Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Beck
English translation:
(shear) blade (on scissors)
Added to glossary by
Rowan Morrell
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Sep 7, 2010 07:45
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German term
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Beck
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Scissors
"– Crane-Form mit stabiler Dolchblattklinge im Oberbeck für Arbeiten in den Konturen
Flaches, konvexes Blatt im Unterbeck für exaktes Schneiden auf der Haut"
Describing a pair of hairdressing scissors. I have absolutely no idea what a "Beck" (divided into "Oberbeck" and "Unterbeck" is supposed to be). TIA for any light you can shed on this bizarre and extremely obscure word.
Flaches, konvexes Blatt im Unterbeck für exaktes Schneiden auf der Haut"
Describing a pair of hairdressing scissors. I have absolutely no idea what a "Beck" (divided into "Oberbeck" and "Unterbeck" is supposed to be). TIA for any light you can shed on this bizarre and extremely obscure word.
Change log
Sep 7, 2010 07:51: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "Beck (Oberbeck/Unterbeck)" to "Beck"
Sep 7, 2010 08:35: Rowan Morrell Created KOG entry
Discussion
Compare the following pictures:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=100033413...
http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/scissor/scissorsinfo....
(Thanks to Johanna Timm for the latter link in an earlier KudoZ question that I asked.)
So that makes it clear enough that an "Oberbeck" is an upper shear blade, and an "Unterbeck" is a lower shear blade, while "Beck" on its own is just "blade".