I'm not certain that these are florist's shears, but that's what they look like to me.
They have a torsion spring tucked away in the pivot that makes them self-opening. What's missing is a closure ring at the end of the handles to close them up for storage. Let's see if I can fabricate a reasonable facsimile of a closure ring.
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And here's the beginnings of a ring fashioned from 1/16" diameter steel rod.
Here's the tool with its ring installed and clamped up in a 'third hand' for soldering.
And here's the ring closed up with 60/40 tin/lead solder.
I used regular plumber's paste soldering flux to solder that.
Here's the tool closed up with its new ring.
And here's a close-up view of the closure ring doing its job.
It's not perfect , but it'll do what I need it to.
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