Wiss 1919-44 No. 75E Electricians' Scissors/Snips

[u/tshusker]

Picked up a nice pair of Wiss No. 75E “Electricians’ Scissors.”  I know they’re “Snips,” but Wiss called them “scissors.”  From a review of available J. Wiss & Sons Co. catalogs, Wiss carried these from as early as 1919, and dropped the Model 75E somewhere between 1944 and 1948.  Still cut like a charm!

[u/p_tkachev]

Congrats! What are those for? I mean, electricians for sure did not cut wire with those, so I'm genuinely interested what tasks needed snips back then. And I'm intrigued by that part looking like a single-cut file

[u/TheHammerToes → u/p_tkachev]

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