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Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 17 Jan 2022, 12:27

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Well....

I'm not sure how much can be read into this bit of information but food for thought.

Using Google lens to read the makers mark it gives a result of FECTER which may or may not be correct?
The surname FECTER is listed as meaning one who fought in duels.


https://www.houseofnames.com/fecter-family-crest
Fecter Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

They have jokingly been referred to as "Duelling scissors" in a previous conversation,... really?

The position of the "T" might be a bit too far to the left to be correct and I think it could be a letter L

Thinking about it and with eyes to the European Continent there could be options for
FECLER
FEGLER
PEGLER
PECLER
etc, etc,.

Then again I've done some better images which I think shows remnants of a sixth letter and not just a full stop ?

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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby AndyT » 17 Jan 2022, 19:05

Andy, I don't think Google's artificial intelligence is going to be any better than the rest of us on this one, but it's lovely to see these again. One of your most entertaining, puzzling old tools, and that's saying something.

Maybe, one day, another set will turn up, and you'll find another equally mystified owner...and you'll be able to disappoint each other... ;)

It's so frustrating that the marks, which presumably were once meant to establish a maker and his trademark as the best source of such a contraption, tell us so little now. Not quite as hard as deciphering cuneiform tablets, but harder than spotting old chisel makers!
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 17 Jan 2022, 19:46

Yes Andy, still hawking them round looking for clues :eusa-whistle:
I happened to be doing a bit with the Google Lens gubbins the other day and let at it with one of your pictures. When it came out with FECTER and it's meaning I couldn't believe it. Imagine being the top ribbon clipper in the county :shock:
I've been sending missives to some medical organisations with, as of yet, no luck.

This lens did give me a couple of great results the other day though (no not the instruments :eusa-doh: ).

I'll park these two images here for your perusal before disclosing what it came up with....

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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby novocaine » 17 Jan 2022, 19:48

Leclerc made weaving tools.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 17 Jan 2022, 19:53

novocaine wrote:Leclerc made weaving tools.

I'm liking the idea of this....
Back in a mo....
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 17 Jan 2022, 20:44

Righto, I'm back after emailing the
https://wigstonframeworkknitters.org.uk/The_Museum.html
To whom, coincidentally, I was speaking to last night.
If this is the area they were used in it'll explain the extreme wear.
Thank you for the head's up Novacaine :text-bravo:
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby Lurker » 17 Jan 2022, 21:31

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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 18 Jan 2022, 00:43

Lurker wrote:Another option,Andy.

https://frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk/


Yes Jim, another lovely place to visit. We went to one of their special open days a few years back.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby TrimTheKing » 18 Jan 2022, 00:58

toolsntat wrote:
I'll park these two images here for your perusal before disclosing what it came up with....

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For running across the scalp. The tiny needles penetrate the skin for follicular stimulation?
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 18 Jan 2022, 08:49

TrimTheKing wrote:
toolsntat wrote:
I'll park these two images here for your perusal before disclosing what it came up with....

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For running across the scalp. The tiny needles penetrate the skin for follicular stimulation?


Really? Back in a bit.... :shock:
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby AndyT » 18 Jan 2022, 09:10

The thing with 3 lamps looks red at the top so possibly red, amber, green. But it's small, unless the cable is huge. What used mini traffic lights?

A mock-up from an old driving school? A portable traffic light for the cycling proficiency test? Or did it go outside the head's door, so naughty schoolchildren could knock, wait and tremble?
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby Mike Jordan » 18 Jan 2022, 09:16

Some department stores used lights of that sort to inform staff and supervisors, different combinations of lights giving different meanings.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby novocaine » 18 Jan 2022, 09:19

The traffic light is a french repeater light isn't it? normally attached around 1m up from the floor.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby Lurker » 18 Jan 2022, 11:32

I reckon that the spiky things are something to do with amateur wool spinning
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby novocaine » 18 Jan 2022, 11:38

docking roller?
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby TrimTheKing » 18 Jan 2022, 14:41

toolsntat wrote:
TrimTheKing wrote:For running across the scalp. The tiny needles penetrate the skin for follicular stimulation?


Really? Back in a bit.... :shock:
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Here’s a modern one, could be complete coincidence but they look very similar…

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Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby TrimTheKing » 18 Jan 2022, 14:41

toolsntat wrote:
TrimTheKing wrote:For running across the scalp. The tiny needles penetrate the skin for follicular stimulation?


Really? Back in a bit.... :shock:
Cheers Andy


Here’s a modern one, could be complete coincidence but they look very similar…

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EDIT : Actually, looking again more closely at your pic the spikes are a lot more heavy duty so it’s probably not the same thing.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby novocaine » 18 Jan 2022, 15:22

:?
Lurker wrote:I reckon that the spiky things are something to do with amateur wool spinning



if you are thinking of a card, they aren't normally round.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 18 Jan 2022, 18:53

Valiant efforts all round, thanks...
The spiked rollers have made a right mess of meyed.. :text-lol:
But really, here they are, for refreshing the face of stitched polishing mops after getting glazed over time.

https://beke.de/Abdrehwerkzeug

The mini traffic light is actually one of a pair of Wilcot Robot miniature traffic light direction indicators that were originally fitted, for a very short time in the early 1930s, to Morris cars. One was mounted on each side of the car, and they showed red, amber and green both forward and backward. When turning the green light was lit on the side you were turning to. The other side was lit red When travelling straight ahead, the amber light showed both sides. These were fitted on 1933 cars because William Morris did not like semaphore type traficator arms, as 6d old money (2.1/2p) had to be paid in royalties for each pair fitted to any vehicle. However, the 'traffic light' system was so confusing that the then Minister of Transport, Hore-Belisha refused to sanction their use and in March 1933 Morris Motors Ltd announced that in the future semaphore signals would be fitted, and any existing vehicles would be modified free of charge.

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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby AndyT » 21 Jan 2022, 19:48

Thanks Andy, a bonkers bit of history I could never have guessed at!
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby RogerS » 21 Jan 2022, 23:14

TrimTheKing wrote:
toolsntat wrote:
TrimTheKing wrote:For running across the scalp. The tiny needles penetrate the skin for follicular stimulation?


Really? Back in a bit.... :shock:
Cheers Andy


Here’s a modern one, could be complete coincidence but they look very similar…

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Looks very much like an enhanced version of the :oops: perhaps best not go any further.
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Re: Remember these trigger operated shears?

Postby toolsntat » 22 Jan 2022, 15:40

AndyT wrote:Thanks Andy, a bonkers bit of history I could never have guessed at!


Yes Andy, such a short lived thing. They must have put a lot of time and money into these very well engineered lights.
Makes me wonder just how many cars were made with them fitted ?
What was 3 months car production for Morris in 1933 and was it just one model?

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