50cm long featuring a series both guild-markings as well as marks indicating the specific skill levels achieved by the master-tailor to whom they belonged.
From a selection assembled by J. Denham and presented at the
DENHAM STORE in Amsterdam.
Various Tailor's Shears [Collection: J. Denham]
Two pairs of anonymous shears obtained from a foundry in Greece
Various Tailor's Shears [Collection: L. Maher]
T. Wilkinson & Son Makers Schefield: UK
13.5-inch inlaid brass grips
T. Wilkinson & Son Makers Schefield: UK
13-inch inlaid brass grips
Medium Scale Tailor Shears from Germany, Austria or Czech Republic
Carrying maker's marks and thought to be from the first half of the 17th Century
Primative Tailor Shears from Germany, Austria or Czech Republic
Dated second half of the 17th Century
T. Wilkinson & Son Makers Schefield: UK
14.5-inch solid steel
J. Wiss & Sons: Newark New Jersey, USA LINK
13.5-inch solid steel with painted blue grips
T. Wilkinson & Son Makers Schefield: UK
14-inch ground steel marked "WILKINSON'S LINE BLADES"
Unmarked French or Belgian Tailor Shears
16-inch solid steel with 3-inch pivot acquired in Belgium.
R. Heinisch Inventor: Newark New Jersey, USA
12-inch solid steel Civil War era, patented 1839
R. Heinisch Inventor: Newark New Jersey, USA
14-inch solid steel
R. Heinisch Inventor: Newark New Jersey, USA
13-inch solid steel
Wendt & Seymour New York [silversmiths]
15-inch solid steel, Patented August 25th, 1863
R. Heinisch Inventor: Newark New Jersey, USA
13.75-inch solid steel with black painted grip
Marked (Partly) "Royal", New York
11.5-inches solid steel (lightweight)
French manufactured in Lyon circa 1920's
12" solid steel
1925 Sourced in Czech Republic
Hugo Linder, Delta Werk
Branded Pinking Shears Corp. N.Y.C. (Made in USA for UK market)
10.75-inches cast aluminium with removable steel pinked insets
Normally marketed within the USA under the J. Wiss & Sons brand
11-inch Contemporary French manufactured in Nogent
Acquired through Armurerie Renaud in Paris. See also LINK
10-inch Contemporary Japanese
Acquired through Tokyu Hands, Tokyo. Used in the Blue Salad Bar
Various Customized Tailor's Shears
Handmade reproduction Brass Knuckle Guildsman's Shears in presentation Box.
10.75-inches cast aluminium with removable steel pinked insets
Normally marketed within the USA under the J. Wiss & Sons brand
11-inch Contemporary French manufactured in Nogent
Acquired through Armurerie Renaud in Paris. See also LINK
10-inch Contemporary Japanese
Acquired through Tokyu Hands, Tokyo. Used in the Blue Salad Bar
Various Customized Tailor's Shears
Example of Guildsman's Shears from the collection of Jason Denham
Additional example of Guildsman's Shears in Presentation Box
Additional example of Guildsman's Shears in Presentation Box
Courtesy Joe Perry of Aerosmith
Handmade reproduction Brass Knuckle Guildsman's Shears in presentation Box.
Courtesy Niall Maher.
