A Pair of Scissors

The brand is "CACTUS", from Germany.

They've had the most remarkable repair done to them. Here's a close-up of it.












It appears that the bow handle^[1] had broken off, and been skilfully reattached. There's a tiny plate on either side with two tiny rivets installed through the assemblage and peened. There's a filler material that may be silver solder. It's a stunning bit of repair work. The lay/alignment of the reattached bow handle is exactly as it ought to be -- as it no doubt was before it broke off. Whoever did it was no tinker -- he^[2] was exceptionally skilful.

The repair tells us something about what the value of manufactured goods must have been at the time it was done; it must have been quite high, unlike today. There are those who say that such conditions are about to return. We'll see.

Anyway, I need to make or find space for spare pairs of scissors somewhere; there are more to come.

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Notes:

[1] Scissors this size typically have a longer, large handle for two fingers, and a small handle for a thumb. The large handle is the 'bow' handle; the small handle is the 'ring' handle.

[2] Ok. I know it was sexist of me to write "he", rather than "he or she", but let's get real here, shall we? What's the likelihood that the repair was done by a woman? -- slim to nil? I rest my case. Spare me political correctness. Spare me a whole lot of bleeping 'modernity', for that matter.

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