Scissors

Pick your Scissors to optimise task performance

Scissor Types

Household Scissors

• medium blades & medium handles
• general household use

Wallpaper Scissors

Wallpaper scissors

• long blades & short handles
• fast low pressure cutting
• lower blade forces reduce risk of injury

Bone Scissors

Bone scissors

• short serrated blades, long handles,
• very high cutting forces
• tough enough to cut bone

Craft Scissors

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

Electric Cutter

Electric cutter

• effortless cutting of carpet, cardboard, cloth, floppy discs, etc
• saves time & aching hands when lots of cutting is done
• the Bosch Xeo claims to cut flexible materials upto 6mm thick
• can cut things scissors won't, such as thin steel (it gets bent though)
• can eat fingers easily

Pinking Shears

Pinking Shears

• stops edges of fabric fraying

See Also

• Knives
• Article Index
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