Nail clippers also called nail trimmers or nail cutters, are usually made of stainless steel but can also be made of plastic or aluminium. There are two common types—the plier and the compound lever. Most nail cutters come with another tool attached, which is used to remove dirt from nails.
They often also contain a miniature file for manicuring the rough edges of cut nails. The inventor of the nail cutter is not really known and similar devices have been used since ancient times. The first US patent for an improvement in a fingernail trimmer, implying that such a device already existed, seems to have been granted in to Valentine Fogerty of Boston, Massachusetts. Around , Carter, who became president of the H.
Cook Company of Ansonia, Connecticut, claimed that their Gem fingernail cutter made its first appearance as early as Other early American manufacturers include the L. In , William E. Bassett, who had started the W. Bassett Company in Derby, Connecticut, in , developed the Trim nail cutter. It was the first to be made using modern manufacturing processes, adapted from the methods used by his company to make artillery components for the US Army during World War II.
It used the superior jaw style design that had been around since the 19th century but added two nibs near the base of the file to prevent lateral movement of the lever arm when it was closed, replaced the pinned rivet with a notched rivet, and added a patented thumb-swerve in the lever. This design still dominates the market today. In the late s, Bassett introduced the high-end Croydon nail cutter, which was stamped with a clipper ship emblem and promoted in Esquire magazine for the jewellery store trade.
Unfortunately, the Croydon was not commercially successful. But W. Editor's note: An earlier version of this article stated that fingernail clippers aren't allowed on planes. As it turns out, that's not the case. The story has been updated to reflect that. We regret the error. Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, and an active internet snarker. Between his many internet side projects, he finds time to hang out with his wife Cat, who's funnier than he is.
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About Archives Sponsor Us. We Nailed It Fingernail clippers are apparently a relatively recent invention. Did we go through life without an easy way to trim fingernails for thousands of years?
By Ernie Smith Feb 07, Tweet Share Subscribe. There are people who suffer all sorts of gloomy forebodings if they absentmindedly trim away a bit of nail on any of these days and who will suffer all the inconvenience of overgrown fingernails sooner than cut them after Thursday.
Edge in and John H. Hollman in In the year of , Chapel Carter, the president of the H. The above is an advertisement for the same. The fingernail design introduced by Bassett was followed after the 19th Century and is still dominating the market of almost every major country. History of Nail Clippers The inventor of the Nail Clipper is not very well known and is generally not mentioned in books. When were nail clippers invented?
Who Invented Nail Clippers? Patent for design resembling Modern Design Img Src: tedium. Other Designs Many inventors proposed a new and modified version of nail clippers like William C. A famous commercially successful Nail Clipper Img Src: wikipedia. Modern Nail clipper with its variations and additional features Img Src: patents.
Bassett , the founder of the W. Patent in
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