Kacip
What we have here are Javanese betel nut scissors.
They are called "kacip".
The blades are steel, the handles are silver, they are no longer made, they are ridiculously expensive, and the value of any of the ones pictured here would buy a pretty decent complete keris.
The single one pictured by itself is a figure of Semar, with articulated arms.
The largest and the smallest are pictured together to give an idea of size range.
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