Can anyone help me out reading this makers mark? 2 letters in cursive on top line, possibly "S.W.", can't make out too much on bottom line, possibly "Weiss...." but there's something before it & after it.
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Older things would be "J. Wiss & Sons"
Not certain I see that tho, and the script is odd (F W ?) hmm
There were other companies, ie R. Heinisch & Sons,W. H. Compton (Shear Co),J. L. Perkins...
On the other hand, the handle style is very Wiss like....
Edit: Thinking the script is J W (J. Wiss) , I see an adv using a script W....
Fun book: http://books.google.com/books?id=omzraDnrFBIC&pg=PA12
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Edit: Thinking the script is J W (J. Wiss) , I see an adv using a script W....
But do you agree with me that the writing under the 2 script letters is Weiss.... Also was that link supposed to have info on a Wiss logo? I didn't see it
The more I look, the more I think it isn't
Wiss has no 'e'
And the stagger on the second letter makes me think 2 initials and a name
like F. W. EIS..??
(The book just has a noce collection of scissor makers I stumbles across while looking, the script W was elsewhere (pop-sci? I forget, it wasn't a complete logo match anyhow)
Jury is nowhere close to back yet...