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Spring scissors continued to be used in Europe until the 16th century. However, pivoted scissors of bronze or iron, in which the blades were pivoted at a point between the tips and the handles, the direct ancestor of modern scissors, were invented by the Romans around 100 AD. [6]
Scissors and knife grinder, c. 1568 (woodcut from Jost Amman's "Ständebuch") With the increasing demand for cutting and thrusting weapons, the scissor and knife grinder emerged from the armorer's trade around 1500. The name comes from his task of grinding a pair of scissor blades to fit.
The two brothers John and Henrie Clauss, of German origin, started Elyria Shear Works from a one-room building in Elyria, Ohio. [1] Together with five employees, they began manufacturing scissors, shears, straight razors and serrated kitchen knives.
The first such blades were made by the Wilkinson firm, famous maker of ceremonial swords, in Sheffield. [11] Soon Gillette, Schick, and other manufacturers were making stainless steel blades. These were followed by multiple-blade cartridges and disposable razors. For each type of replaceable blade, there is generally a disposable razor.
Bypass pruners usually work exactly like a pair of scissors, with two blades "passing by" each other to make the cut. At least one of the blades will be curved: a convex upper blade with either a concave or straight lower one. Some bypass designs have only one blade, the lower jaw being broad (like an anvil) but passing the upper jaw.
Pinking shears are scissors with saw-toothed blades instead of straight blades. They produce a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge. Before pinking scissors were invented, a pinking punch or pinking iron was used to punch out a decorative hem on a garment.
Wilkinson Sword Hydro 5: A 5-blade razor system with "skin guards advanced hydrating gel and a flip trimmer". Wilkinson Sword Hydro 3: A 3-blade razor system similar to the 5-blade system but all for a flip trimmer. Wilkinson Sword Hydro Silk: A 5-blade women's razor system. Introduced in mid-2012 as a Schick model; added to the Wilkinson Sword ...
Hair clippers are made up of a pair of sharpened comb-like blades in close contact, one above the other, and the sides which slide sideways relative to each other, a mechanism which may be manual or electrical to make the blades oscillate from side to side, and a handle. The clipper is moved so that hair is positioned between the teeth of the ...