgical Scissors, Curved Bandage or Nurses' Scissors, Fully Nickel Plated or Chrome Plated - size 5"; length of cut 1 7/8" Surgical Scissors, One Sharp and One Blunt Point, Straight Blade, Full Nickel or Chrome Plated - sizes 4 1/2" and 5 1/2"; length of cut 1 1/2" and 1 7/8" Surgical Scissors, Double Blunt Points, Straight Blade, Full Nickel or Chrome Plated - size 5 1/2"; length of cut 1 7/8" Surgical Scissors, Double Sharp Points, Straight Blade, Full Nickel or Chrome Plated - sizes 5 1/2" and 7 1/4"; length of cut 1 5/8" and 2" (5 1/2" size also available Nickel Plated Only) Surgical Scissors, Angular Bandage Scissors, With Hook Handle so Nurses can hook Scissors on belt or pocket, Nickel or Chrome Plated - size 5 1/2"; length of cut 1 5/8" Dental Scissors, Crown and Collar Scissors, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated, Straight or Curved Blade - size 4" Dental Snip, Swelled Blade, No-Joint Pattern: Japan handles and finely nickel plated, extra heavy blades - intended for dentists, electricians, and others requiring a shear for cutting heavy material, including light wire or other metal - size 7 1/2"; length of cut 2 3/8" Dental Snip, Solid Steel, Japanned Handles and Nickel Plated Blades - size 8"; length of cut 3" Dental Scissors, Plate Shears, Solid Steel, Straight or Curved Blade, Full Nickel Finish or Japanned Handles - size 7 1/4"' Solid Steel Drop Forged Trimmers, Light Pattern, Two Finger Bow, Solid Steel, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 6", 7", and 8"; length of cut 2 5/8", 3 1/2", and 3 7/8"; Highest Grade Extra Finish of same, also available in size 5" with 2 1/8" cut length Household Shears, Straight Pattern, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Fully Nickel Plated - sizes 6", 7", and 8"; length of cut 2 7/8", 3 1/4', and 4", same, with Extra Polishing and Finishing Operations, and optional Japanned Handles, also available in size 9"; length of cut 4 3/8" Household Shears, Bent Patterns Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Fully Nickel Plated, Extra Polishing and Finishing Operation, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 6" to 9"; length of cut from 2 5/8" to 4 1/2" Steel Laid Trimmers, Straight Pattern, Highly Polished, Fully Nickel Plated, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 6" to 12"; length of cut 2 3/4" to 6 1/4"; Left-Hand version available in size 7 1/2" Steel Laid Trimmers, Bent Pattern, Highly Polished, Fully Nickel Plated, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 6" to 13"; length of cut 2 3/4"to 6 5/8" Paper Hangers' and Bankers' Shears, Straight Pattern, Fully Nickel Plated (Best Quality), optional Japanned Handles - sizes 10", 12", and 14"; length of cut 5 3/8", 7 1/8", and 8 1/2" Paper Hangers' and Bankers' Shears, Bent Pattern, Fully Nickel Plated (Best Quality) - sizes 10", 12", and 14"; length of cut 5 1/4", 7 1/8", and 8 1/2" Paper Hangers' and Bankers' Shears, Bent Pattern, Fully Nickel Plated (Best Quality), with Japanned Handles - sizes 10", 12", and 14"; length of cut 5 3/8", 7 1/8", and 8 1/2" Paper Hangers' and Bankers' Shears, Straight Pattern, Oval Blades and Joints, Fully Nickel Plated, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 8" to 12"; length of cut 4 5/8" to 7" Paper Hangers' Shears, Straight Pattern, Blades Polished, Japanned Handles - sizes 12 1/4" and 12 3/4"; length of cut 7" and 7 5/8" Paper Hangers' Shears, Bent Pattern, Blades Polished, Handles Japanned - size 12 3/4"; length of cut 7 3/4" Editors or Desk Scissors, Comfortable Ring Handles, Fully Nickel Plated, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 8", 9", and 10"; length of cut 4 3/4", 5 1/2", and 6 3/8" Dressmakers' Bent Trimmers, Special Strength, with Screw and Nut and Extra Large