"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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On Aug 30, 6:07 pm, David Billington
wrote:
I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch
from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a
different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.

I also have a pair of Wiss scissors. I always assumed it was the same
company as the tin snips - I'd be surprised to learn otherwise.

It's the same Wiss. I also have two sets of Wiss aviation snips -- one from
before WWII.


As an aside, I saw video on the news this week of people riding Jet
Skis in the streets of Newark New Jersey after the hurricane.

Were they armed? g

--
Ed Huntress

I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch
from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a
different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.

On Aug 30, 6:07*pm, David Billington
wrote:
I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch
from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a
different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.

I also have a pair of Wiss scissors. I always assumed it was the same
company as the tin snips - I'd be surprised to learn otherwise.

As an aside, I saw video on the news this week of people riding Jet
Skis in the streets of Newark New Jersey after the hurricane.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:07:13 +0100, David Billington
wrote:

I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch
from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a
different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.

That name sounded familiar. Shears like the bottom pair?
http://www.nedsim.com/news/Shears.JPG

The top pair, though not as impressive in their construction and
finish, are my favorites. I had never bothered to look them up before,
but found this reference. The shears are marked with the image of
Saturn with GENIUS underneath.
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im...-Bly4.jpg#file

--
Ned Simmons

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:07:13 +0100, David Billington
wrote:


I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch

from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a

different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.


That name sounded familiar. Shears like the bottom pair?
http://www.nedsim.com/news/Shears.JPG

Yes those are the ones or very like them. In my search yesterday they
seemed to make them in different sizes but the same basic style.

The top pair, though not as impressive in their construction and
finish, are my favorites. I had never bothered to look them up before,
but found this reference. The shears are marked with the image of
Saturn with GENIUS underneath.
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im...-Bly4.jpg#file

rangerssuck wrote:
On Aug 30, 6:07 pm, David Billington
wrote:

I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch
from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a
different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.


I also have a pair of Wiss scissors. I always assumed it was the same
company as the tin snips - I'd be surprised to learn otherwise.

As an aside, I saw video on the news this week of people riding Jet
Skis in the streets of Newark New Jersey after the hurricane.

Yes I've seen on the news that you guys on the east coast got it pretty
bad with Irene and while the winds weren't as bad as expected the rain
has probably caused more damage than the winds. I saw somewhere that a
new storm might be brewing off Africa and maybe 40% chance it'll be
another big storm, hopefully for your sakes it fizzles out in the Atlantic.

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:33:46 +0100, David Billington
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:07:13 +0100, David Billington
wrote:


I was talking with an antique restorer I know here in the UK earlier
today and she was doing some upholstery with a very nice pair of
scissors. On close inspection they were made by Heinisch in Newark New
Jersey and appeared to be in very good condition. A brief search seems
to say that Heinisch was taken over by Wiss around 1915 so these
scissors are potentially quite old but in very good condition. She
acquired them from a house clearance sale some years ago. The earlier
search seemed to show that Wiss made scissors identical to the Heinisch

from the pics I found so maybe they kept on making the same tools with a

different makers name, that happens sometimes and other times the old
makers name is continued. Any ideas what happened in this case. Also I
have a set of Wiss aviation snips, is this the same company?.


That name sounded familiar. Shears like the bottom pair?
http://www.nedsim.com/news/Shears.JPG

Horse scrapers? Whassat?


Yes those are the ones or very like them. In my search yesterday they
seemed to make them in different sizes but the same basic style.

The top pair, though not as impressive in their construction and
finish, are my favorites. I had never bothered to look them up before,
but found this reference. The shears are marked with the image of
Saturn with GENIUS underneath.
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im...-Bly4.jpg#file

Do you prefer the blunt nose, so you can slide them between sheets?
Or what makes them your fave?

I picked up a nice 12" Eyetalyun pair from an eBay vendor. What a
difference they make in working with sheet fabrics. My first nice pair
of scissors, Tesoro, are beefy, hot-forged jobs @ $33.

--
The problem with borrowing money from China is
that thirty minutes later, you feel broke again.
--Steve Bridges as Obama

Probably similar to the older Wiss model 4N.