Predecessor to the Leatherman Micra & Squirt?

[supratentorial]

I saw this on Ebay and thought it was interesting (not enough to buy it).  The description said "Cool Victorian Scissors dated 1898 and functioned as a cutter/pliers/nipper and I would consider this to be one of the first multi-tools. Marked "Germany" on the other side."

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another photo

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And another.

[J-sews]

That's an interesting old pair of scissors all right. I'm looking at the pivot points, trying to figure out how the thing works. It looks like the handles pivot on a different point than the blades do?

There must be some sort of linkage hidden on the opposite side?

[J-sews]

I think that I got it . The one handle has kind of a " U or Y " midway down the side of the handle that acts as a stop rather than being a pivot as you perceived it .

Yes, I believe you may be correct.

[J-sews]

Here's another old ancestor of the Micra. It was made by the Peters Cutlery Mfg company in 1889.

There's a pen knife blade on one side, and a nail file on the other. Also a cigar cutter at the base of the handles.

[J-sews]

Yet another prehistoric Micra. This one has mother-of-pearl scales, and the knife blade and nail file fold sideways out of the handles.