Scissors
Pick your Scissors to optimise task performance
Scissor Types
Household Scissors
- medium blades & medium handles
- general household use
Wallpaper Scissors
- long blades & short handles
- fast low pressure cutting
- lower blade forces reduce risk of injury
Bone Scissors
- short serrated blades, long handles,
- very high cutting forces
- tough enough to cut bone
Craft Scissors
- small blades, small handles
- light duty use
Children's Scissors
- craft scissors with wider rounded blade ends to reduce risk
- low blade sharpness to reduce risk
- cut felt & paper slowly & with some difficulty.
- not much use for anything else
Nail Scissors
- miniature curved scissors
- very little DIY use
- can occasionally be used as miniature wire cutters in very confined situations.
- they can not be expected to survive long used like this.