Vintage Rusty Wiss Scissors Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- I just finished another tool restoration today. This one is of a vintage rusty pair of Wiss-Inlaid scissors.
Wiss scissors is a big brand name in scissors. The company was started by Jacob Wiss in Newark, New Jersey. Wiss was a thirty year-old cutler and gunsmith who immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1847. During the American Civil War, Wiss was contracted by the Union Army to make scissors and shears for their medical units, and his company prospered and grew. After Jacob died in 1880, his sons took over the business, and by 1914 had grown the company into the world's largest producer of shears and scissors. In 1976 Wiss was acquired by Cooper Industries, and is now a member of the Apex Tool Group.
I had an interesting new problem during this restoration. After preparing the metal, I taped the blades, powder coated the handles and baked the paint as usual. But after baking, when I removed the high-temp tape covering the blades, I discovered the blade metal had turned blue! Pretty, but not exactly vintage! I thought they might be ruined and wasn't exactly sure how to deal with it. Fortunately, the coloring was just on the surface and I was able to polish the blades again and restore them back to their original shine. I'm still not sure why that happened exactly. My guess is that it could be some chemical in the powder paint, or maybe the tape, that is released during the heat treatment that reacted with the scissor metal. Or maybe just normal oxidation of this kind of metal during heating? If anyone has any ideas on why this happened or knows for sure, maybe someone who knows metals and chemistry, please let me know. I'm really interested in how this happened and how to prevent it in the future. I would be extremely grateful for the knowledge!
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I wish I could restore my grandmother’s scissors. You did an amazing job!
Yeah You can do it!👍👍🎉🎉
Well done sir and cool ending.
Thank you very much!👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉
That is the nicest pair of scissors I have ever seen! Too bad they don't work after you did all that work 😂 Haha! I'm kidding of course. Another excellent restoration! Great job 👍
😁Thank you Mike!!!👍🎉👍🎉🎉😄
Hello, excellent project👍
Thank you!
The blade bluing may have resulted from having oil in the blade steel and then heating during the powder coat curing caused the blades to go through a bluing. I have seen people do that with hardware, heat the part like a screw or nut and then dip it in olive oil and it will darken the steel. Nice work on this restoration.
Sorry for the delay responding your message. Maybe there were the oil on the blade or high temp cure, but anyway that I'd like to thank you so much for your suggestion and great comment!!!
Well done...... such a beautiful job. Thank you for the demonstration.......
Thank you for your comment!
Good job!
You missed the fabric cut test. That's what those scissors are made for. great restoration, love the powder coat setup.
Yes, I missed the test. Thank you for the compliment and comment!👍👍
Very nice. I have 5 pair of these that need this work. Thanks
I cleaned up my Mom’s Weiss “black handled scissors” that were hallowed and untouchable when we were growing up. She lost them when she was in her late 80’s, later found in the back yard left out there by grandchildren. They don’t even come close to cutting anything now. 🫤
Beautiful, but I hated seeing it cut paper. Should be saved for fabric.
Anita Hooten Yes, I should have a video for cutting fabric, thanks!
At a guess, I would say they were hardened steel, and baking annealed it.
william kendall yes, maybe it annealed, thanks!
Probly didnt anneal it. Just retempered the blades. Annealling is usually done by bring the work piece to its critical temp and then cooling it slowly. At 400 degrees you should be ok.
I would still be careful though, when iron or steel discolors like that it usually indicates that the temper has been altered.
I like the color
Wow! BTW, the color is the same color as my Ford.
很棒👍👍👍
That restoration will be around after you’re gone, and a lot of people will say, leave it like it is.
I used to call them gas scissors, because my father would tell me to get his big assed scissors.
Seriously. One does not need to have a sandblasting contraption. How about elbow grease with steel wool, or soak in vinegar to remove rust and then rinse with soapy water, and dry off. Much easier and no added equipment to buy or make.
Yes you are right, that time I didn't have more experience for the restorations. Thank you for the suggestion and comment!!!
Did you use oil on scissors before heating to powder coat or maybe heating the tempered steel other resterations I've seen use spray paint like for vices but they came out great that's what counts
Sorry for the delay respond your message. I didn't use oil before powder coating, maybe it was temp problem. Thank you for your comment!!!
Do you offer a restoration service?
I am sorry for the delaying response, I couldn’t offer restoration service because I have a lot of projects need to do that need lot of time, so sorry. Thank you for your trust!
The paint was probably not actual paint but japanning.
As for the steel turning blue, could your thermostat be malfunctioning? That blue happens when steel gets to around 570 degrees...
@@danielclayborne5734 But my oven heating element is only 1500 watts, which could not reach a high temperature of 570 degrees
I can’t imagine how you could’ve done it better; excellent!
Like a new one 😍
Thank you! :)
Anything made in America should be revered, it’s unlikely that things will be made here ever again.
Great job
Maybe the next pair of scissors, canary hot rod yellow powder coat?
That is a good idea using beautiful color : ) Thanks!