2014-06-01
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Dovo 6-inch
Made in Solingen, Germany
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Slice by Karim Rashid
A triumph of form over function
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Allex
Designed in 1975, won the Good Design award. I have owned the stainless steel with black handles since 1985
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Kyocera ceramic
Made in Japan
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Mcusta Damascus
The cutout between handles is in the shape of a sakura cherry blossom flower
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Japanese copper-plated steel scissors
Tajika Haruo Ironworks, Ono City near Kobe, established 1928. Takeo and Daisuke Tajika, third and fourth generations of this family business forge, shape and sharpen each piece by hand.
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Engineer PH-55 Tetsuwan
They look like Gundam figures, but Engineer makes serious precision tools.
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Toribe kitchen shears
Made in Japan
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Gingher 5-inch pocket scissors
Made in Italy
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MAC precision scissors
Made in Japan
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OLFA multipurpose
Made in Japan
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Klein electrician's scissors
Made in USA
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Fiskars titanium nitride coated shears
One edge is micro-serrated. Safety lock and cushioned handles, will cut through almost anything.
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Fiskars snips
Another pair of tough shears from Fiskars
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Mundial thread nippers
Made in Brazil
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Dahle extra-long office scissors
Made in Germany
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Plus Fitcut Curve Teflon-coated with cushioned handles
Made in Japan. The shape of the blades is supposed to ensure optimal 30-degree cutting angle as the cut progresses.
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Leatherman Raptor medical shears
Made in USA. Meant for EMT and first responders
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Muji pocket scissors
Won't cut anything tougher than suet. Mostly useless.
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Sun-Star sliding pivot
The sliding pivot doesn't seem to offer much if any compound leverage, and the holes in the blades are somewhat mysterious.
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Joseph Joseph 2-in-1 kitchen scissors
Nice color, but very unpleasant to use.
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Slice ceramic scissors
Meant to be somewhat child-safe
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Premax blunt-tip office scissors
Made in Premana, Italy
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Kai dressmaking shears
Made in Seki, Japan
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Kyocera ceramic kitchen scissors
Made in Japan
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Ernest Wright scissors
Hand-made in Sheffield, England. https://vimeo.com/98953952
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Neto scissors, design by Antonia Campi
Reissue of the 1958 Italian classic by Phi of Switzerland
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Blackened Tanebasami scissors
Handmade by Ikenami Hamono, Tanegashima, Japan
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Allex hardened steel shears
The offset blades make this ideal for cutting blister packs
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