Editing Scissors (section)

====Germany====

Germany was responsible for manufacturing just under 7% of global scissors exports in 2019.<ref>[https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/scissors The Observatory of Economy Complexity, trade data for scissors as of 2019.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106192116/https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/scissors |date=2022-01-06 }} Retrieved 12/04/21.</ref> Often called "The City of Blades", [[Solingen]], in North Rhine-Westphalia, has been a center for the manufacturing of scissors since medieval times. At the end of the 18th century it's estimated that there were over 300 scissorsmiths in Solingen.<ref>Zautor, Capital (2019-04-13) [https://www-capital-de.translate.goog/wirtschaft-politik/die-scharfmacher?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=sc "How the Knife Makers from Solingen Survived"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106193622/https://www-capital-de.translate.goog/wirtschaft-politik/die-scharfmacher?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=sc |date=2022-01-06 }}. Retrieved 12/04/21</ref>

In 1995 the City of Solingen passed The Solingen Ordinance, an update to a 1930s law that decreed "Made in Solingen" stamps could only be applied to products almost entirely manufactured in the old industrial area of Solingen. In 2019 this applied to approximately 150 companies making high-quality blades of all kinds, including scissors.<ref>Zautor, Capital (2019-04-13) [https://www-capital-de.translate.goog/wirtschaft-politik/die-scharfmacher?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=sc "How the Knife Makers from Solingen Survived"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106193622/https://www-capital-de.translate.goog/wirtschaft-politik/die-scharfmacher?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=sc |date=2022-01-06 }}. Retrieved 12/04/21</ref>

Friedrich Herder, founded in Solingen in 1727, is one of the oldest scissors manufacturers still operating in Germany.<ref>[https://www.herder-solingen.de/ Friedrich Herder: Company History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106192119/https://www.herder-solingen.de/ |date=2022-01-06 }} Retrieved 12/04/21</ref>