Hair clipper, consisting of two separate flat metal handles with rounded ends that curve downwards to meet a thick metal head that slopes downwards to a flat, rectangular bottom; one long edge has solid, heavy comb-like teeth; similar bevelled comb-like teeth, congruent with the bottom, lie directl…
Hair clipper, consisting of two separate flat metal handles with rounded ends that curve downwards to meet a thick metal head that slopes downwards to a flat, rectangular bottom; one long edge has solid, heavy comb-like teeth; similar bevelled comb-like teeth, congruent with the bottom, lie directly above the combed edge, which is manipulated back and forth by a spring tension set held in place by a wing nut on top of head between handles; base has treads molded on bottom with a diamond-shaped, rectangular bolt head inserted on bottom; a metal extension from each blade on the handle acts as finger grips
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used by either Dr. C.H. Bird or Dr. H. Godfrey Bird of Gananoque, Ontario
Inner side of blade has the words, "MADE BY JOHN OSTER MFG. CO. // RACINE, WIS. MADE IN U.S.A."; stamped into metal opposing left blade on inner handle are the words, "MODEL 105"; bottom of hair clipper has the numbers "00" stamped into the metal
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E5-5
Dimension Notes
Length 13.8 cm x Width 7.0 cm x Depth 8.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Clippers show slight wear
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"Illustrations of Surgical Instruments of Superior Quality," by the Kny-Scheerer Co., 21st. ed., Milwaukee, ca. 1915, p. 2065 (similar to item # B/-1987) (see attached photocopy); CD #8