Scissors - Specialized Scissors

Specialized Scissors

Among specialized scissors and shears used for different purposes are:

• Agriculture and animal husbandry
  • Grass and hedge shears are used for trimming grass and hedges.
  • Pruning shears (secateurs) and loppers are gardening scissors for cutting through branches of trees and shrubs.
  • Sheep shears and machine shears are used for cutting an animal's fleece to make wool.
• General domestic use
  • Kitchen scissors are for general-purpose kitchen use
  • Nail scissors, for cutting finger- and toenails
  • Poultry shears are used to cut cooked poultry.
  • Specialized scissors with concave blade edges have been designed for use as a cigar cutter.
• Hair care
  • Thinning scissors are used for thinning thick hair to avoid a bushy look
  • Hair clippers – for cutting hair by barbers, hairdressers, and pet groomers. Functionally like several small pairs of scissors side-by-side, operated by a single handle or a motor.
• Metalwork
  • Jaws of Life are hydraulic rescue tools for cutting heavy sheet metal.
  • Throatless shears are used for cutting complex shapes in sheet metal.
  • Tin snips are scissors for cutting through sheet metal.
• Trauma shears, or "tuff cuts", are robust scissors used in emergency medical response and rescue.
• Sewing and clothes-making
  • Pinking shears are scissors with a serrated cutting edge for cutting cloth so that the fabric does not fray.
  • Sewing Chatelaine Scissors. Chatelaine is a French term meaning "mistress of a castle, chateau or stately home", and dates back to the Middle Ages. It refers to an ornamental clasp or hook from which chains were hung from the waist, holding perhaps, a purse, watch, keys, scissors or thimble case. The sewing chatelaine became a popular ornamental appendage worn by Victorian ladies at their waist, but disappeared when fashion changed and skirts were no longer full and long. Sewing chatelaines are now produced and worn as pendants around the neck.
• Ceremonial
  • Ceremonial Scissors are scissors used, and often presented for, ceremonial ribbon-cutting events such as building openings etc.