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This paperhanger's wheel knife is a very handy tool. It is a combination of a casing knife and a corner knife. It is used for rapidly trimming surplus wallpaper from around moldings.

Paperhanger's Wheel Knife

This paperhanger's wheel knife is a very handy tool. It is a combination of a casing knife and a corner…

Rotary lawn mowers were not developed until there were small enough and powerful enough to run the blades at high speed.

Rotary Lawn Mower

Rotary lawn mowers were not developed until there were small enough and powerful enough to run the blades…

At first scissors seem to have been small, awkward things, with straight blades and handles. Now they are made in many different styles, shapes and sizes, and are adapted to a great variety or uses. Some have bent blades, others curved or bent handles, some are long, some very thick and short, some have rings for the fingers or thumb.

Manicure Scissors

At first scissors seem to have been small, awkward things, with straight blades and handles. Now they…

The florist and gardener use scissors with a curved blade for pruning, and a delicate pair for gathering flowers, and large shears, called pruning shears, for trimming hedge plants.

Pruning Shears

The florist and gardener use scissors with a curved blade for pruning, and a delicate pair for gathering…

Ordinary sheep-shears are not in any sense a pair of scissors. These simple shears have no pivot on which the blades turn.

Sheep-shearing Shears

Ordinary sheep-shears are not in any sense a pair of scissors. These simple shears have no pivot on…

A bench-shears is a tool with two short, stout blades and very long handles, one of them being fitted with a point to hold the shears firm on the bench.

Tinsmith's Shears

A bench-shears is a tool with two short, stout blades and very long handles, one of them being fitted…

Lamp trimmers were specialized onboard ships that involved maintaining oil lamps. In the days when light came from burning oil in lamps, a vessel at sea needed crewmen to constantly care for the lamps. This care involved trimming the wick, which drew the oil up from the storage reservoir, so that the flame would be clean and bright. Lamp trimmers also refilled the reservoirs, which held enough oil for several hours of burning, but not enough to start a major fire if the lamp were to be knocked down or damaged somehow. As vessels became larger the number of lamp trimmers increased significantly, because the only lighting below decks came from lamps. The position of lamp trimmer was so entrenched into marine tradition that electricians were called lamp trimmers for years after oil lamps had been completely replaced.

Lamp Trimmer

Lamp trimmers were specialized onboard ships that involved maintaining oil lamps. In the days when light…

This wallpaper trimmer is a manual wallpaper cutter that holds the blade in place to trim wallpaper. It can cut, shape, or profile wallpaper.

Wallpaper Trimmer

This wallpaper trimmer is a manual wallpaper cutter that holds the blade in place to trim wallpaper.…