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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 332454, member: 5833"]A search for '<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=poultry+shears+vintage&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwuqWDhJLZAhXD54MKHTSzCqAQ_AUICygC&biw=1600&bih=763#imgrc=NMtHRUHtsC2DTM:" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=poultry+shears+vintage&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwuqWDhJLZAhXD54MKHTSzCqAQ_AUICygC&biw=1600&bih=763#imgrc=NMtHRUHtsC2DTM:" rel="nofollow">vintage poultry shears</a>' shows ones that are different from these, with curved blades, one of them serrated.  (Many of the images that come up for 'vintage secateurs' are the same ones.)  Those produced by searching for 'vintage kitchen utility shears' are a better match, but of course that's a present day interpretation of their intended use. Shears designed for cutting something lying flat on a table allow the lower blade to get right down to the surface while positioning the hand so that material does not have to be lifted up to accommodate it & long blades to reduce the number of cuts needed & help keep the line straight. No matter overall size, the ratio of blade length to handle says to me these were designed for something that wasn't cut so easily.[/QUOTE]