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Featured Sterling scissors ? Or What is it?

Discussion in 'Silver' started by jakes vintage, Mar 27, 2021.

  1. jakes vintage

    jakes vintage Well-Known Member

    Got these yesterday and would really like to know what they were used for, if you know please share!

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    jakes vintage, Mar 27, 2021
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  2. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Candle wick trimmer
     
    i need help, Mar 27, 2021
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  3. jakes vintage

    jakes vintage Well-Known Member

    Thank you so much!!!
     
    jakes vintage, Mar 27, 2021
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    snuffer & trimmer !! ;):)
     
    komokwa, Mar 27, 2021
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  5. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Mouchettes in French!:happy:
     
    kyratango, Mar 27, 2021
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  6. Doot Boi

    Doot Boi Well-Known Member

    As many have said before, it's a wick trimmer.
     
    Doot Boi, Mar 27, 2021
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  7. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Wow, I won't lie, I wish I had that.

    But yes, it's a wick-trimmer, as others have said.

    When candles burn for long periods of time, when they're extinguished, they can leave a long section of burned wick behind. If you light it up again, the long wick will start smoking and pumping out soot.

    To make the candle burn cleaner, you cut the wick to a shorter length so that the wick burns the WAX, not the wick. It's the same as how if you light an oil-lamp with a really long wick, it smokes, but if the wick is short, it just glows.
     
    Shangas, Mar 27, 2021
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    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

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  9. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

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  10. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    aaah, that's why it takes so long to catch them. :rolleyes:
     
    Fid, Apr 4, 2021
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