The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-22
sclssoRs ANn s.4EARs
Whore Most of Them Cone From and
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Anw ThRv Are Ma0n.
 Scissors and shears are not unir ar~ cstinc articles ef commerce. They ara complex and diverse 5n shape and in methods of being manufactured The point Of distinction between them is in ;ho handles, The scissor handle has ring each for thumb and fore or middle finger. Shaars hBve also thumb ring. bui the other opening Is SO much olon- gated as to admit two fingers Here docs the 1naHipalator gei his purchase for the heavy work of the shears. Shear blades are likewise lonrer nenv- fer and more carefully rivuted te rother
 Saia a man of this town, dealing ex- tensively in them. ~At the present time the bulk of the scissors usea in this country comes from t4ermany. In furmor days il was England that sup piled this market, but nov, with the exception oi those of the very finest quality and finish. it is Germany Now, good scissors ought to be hand- forged and tempered Rs well as nrocus polished. What is thatP Well, crocns polish is s very 1gs powder of deep yellow. principally good for giving that gloss you will see OF now scissors. l have said thBt Germany sends us scissors except oi the very highest Quality Now, a Creat number al thes8 come from France. Frances surgical scissors, for exampla are among the very hest mado in the world and in very fine manicure scissors the French excel Perhaps. however. this is be- cause they conceived the idea, or more properly speaking. introduced thaf Hrt or custom to us As to manufacturing. in 8 fine scissors about eighty per cent of the c0st is in the labor. while with the lower grades il is just the reverse. In the cheaper scissors, therefore. very little lnbor is used
 Buf even if tho foreiguors do send to this country such quantities Of scissors and shears. variety is manufactured here which. perhaps. they can not hut they do nbl pr8duce-thaf is '.lBia scissors and shears Those Of abroad, and many made here, for that matter are .ot steel throughout The 'laidh scissors are combination of mallsable iron and steel Scissors of steel, the best. as has been said, boing ni hard forging. are made from bar Of nat steel. the end ior the how hattened and punched with t small round hole. which Is gradually opened upon the anvil Tho iron for the .laidn scissors Is cast in thn rerular form of handle and blade. Bar steal is hammered into sheets, and the iron blade overlaid or .'facsd" with it. The process is un- known, hut it is said aD he by maans Of heat and sxtrame pressure. Not very much more than the cutting surface Of the blade or the blade proper, ls aiaeed. The joining of she two metals Is 30 nice Shai where the steal leaves of and the iron begins is hardly dis cernihla II can only be seen ty hold ing the blade to the lighk There the difference in the tinges of the metals win show the scam or poini of juuof- urs
 But the composite blades. made in this country for over half 8 century, have B distinct advantage over the for aign blade of steel They can be tempered 10 the Eraatest possible de gree inr the mallaabie iron of the blade forms 8 hark to the steel facing
 
 tempered 5O thg paint of the composite blade in the fitting together ior the rivasing u least one-1hird Hi rhnm would snaD, And this high degree of temper means nothing mnre nr less than superior exec auee and iineness 0f edge Nothing that is made In Europe will compare wfth thgm said the beiore-mantioned deaaar, paeriotiD, hut also selling imported g0uds. The .'iaid' scissors. to spaaE parad8xiGal ly. are principally shears bBr the most paw they are those used by tailors. naper-hangars. hanixe-s and havhers, in si3e from SIX inches up
 Surgical scissors form au important branch Of the trade, hun they are mado independently rather bysurgica, ssiustru- msut makers than 5he ordinary scissor manufacturer Their cardiual and es- sential point is in she great length ni the shank Thereby the operator gets u greater leverage Their especially Ga~efu, workmanship considerably brings up their cost and il is no un- usual thing tn find pair ui small size. hrH add}v-shupeG worth any where from S5 ID sI0 They are. fur sharm0rs, always of s1aal. 1t is intar- esting to nnse thai nothing in the wuy nI invention ar Improvement Tn tnls line is oi auv direG1 haneflt tD tho de wiser Hn can nos gel D patent for is. and is must go for the good of the sn- ti~s surgical profession 1a, new uevines continually come fOrth, and ths iuvansnr at least has tho sasisiac- aiOn oi hearing 8ne invention called by nis namo.-N Y Mail and Express.