7-1/4 inch blades, 14 inches overall. The cutting edge is exceptional and the shear works perfectly. They are in their original state and have not been modified.
The manufacture of scissors and shears in America was started primarily English and German immigrants who had worked and trained in cutlery shops of Solingen, Germany and Sheffield, England. Upon arrival to America they gravitated to either the Naugatuck Valley in Connecticut, Newark, New Jersey and Fremont, Ohio which each became major centers of scissor and shear manufacturing in the U.S.. These areas were chosen initially because of a combination of ample supply of water or natural gas power, seaports and/or railroad systems to move goods cheaply and well established city infrastructures.