Pinking Shear instructions:
Fronts
Shears, Scissors, Tinners' Snips by Wiss
Shears and Scissors: For Home and Factory Use
Catalog number 56-41
Later in 1941 they started printing all new catalogs. [Things must have improved with the war spending.] Measures 8-1/2" × 11", 3-ring punched and in a folder. Also in PDF.
A 4 Page Catalog covering the Consumer Product Lines
Circa Late 1940s
"High-Power" Tinners' Snips: 1940
"High-Power" Tinners' Snips: 1941
12 pages including covers. 5" × 6-1/2". Also in PDF.
"High-Power" Tinners' Snips: 1944
8 pages including covers. 8-1/2" × 11".
Folder on hedge shears with bumper
Form Cover Letter: March 25, 1940
The cover letter for the Wiss Tinner Snips catalog. Announces new Metalmaster combination action snips.
Wiss Metal-Master
Circa 1940. Shows how two matched patterns, the M-1 and M-2, which together allow you to cut to the right and cut to the left. 3-1/4" × 6-3/16".
Rubber Guard Grips for Metalmaster
Circa 1940. Optional rubber grips for 25¢ per pair. Back lists how great the shears are. 3-1/8" × 6-3/16".
Cover Letter for "A Story of Shears and Scissors"
Dated November 23, 1948. New stationery this year. Also in PDF.
Story of Scissors: Wiss Co. Publishes Book to Mark Plant's 100th Year
A newspaper article announcing the publication of the 100th anniversary book.
Customer Service Department Postcards: 1947-1959
Postcards sent to customers that inquired about sharpening their pinking shears.
This is NJ. A weekly radio series by the State Conservation and Economic Development in cooperation with the NJ Manufacturers Association, broadcast "A Story of Scissors and Shears" in 1948. This 15 minute MP3 was made from two 78-rpm records (three sides).
Piece of paper that was included with the second generation Model A pinking shears from c1945-1949:
Silver Note circa 1941
During WWII there was a shortage of nickel. Nickel hardens steel and it was used for armoring. This paper was included with silver plated pinkers.
Nickel Note circa 1941
During WWII there was a shortage of nickel. Nickel hardens steel and it was used for armoring. I don't know what the finish is on this pair. It is not silver plated, like some from this era were.
Pinking Shears Hang Tags
The series of hang tags attached to the pinking shears starting in the mid-1930s, and continuing to early 1950.
Chromium Plated Hang Tag
Used from late 1940s to early 1950s.
FH-3 instructions
Folder that was included with the FH-3 Flower Holding Shears. Printed June 1948. Also see pictures of an FH-3.
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