Looks like surgical scissors to me. Would be handy for rigging.
a scissor to cut and open a bandage - without the sharp forefront you can go in between the skin and the bandage, without injure the skin - and than you can cut.
Safety measure !
Safety measure !
I was kinda thinking the same about the blunt end. Makes sense that they are for bandage removal. Thanks I'll go with that .
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Many of these have a little “hook” on the end of one of the blades to allow you to get between a suture and the skin, to cut the suture for removal.
There are also some with the hook as you describe for stitch removal on fabric. I'm sure they aren't made out of medical grade stainless though.
Like this:
I've got quite a collection of scissors of various kinds, hemostats, needle clamps and forceps that I use regularly. Very helpful in rigging, but useful for things like soldering small parts also.
I've got quite a collection of scissors of various kinds, hemostats, needle clamps and forceps that I use regularly. Very helpful in rigging, but useful for things like soldering small parts also.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Doc Blake beet me to it, the Pakistani tells me they came from disposable suture removal kit, used by clinics and ERs.
I used to get those from our ER when I was in AF as Medical Supply we kept them and had them cleaned and sterilized and used them for hobby work. Pakistani stainless not quality to multiple re-sterilization I was told, they were cheaper quality, but good for one time use!.
I used to get those from our ER when I was in AF as Medical Supply we kept them and had them cleaned and sterilized and used them for hobby work. Pakistani stainless not quality to multiple re-sterilization I was told, they were cheaper quality, but good for one time use!.
True! Most suture sets are disposable after one use. Cheap quality stainless. They consist of scissors, forceps and some gauze. Not terribly high tech!
Hi all,
just catching up with last weeks threads and interesting articles, and thought I might add to the list of unusual (?!?) tools that we us. I have a pair of scissors that my mother used in the hairdressing salon in London, where she worked before I was born, from about around 1938, till I popped out in 1945. In all the years I have had them I only use them on thin paper or cotton/silk thread. About 16cm long and made by "Elmo" in Sheffield, UK from Razor Steel (?) and are ideal to cut those 'difficult to get to' ends of rigging thread. I just rub a very fine oiled stone down the cutting edge once in a while, just wonder if the steel in the scissors you buy today will last as long.
JohnK
just catching up with last weeks threads and interesting articles, and thought I might add to the list of unusual (?!?) tools that we us. I have a pair of scissors that my mother used in the hairdressing salon in London, where she worked before I was born, from about around 1938, till I popped out in 1945. In all the years I have had them I only use them on thin paper or cotton/silk thread. About 16cm long and made by "Elmo" in Sheffield, UK from Razor Steel (?) and are ideal to cut those 'difficult to get to' ends of rigging thread. I just rub a very fine oiled stone down the cutting edge once in a while, just wonder if the steel in the scissors you buy today will last as long.
JohnK
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