How didi pinky shears get named pinky shears?

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How didi pinky shears get named pinky shears?

Answer 1

PINKING SHEARS:

Louise Austin of Whatcom, Washington, received United States patent number 489,406 on January 3, 1893 for "Pinking shears". The patent describes how "pinking scissors or shears" are superior to the existing tools at the time, "pinking irons" and "pinking cutters".

The operation of the shears are described as "pinking" or "scalloping". There are references to "cut ornamental openings in the body portion of fabrics" but no references to the more utilitarian function of preventing fraying.

One of the primary early uses of pinking shears was the formation of decorative edging for patchwork quilting squares.

The cut produced by pinking shears may have given its name to (or be derived from) the plant name pink, a flowering plant in the genus Dianthus with "pinked" edges to its petals.

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Answer 2

They're called pinking shears.  I have no idea where the name came from.

Answer 3

It is "Pinking" Shears, and they are called that because the operation they perform is known as pinking or scalloping.

Answer 4

The word is Pinking. It is an old English word that means to notch or to scallop an edge.

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Answer 5

i thought it was PINKING...   am curious as to the origins as well.