Handles, Full Nickel Plated, optional Japanned Handles - sizes 10" to 13"; length of cut 4 3/4" to 6 5/8" Tailors' Shears, "Baby Tailors", Carpet or Upholsterers' Shears, Steel Laid Blades, Polished Blades, Japanned Handles - size 10 1/2", 11 1/2", 12 3/4"; length of cut 4 7/8", 5 7/8", and 6 3/8" Tailors' Shears, Steel Laid Blades, Polished Blades, Japanned Handles, With Simplex Bolt & Nut - sizes 12 1/2", 12 3/4", and 13"; length of cut 6 1/2", 6 1/2", and 6 3/4" Roaching or Fetlock Shear, Polished Blades, Japanned Handles - size 8"; length of cut 3 5/8" Special Pruning Shear, Japanned Handles, Polished Blades - size 8 1/4" Highest Quality Pruner, Volute Steel Spring, Castellated Nut and Catch, Gun Metal Finished Handles, Polished Blades - size 9" Florists' Shears, Solid Steel, Full Nickel Plated, One Blade Has Decided Saw Teeth, optional Japanned Handles - size 7 1/2"; length of cut 2 3/8" Orange Clippers, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Polished Blades, Red Japanned Handles, size 6" Tinners' Snips, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Pocket or Auto Snip - size 7"; length of cut 2" Tinners' Snips, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Utility Snip, Regular Pattern - size 10"; length of cut 2 3/4" Tinners' Snips, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Household Snip, Regular Pattern - size 12"; length of cut 3 1/4" Tinners' Snips, Solid Steel, Drop Forged, Combination Pattern "for curves and irregular shapes as well as for straight cutting" - size 12", length of cut 3 1/4" Tinners' Snips, Steel Laid, Regular Pattern, Gun Metal Finish Handles, Polished Jaws - sizes 9" to 14"; length of cut 2" to 3 1/2" Tinners' Snips, Steel Laid, Combination Pattern, Gun Metal Finish Handles, Polished Jaws, "can be used as readily for cutting curves and irregular shapes as for straight work" - sizes 12", 13", and 14"; length of cut 2 3/4", 3 1/4", and 3 1/2" Tinners' Snips, Steel Laid, Curved Blade Pattern, Gun Metal Handles, Polished Jaws - sizes 12", 13 1/4", and 14"; length of cut 2 3/4", 3 1/4", 3 1/2" Scissor Sets - various, including Ladies' Sets, Library Sets, Gentleman's Sets, and Purse Sets Two pages within the catalogue note the following about different manufacturing techniques used by the firm for different 'grades' of scissors: "The shears, scissors, and snips shown on the preceding pages are of the type known as "solid steel". They are forged from as high a grade of steel as can be used for forging in one piece. They were originally produced to fill a demand for a moderately priced shear for general use in the home of factory, and, while the cutting edge is not as fine in quality as that on our "Steel Laid" line, this type of shear will give years of satisfactory service as an all-purpose tool for general utility." "High Carbon Crucible Steel [image]; Bar of Steel for Forging Frame [image]; Forged Frame, Ready to Trim [image]; High Carbon Crucible Steel, Ready to Weld on Frame [image]; High Carbon Crucible Steel Welded on Frame [image]; Blade Hardened, Tempered and Ground, Ready for Polishing [image]; Blade Polished and Plated, Ready for Assembling and Finishing [image]. Stages of Manufacture - As show in the above illustration, "Steel Laid" Shears and Snips are made by welding a blade of extra fine quality and hardness to a "frame" of forged steel. This method of manufacture permits the use of a blade with a higher carbon content that can be used in forging. It is this high carbon content which gives these shears their durable, fine cutting edges. These shears are recommended for use where it is necessary to cut fine fabrics continuously over a long period of time. It is our "Professional" and will give long service with very little sharpening."Category
Scissors, Shears, Snips