138

Here is an English tool with

cork grip without a folding

worm. This one has a bottle

cap lifter as well. It is

marked HARRISON

FISHER AND CO. LTD.

SHEFFIELD ENGLAND

and on the blade is

―

Especially made for Carl

Forslund in Sheffield, England

‖

.

Lynda Whitely of Harrison Fisher wrote,

―

The scissors were made for Carl Forslund in

America from around the mid 1950's for about 20 years up to around the mid 1970's.

‖

The Forslund catalogs offered a variety of home furnishings including magazine stands,

pipe holders, smoking stands, clocks, lamps, and glassware. The company was located

in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A number of corkscrews in combination with scissors have been patented in the United

States.

A very versatile tool was

patented long before

Brownson's scissor - corkscrew.

On March 4, 1890 U. S. Patent

Number 422,670 was granted to

Arthur Henry Wallace of

Houghton, Michigan for his

Shears

. His tool includes a

button hole cutter, a wire cutter, a needle holder, a nail file, a screw driver, a tack claw,

a hammer head, a ruler or scale, and a folding corkscrew.

On January 28, 1896 U. S.

Patent No. 553,579 was issued

to James Frye of Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania for his

Combination-Tool

. His tool

included an adjustable

wrench, a tool for replacing

gas burners, a tack lifter

which could also be used as a

kettle or lid lifter, a ruler, a rasp, a hammer, and a corkscrew.