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Heinisch scissors and New Jersey USA
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?. |