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Stork Embroidery Scissors

Ernest Wright Antique Stork embroidery scissors

$42.89

Availability: In stock

Attention

This model is in stock and available directly from our workshop. We’ll prepare and dispatch it within 10 working days of your order.

HANDMADE FOR YOU

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.

DETAILS

Type: Embroidery scissors
Use: Delicate embroidery and needlework
Total length: 4.5″ / 11.43 cm
Blade length: 1.6″ / 4.06 cm
Material: Hard-wearing carbon steel
Finish: Hand polished
Packaging: High Quality presentation box

Ernest Wright Antique Stork embroidery scissors
Ernest Wright Antique Stork embroidery scissors
Ernest Wright Antique Stork embroidery scissors

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