Strange Donation Received....

[DavePEI]

From time to time, something will be received in the mail that was totally unexpected. Today, I received this, along with only a handwritten note describing it as a pair as splicer's scissors used by the sender's father. It notes that they are 60 years old. The sender remains unknown...

Different, but appreciated!

Dave  

[Dennis Markham]

That was nice, Dave.  Canadian post mark??  That will narrow it down.

[DavePEI]

That was nice, Dave.  Canadian post mark??  That will narrow it down.

Hi Dennis:

Yes, it was mailed from Canada, but the stamps didn't get cancelled so no idea what province it came from. They are certainly appreciated, though. And I love telephony tools as much as I love actual telephones, so they must have been aware of that somehow!

A nice Surprise! In case it was someone who frequents the forum that sent them, I just wanted to let them know how much their kind donation was appreciated! I wish I could email or write them, but have no return address. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is only a small item, but I can't tell you how much it pleased me!

I just added the scissors to my tool list and will take them over to the museum the first time I am over there:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/tools_switching.pdf

What the donor didn't know, is I had a splicer's knife, and a leather holster for it, and that had a space for a pair of splicer's scissors, but no scissors for it! So this completes the set!

Dave

[4123]

I was often made fun of by the other installers whenever I made the mistake of calling these 'scissors'.
I don't know about Canada, but in USA we called them "Snips"

Ron

[DavePEI]

I was often made fun of by the other installers whenever I made the mistake of calling these 'scissors'.

Must have been just in your local area, because:

http://gmptools.com/nf/01008.htm

http://www.jharlen.com/bscissorsb.html

http://www.fibersolutionsonline.com/assets/common/themes/FiberSolutionsOnline/partdetail.aspx?PartNo=TO-H-S-K

http://store.phonetx.com/27100005.html

http://craftworktools.com/1008.html

http://www.dfcco.com/miller-925cs-splicers-scissors/

http://gmptools.com/nf/15471.htm

http://www.commscentre.com/?262,clauss-925cs-splicers-scissors

http://www.jonard.com/jonard-ecommerce/control/category/~category_id=SCISSORS_KNIVES

I could go on and on. All the manufacturers call them scissors, US, or not. The ones I can find that call them snips show a tool with one thumb hole, with a long thin, second handle for the fingers, and those calling them shears are selling a beefier version for fiber optic work with thicker blades than those who sell them as scissors.  Sounds more like regional differences in referring to them to me.

Dave

[K1WI]

      

    In New England we called them "shears".    Think our supply catalog called them "shears,splicing"

    Andy F    K1WI/VP2V

[southernphoneman]

From time to time, something will be received in the mail that was totally unexpected. Today, I received this, along with only a handwritten note describing it as a pair as splicer's scissors used by the sender's father. It notes that they are 60 years old. The sender remains unknown...

Different, but appreciated!

Dave  

dave , you are popular and well known,i am surprised that stuff doesn t come to you from all over.i was aware of your museum long before I joined the forum.

[DavePEI]

dave , you are popular and well known,i am surprised that stuff doesn t come to you from all over.i was aware of your museum long before I joined the forum.

Well, I do get a few donations, but this in a way was special since I still don't know where it came from, but someone thought enough of what I am trying to so that they sent it anonymously, and it just happened to be something which I needed! Of course it is always wonderful to get items like this no matter how small since I have spent so much on the museum that my wife is ready to divorce me (especially my being forced into retirement prematurely due to my disabilities with a very large loss of income)

Another recent example was the DDI Transmission Test set, model 100P I was given the other day! The fellow who gave me it has given the museum a few items before - he was a Supervisor for Island Tel for many years!

My greatest pleasure is to show people the museum - every addition helps tell more of the telephone story. These are some great museums out there, and hopefully the museum will keep on growing to someday become a world class museum!

Thanks to all who have helped the museum over the years (especially Terry)! It would have been impossible without you all! Because of you, it is what it is now, and many people enjoy it every year!

Dave

[AE_Collector]

We just call them scissors here in Vancuver but Snips or Shears is a good name as well since these things can almost be used to do autobody work. I have cut 25 pair cable with these many times. They are a good quality pair of what ever they are called.

Terry

[southernphoneman]

We just call them scissors here in Vancuver but Snips or Shears is a good name as well since these things can almost be used to do autobody work. I have cut 25 pair cable with these many times. They are a good quality pair of what ever they are called.

Terry

I keep a pair of scissors in my telephone tool box(pictured below). they are used to cut anything from heat shrink to phone cords.they work very well and very precise on heat shrink as opposed to using wire cutters.