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I just bought these on eBay, so not exactly from a garage sale or craigslist, but this seemed like the best place to post them. These are EC Simmons Keen Kutter scissors that match R Heinisch scissors with an 1859 patent from Newark, NJ. The R Heinisch are usually listed as "sale maker's scissors". They are 13+ inches long and almost 3#. They were surprisingly cheap, $20. The R Heinisch scissors are listed at anywhere from $60 up to $300+. I suspect these are from the mid-to-late 1800s (after 1859), and were just too cool for me to pass up.