Ticket Clippers??

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

I bought these "Ticket Clippers" at the Great Dorset Steam Fair a few years and they've been used ever since on the Amerton Railway for clipping tickets.

I would like another set and I've a vague feeling that the stand I bought them off had various medical instruments for sale but never seem them since.

Can anyone identify what they were originally used for or what they are called?

Thanks

Peter

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

[egaParticipant @ega]

These seem very similar:

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Are they vetinary ear marking Pliers?

David

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

Thanks for the replies and inspiration.

Looked around a bit and they could be ear marking pliers as suggested or leather notching pliers for watch straps, both seem to come in lots of varieties of size and type of notch. Not sure why a notch is needed in a watch strap though.

Peter

[Ian ParkinParticipant @ianparkin39383]

Peter

the notch is for the buckle end to pass through before the leather is folded back over itself a hole would not be the same

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

For the record, a proper ticket punch makes a hole, not a notch.

They were invented by the Victorians for a job creation scheme, giving employment to street urchins who would sweep the chads off the floor of coaches etc. at the end of the day.

Neil

[Arthur SixsmithParticipant @arthursixsmith43623]

We used this type of pliers to notch card patterns in the clothing trade. search pattern notcher. Arthur

[Arthur SixsmithParticipant @arthursixsmith43623]

I have just been out in workshop and found mine.If you send me your address i will post them to you. Arthur

[egaParticipant @ega]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 24/04/2017 08:35:34:

For the record, a proper ticket punch makes a hole, not a notch.

They were invented by the Victorians for a job creation scheme, giving employment to street urchins who would sweep the chads off the floor of coaches etc. at the end of the day.

Neil

I suppose they didn't want the chads hanging around?

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

Amazing what you can find out by asking–thanks everyone!

We print Edmondson tickets style for various railways and are often asked where to find smaller clippers as the "traditiional" variety are often heavy and out of place in smaller hands especially on miniature railways.

Thanks for the offer Arthur which I'd like to take up, I'll send you a personal message with my address.

Peter

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