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Hand Forged Set of Bukhara Bird Scissors browse these categories for related items... All Items: Popular Collectibles:Cultural: Pre 2000: item # 782102 Please refer to our stock # 10-51 when inquiring.
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| These strange bird scissors were made in a family's small metal forging shop in the old quarter of Bukhara. Located in Central Asia in the middle of the Kizyl-Kum Desert, Bukhara was perhaps the most colorful stop along the ancient Silk Road, filled with traders, camels, caravanserai and bazaars. The family of workers who produced these scissors (they also made other utilitarian items) are descended from several generations of metalsmiths who labored in the same shop using the same tools. Small boys operate hand bellows, feed the fire and bring tea, their fathers pound and shape the metal and their grandfathers take care of customers--all in a mud-walled space not much larger than a closet. Their whimsical scissors are far from precision-made instruments but they are sharpened and ready for use. The scissors were made in the early 1990s. See photo enlargements for the size of each pair. | |||||||||||||
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