Dog power was used to sharpen shears when Jacob Wiss started his cutlery business in 1848. This rendering was used many times (in the earlier catalogs the picture is extended downwards along the right, and has the artist's logo):
• Catalogs:
1922,
1925,
1927,
1929,
1930,
1934,
1937,
1941,
1941
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December 1941 article on "The Name of WISS"
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February 8, 1948 article on the 100th anniversary
• The 1948
A Story of Shears and Scissors
• The 1973
Wiss: The Edge of Excellence since 1848
From The Newark Evening News morgue, now at the Newark Public Library.