The Stork embroidery scissors is a true eye-catcher and loved by many for its friendly look and its precise cut. It’s a valuable part of any embroider’s toolkit – though originally designed to cut the umbilical cord.
Stork Embroidery Scissors
£36.00
Available on back-order
Our scissors and shears are made in small batches.
A batch can take up to 12 weeks.
In stock items are despatched within 10 days.
Backorders are fulfilled in order as batches are completed.
Backorders placed after 16 October will not be delivered before Christmas.
Made in Sheffield
Details
- Category
- Embroidery
- Type
- Embroidery scissors
- Use
- Delicate embroidery and needlework
- Total length
- 4.5 inch / 11.43 cm
- Blade length
- 1.6 inch / 4.06 cm
- Weight
- 125 g
- Steel
- C50 carbon steel
- Forging
- Cold drop forged
- Finish
- Hand polished
- Packaging
- Sliding tray presentation box
- Handedness
- Right-handed
Special delivery!
We know through reference to historical price lists and antique scissors collections that stork-shaped scissors have been made in Sheffield for a very long time. However, this charismatic category of scissors is, in fact, a global phenomenon.
It is widely believed that the stork motif found in scissors originated in similarly-shaped maternity clamps, used by midwives to restrict blood flow to the umbilical cord during deliveries. The stork design seems to have migrated into specialised embroidery scissors patterns in the 19th century – perhaps aided by midwives who occupied themselves with a spot of embroidering, when they had a moment’s rest.
Our Stork Embroidery Scissors feature a quintessential stork design, with a flat-head screw representing the bird’s eye, and feathery stippling on the lower parts of the blades and the shanks. Where our Storks scissors differ from most is in their craftsmanship. Like all of our scissors and shears, these exquisite embroidery scissors are ground and put-together by hand, and rigorously quality-checked to ensure perfect performance
